Matthew 27:50-28:15

New American Standard Bible

⁵⁰And Jesus ^(A)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. ⁵¹^(B)And behold, ^(C)the ^[a]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(D)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵²Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[b]saints who had ^(E)fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(F)the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴^(G)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(H)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(I)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was ^[c]^(J)the Son of God!”

⁵⁵^(K)And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ^(L)caring for Him. ⁵⁶Among them were ^(M)Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ^(N)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷^(O)Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(P)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹And ^(Q)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(R)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(S)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(T)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶And they went and made the tomb secure with ^(U)the guard, ^(V)sealing ^(W)the stone.

Jesus Is Risen!

28 ^(X)Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, ^(Y)Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. ²And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for ^(Z)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^(AA)the stone, and sat upon it. ³And ^(AB)his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men. ⁵And the angel said to the women, “^[d]^(AC)Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. ⁶He is not here, for He has risen, ^(AD)just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. ⁷And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^(AE)to Galilee. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

⁸And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples. ⁹And behold, Jesus met them ^[e]and said, “^[f]Rejoice!” And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him. ¹⁰Then Jesus *said to them, “^[g]^(AF)Do not be afraid; go, bring word to ^(AG)My brothers to leave ^(AH)for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

¹¹Now while they were on their way, some of ^(AI)the men from the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. ¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴And if this comes to ^(AJ)the governor’s ears, we will appease him and ^[h]keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely ^(AK)spread among the Jews and is ^(AL)to this day.