Jesus Is Mocked

^27 (A)Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the ^(B)governor's headquarters,^[a] and they gathered the whole ^(C)battalion^[b] before him. ²⁸ And they stripped him and put ^(D)a scarlet robe on him, ²⁹ and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they ^(E)mocked him, saying, “Hail, ^(F)King of the Jews!” ³⁰ And ^(G)they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹ And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and ^(H)led him away to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^32 (I)(J)As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to ^(K)carry his cross. ^33 (L)And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), ^34 (M)they offered him wine to drink, mixed with ^(N)gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. ³⁵ And when they had crucified him, ^(O)they divided his garments among them by casting lots. ³⁶ Then they sat down and ^(P)kept watch over him there. ³⁷ And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, ^(Q)the King of the Jews.” ³⁸ Then two ^(R)robbers were crucified with him, ^(S)one on the right and one on the left. ³⁹ And ^(T)those who passed by ^(U)derided him, ^(V)wagging their heads ⁴⁰ and saying, ^(W)“You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! ^(X)If you are ^(Y)the Son of God, come down from the cross.” ⁴¹ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, ^42 (Z)“He saved others; ^(AA)he cannot save himself. ^(AB)He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. ^43 (AC)He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” ^44 (AD)And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

The Death of Jesus

⁴⁵ Now from the sixth hour^[c] there was darkness over all the land^[d] until the ninth hour.^{[e] 46} And about the ninth hour Jesus ^(AE)cried out with a loud voice, saying, ^(AF)“Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ⁴⁷ And some of the bystanders, hearing it, said, “This man is calling Elijah.” ⁴⁸ And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with ^(AG)sour wine, and put it on a reed and ^(AH)gave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹ But the others said, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.” ⁵⁰ And Jesus ^(AI)cried out again with a loud voice and ^(AJ)yielded up his spirit.

⁵¹ And behold, ^(AK)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ^(AL)the earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵² The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of ^(AM)the saints ^(AN)who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³ and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into ^(AO)the holy city and appeared to many. ^54 (AP)When the centurion and those who were with him, ^(AQ)keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ^(AR)“Truly this was the Son^[f] of God!”

⁵⁵ There were also ^(AS)many women there, looking on ^(AT)from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ^(AU)ministering to him, ⁵⁶ among whom were ^(AV)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and ^(AW)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

^57 (AX)When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰ and ^(AY)laid it in his own new tomb, ^(AZ)which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ^(BA)a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ Mary Magdalene and ^(BB)the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, that is, after the day of ^(BC)Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate ⁶³ and said, “Sir, we remember how ^(BD)that impostor said, while he was still alive, ^(BE)‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ^(BF)lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have ^(BG)a guard^[g] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” ⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure by ^(BH)sealing the stone and setting a guard.

The Resurrection

28 ^(BI)Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and ^(BJ)the other Mary went to see the tomb. ² And behold, there was a great earthquake, for ^(BK)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. ^3 (BL)His appearance was like lightning, and ^(BM)his clothing white as snow. ⁴ And for fear of him the guards trembled and ^(BN)became like dead men. ⁵ But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here, for he has risen, ^(BO)as he said. Come, see the place where he^[h] lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, ^(BP)he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.” ⁸ So they departed quickly from the tomb ^(BQ)with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Jesus Is Mocked

^16 (A)And the soldiers led him away inside ^(B)the palace (that is, ^(C)the governor's headquarters),^[a] and they called together the whole ^(D)battalion.^{[b] 17} And they clothed him in ^(E)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. ¹⁸ And they began to salute him, ^(F)“Hail, King of the Jews!” ¹⁹ And they were striking his head with a reed and ^(G)spitting on him and ^(H)kneeling down in homage to him. ²⁰ And when they had ^(I)mocked him, they stripped him of ^(J)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they ^(K)led him out to crucify him.

The Crucifixion

^21 (L)And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. ^22 (M)And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). ²³ And they offered him wine mixed with ^(N)myrrh, but he did not take it. ²⁴ And they crucified him and ^(O)divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. ²⁵ And ^(P)it was the third hour^[c] when they crucified him. ²⁶ And the inscription of the charge against him read, ^(Q)“The King of the Jews.” ²⁷ And with him they crucified two ^(R)robbers, ^(S)one on his right and one on his left.^{[d] 29} And ^(T)those who passed by derided him, ^(U)wagging their heads and saying, ^(V)“Aha! ^(W)You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, ³⁰ save yourself, and come down from the cross!” ³¹ So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, ^(X)“He saved others; ^(Y)he cannot save himself. ³² Let ^(Z)the Christ, ^(AA)the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may ^(AB)see and believe.” ^(AC)Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

The Death of Jesus

³³ And when the sixth hour^[e] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.^{[f] 34} And at the ninth hour Jesus ^(AD)cried with a loud voice, ^(AE)“Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” ³⁵ And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.” ³⁶ And someone ran and filled a sponge with ^(AF)sour wine, put it on a reed ^(AG)and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.” ³⁷ And Jesus ^(AH)uttered a loud cry and ^(AI)breathed his last. ³⁸ And ^(AJ)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. ^39 (AK)And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he^[g] breathed his last, he said, ^(AL)“Truly this man was the Son^[h] of God!”

⁴⁰ There were also ^(AM)women looking on ^(AN)from a distance, among whom were ^(AO)Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and ^(AP)Salome. ⁴¹ When he was in Galilee, they followed him and ^(AQ)ministered to him, and there were also many other women who ^(AR)came up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

^42 (AS)And when evening had come, since it was ^(AT)the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathea, ^(AU)a respected member of the council, who ^(AV)was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died.^[i] And summoning ^(AW)the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. ⁴⁵ And when he learned from ^(AX)the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. ⁴⁶ And Joseph^[j] bought ^(AY)a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and ^(AZ)laid him in a tomb ^(BA)that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled ^(BB)a stone against the entrance of the tomb. ^47 (BC)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

The Resurrection

16 ^(BD)(BE)When the Sabbath was past, ^(BF)Mary Magdalene, ^(BG)Mary the mother of James, and ^(BH)Salome ^(BI)bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. ² And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. ³ And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away ^(BJ)the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” ⁴ And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—^(BK)it was very large. ⁵ And ^(BL)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, ^(BM)dressed in ^(BN)a white robe, and ^(BO)they were alarmed. ⁶ And he said to them, ^(BP)“Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter that ^(BQ)he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, ^(BR)just as he told you.” ⁸ And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

[Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]^[k]

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

⁹ [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, ^(BS)he appeared first to ^(BT)Mary Magdalene, ^(BU)from whom he had cast out seven demons. ^10 (BV)She went and told those who had been with him, ^(BW)as they ^(BX)mourned and wept. ¹¹ But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they ^(BY)would not believe it.

Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

^12 (BZ)After these things ^(CA)he appeared in ^(CB)another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. ^13 (CC)And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

The Great Commission

¹⁴ Afterward ^(CD)he appeared ^(CE)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(CF)unbelief and ^(CG)hardness of heart, because ^(CH)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵ And he said to them, ^(CI)“Go into all the world and ^(CJ)proclaim the gospel to ^(CK)the whole creation. ^16 (CL)Whoever believes and is ^(CM)baptized ^(CN)will be saved, but ^(CO)whoever ^(CP)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷ And ^(CQ)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(CR)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(CS)they will speak in new tongues; ^18 (CT)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(CU)they will lay their hands ^(CV)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, ^(CW)after he had spoken to them, ^(CX)was taken up into heaven and ^(CY)sat down at the right hand of God.

The Crucifixion

^26 (A)And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. ²⁷ And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were ^(B)mourning and lamenting for him. ²⁸ But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. ²⁹ For behold, ^(C)the days are coming when they will say, ^(D)‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ ^30 (E)Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ ³¹ For ^(F)if they do these things when ^(G)the wood is green, what will happen ^(H)when it is dry?”

^32 (I)Two others, who were criminals, were led away to be put to death with him. ^33 (J)And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, ^(K)one on his right and one on his left. ³⁴ And Jesus said, “Father, ^(L)forgive them, ^(M)for they know not what they do.”^[a] And they cast lots ^(N)to divide his garments. ³⁵ And ^(O)the people stood by, watching, ^(P)but ^(Q)the rulers ^(R)scoffed at him, saying, ^(S)“He saved others; ^(T)let him save himself, ^(U)if he is ^(V)the Christ of God, ^(W)his Chosen One!” ³⁶ The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and ^(X)offering him sour wine ³⁷ and saying, ^(Y)“If you are ^(Z)the King of the Jews, save yourself!” ^38 (AA)There was also an inscription over him,^[b] “This is ^(AB)the King of the Jews.”

^39 (AC)One of the criminals who were hanged ^(AD)railed at him,^[c] saying, “Are you not ^(AE)the Christ? Save yourself and us!” ⁴⁰ But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? ⁴¹ And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” ⁴² And he said, “Jesus, remember me ^(AF)when you come into your kingdom.” ⁴³ And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in ^(AG)paradise.”

The Death of Jesus

^44 (AH)It was now about the sixth hour,^[d] and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,^{[e] 45} while the sun's light failed. And ^(AI)the curtain of the temple was torn in two. ⁴⁶ Then Jesus, ^(AJ)calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, ^(AK)into your hands I ^(AL)commit my spirit!” And having said this ^(AM)he breathed his last. ⁴⁷ Now ^(AN)when the centurion saw what had taken place, ^(AO)he praised God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent!” ⁴⁸ And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home ^(AP)beating their breasts. ⁴⁹ And all ^(AQ)his acquaintances and ^(AR)the women who had followed him from Galilee ^(AS)stood at a distance watching these things.

Jesus Is Buried

^50 (AT)Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man, ⁵¹ who had not consented to their decision and action; and he ^(AU)was looking for the kingdom of God. ⁵² This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ⁵³ Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and ^(AV)laid him in a tomb cut in stone, ^(AW)where no one had ever yet been laid. ⁵⁴ It was the day of ^(AX)Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning.^{[f] 55 (AY)}The women ^(AZ)who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. ⁵⁶ Then they returned and ^(BA)prepared spices and ointments.

On the Sabbath they rested ^(BB)according to the commandment.

The Resurrection

24 ^(BC)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, ^(BD)taking the spices they had prepared. ² And they found ^(BE)the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(BF)two ^(BG)men stood by them in dazzling apparel. ⁵ And as they were ^(BH)frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, ^(BI)while he was still in Galilee, ^7 (BJ)that the Son of Man ^(BK)must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and ^(BL)be crucified and on ^(BM)the third day rise.” ⁸ And ^(BN)they remembered his words, ⁹ and returning from the tomb they ^(BO)told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now it was ^(BP)Mary Magdalene and ^(BQ)Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, ¹¹ but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ^(BR)they did not believe them. ¹² But ^(BS)Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw ^(BT)the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³ That very day ^(BU)two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles^[g] from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. ^16 (BV)But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” ¹⁹ And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was ^(BW)a prophet ^(BX)mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and ^(BY)how our chief priests and ^(BZ)rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. ²¹ But we had hoped that he was ^(CA)the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now ^(CB)the third day since these things happened. ²² Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. ^(CC)They were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and ^(CD)when they did not find his body, they came back saying that ^(CE)they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. ^24 (CF)Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” ²⁵ And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! ^26 (CG)Was it not necessary that ^(CH)the Christ should suffer these things and enter into ^(CI)his glory?” ²⁷ And ^(CJ)beginning with ^(CK)Moses and ^(CL)all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

²⁸ So they drew near to the village to which they were going. ^(CM)He acted as if he were going farther, ²⁹ but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and ^(CN)the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When he was at table with them, he took the bread and ^(CO)blessed and broke it and gave it to them. ^31 (CP)And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And ^(CQ)he vanished from their sight. ³² They said to each other, ^(CR)“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he ^(CS)opened to us the Scriptures?” ³³ And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they ^(CT)found the eleven and ^(CU)those who were with them gathered together, ³⁴ saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and ^(CV)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they told what had happened on the road, and ^(CW)how he was known to them in ^(CX)the breaking of the bread.

^16 (A)So he ^(B)delivered him over to them to be crucified.

The Crucifixion

So they took Jesus, ¹⁷ and ^(C)he went out, ^(D)bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. ^18 (E)There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. ¹⁹ Pilate ^(F)also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” ²⁰ Many of the Jews read this inscription, for ^(G)the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. ²¹ So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” ²² Pilate answered, ^(H)“What I have written I have written.”

^23 (I)When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic.^[a] But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, ²⁴ so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” ^(J)This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,

So the soldiers did these things, ^25 (L)but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother and ^(M)the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ^(N)“Woman, behold, your son!” ²⁷ Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to ^(O)his own home.

The Death of Jesus

²⁸ After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now ^(P)finished, said (^(Q)to fulfill the Scripture), ^(R)“I thirst.” ²⁹ A jar full of sour wine stood there, ^(S)so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. ³⁰ When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ^(T)“It is finished,” and he bowed his head and ^(U)gave up his spirit.

Jesus' Side Is Pierced

³¹ Since it was ^(V)the day of Preparation, and ^(W)so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was ^(X)a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. ³² So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other ^(Y)who had been crucified with him. ³³ But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴ But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out ^(Z)blood and water. ^35 (AA)He who saw it has borne witness—^(AB)his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—^(AC)that you also may believe. ^36 (AD)For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: ^(AE)“Not one of his bones ^(AF)will be broken.” ³⁷ And again another Scripture says, ^(AG)“They will look on him whom they have pierced.”

Jesus Is Buried

^38 (AH)After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly ^(AI)for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body. ^39 (AJ)Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus^[b] by night, came ^(AK)bringing a mixture of ^(AL)myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds^[c] in weight. ⁴⁰ So they took the body of Jesus and ^(AM)bound it in ^(AN)linen cloths with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. ⁴¹ Now in the place where he was crucified there was a ^(AO)garden, and ^(AP)in the garden a new tomb ^(AQ)in which no one had yet been laid. ⁴² So because of the Jewish ^(AR)day of Preparation, ^(AS)since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

The Resurrection

20 ^(AT)Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that ^(AU)the stone had been taken away from the tomb. ² So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, ^(AV)the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and ^(AW)we do not know where they have laid him.” ^3 (AX)So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. ⁴ Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look in, he saw ^(AY)the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and ^(AZ)the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'^[d] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, ^(BA)who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; ⁹ for as yet ^(BB)they did not understand the Scripture, ^(BC)that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And ^(BD)she saw ^(BE)two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, ^(BF)“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, ^(BG)“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and ^(BH)saw Jesus standing, ^(BI)but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, ^(BJ)“Woman, why are you weeping? ^(BK)Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be ^(BL)the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,^{[e] (BM)}“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^(BN)my brothers and say to them, ^(BO)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ^(BP)my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene ^(BQ)went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

^19 (BR)On the evening ^(BS)of that day, the first day of the week, ^(BT)the doors being locked where the disciples were ^(BU)for fear of the Jews,^[f] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ^(BV)“Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, ^(BW)he showed them his hands and his side. Then ^(BX)the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As ^(BY)the Father has sent me, ^(BZ)even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he ^(CA)breathed on them and said to them, ^(CB)“Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (CC)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now ^(CD)Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,^[g] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ^(CE)“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. ^(CF)Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ^(CG)“Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, ^(CH)“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, ^(CI)“My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? ^(CJ)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

^30 (CK)Now Jesus did many other signs ^(CL)in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;