(They still did not understand from Scripture(A) that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)(B) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb(C) 12 and saw two angels in white,(D) seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”(E)

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”(F) 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,(G) but she did not realize that it was Jesus.(H)

15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?(I) Who is it you are looking for?”

Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic,(J) “Rabboni!”(K) (which means “Teacher”).

17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers(L) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(M) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18 Mary Magdalene(N) went to the disciples(O) with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,(P) Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace(Q) be with you!”(R) 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.(S) The disciples were overjoyed(T) when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you!(U) As the Father has sent me,(V) I am sending you.”(W) 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.(X) 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”(Y)

Jesus Appears to Thomas

24 Now Thomas(Z) (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

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Footnotes

  1. John 20:24 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.

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