John 20

Peter and John's Visit to the Tomb John 20:3–10

³Verse 3. Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb. ⁴Verse 4. They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter, and came to the tomb first. ⁵Verse 5. Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying, yet he didn’t enter in. ⁶Verse 6. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying, ⁷Verse 7. and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. ⁸Verse 8. So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.

⁹Verse 9. For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰Verse 10. So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

Mary Encounters the Risen Jesus John 20:11–18

¹¹Verse 11. But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb, ¹²Verse 12. and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. ¹³Verse 13. They told her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴Verse 14. When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Verse 15. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

¹⁶Verse 16. Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!” ¹⁷Verse 17. Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸Verse 18. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples John 20:19–23

¹⁹Verse 19. When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them,“Peace be to you.”²⁰Verse 20. When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.²¹Verse 21. Jesus therefore said to them again,“Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”²²Verse 22. When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit!²³Verse 23. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”

Thomas's Doubt and Belief John 20:24–29

²⁴Verse 24. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.²⁵Verse 25. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord!”But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”²⁶Verse 26. After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said,“Peace be to you.”²⁷Verse 27. Then he said to Thomas,“Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don’t be unbelieving, but believing.”²⁸Verse 28. Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”²⁹Verse 29. Jesus said to him,“Because you have seen me,you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

Purpose of John's Gospel John 20:30–31

³⁰Verse 30. Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹Verse 31. but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.