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PASSION of The
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The empty tomb (John Chapter 20)
JB JOHN Chapter 20
VIII. THE DAY OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION
The empty tomb
20:1 It was very early on the first day of the week and still
dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw
that the stone had been moved away from the tomb
20:2 and came
running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. 'They have
taken the Lord out of the tomb' she said 'and we don't know where they have put
him.'
20:3 So Peter
set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb.
20:4 They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster
than Peter, reached the tomb first;
20:5 he bent down
and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in.
20:6 Simon
Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen
cloths on the ground,
20:7 and also
the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but
rolled up in a place by itself.
20:8 Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also
went in; he saw and he believed.
20:9 Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching
of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
20:10 The disciples then went home again.
The appearance to Mary of Magdala
20:11
Meanwhile Mary stayed outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, still weeping, she
stooped to look inside,
20:12
and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at
the head, the other at the feet.
20:13 They said, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my
Lord away' she replied 'and I don't know where they have put him.'
20:14 As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing
there, though she did not recognise him.
20:15 Jesus
said, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to
be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you
have put him, and I will go and remove him'.
20:16 Jesus said,
'Mary!' She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!'
- which means Master.
20:17 Jesus
said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the
Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father
and your Father, to my God and your God.'
20:18 So Mary
of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had
seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.
Appearances to the disciples
20:19 In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week,
the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the
Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you',
20:20 and
showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when
they saw the Lord,
20:21 and he
said to them again, 'Peace be with you. 'As the Father
sent me, so am I sending you.'
20:22 After saying this he breathed on them and said: 'Receive the
Holy Spirit.
20:23 For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those
whose sins you retain, they are retained.'
20:24 Thomas,
called the Twin, who was one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
20:25 When
the disciples said, 'We have seen the Lord', he answered, 'Unless I see the
holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes
they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe'.
20:26 Eight
days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The
doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. 'Peace be with you' he said.
20:27 Then he
spoke to Thomas, 'Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your
hand; put it into my side. Doubt no longer but believe.'
20:28 Thomas
replied, 'My Lord and my God!'
20:29 Jesus
said to him: 'You believe because you can see me. Happy are those who have not
seen and yet believe.'
CONCLUSION
20:30 There were many other signs that Jesus worked and the
disciples saw, but they are not recorded in this book.
20:31 These
are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing this you may have life through his name.
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