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found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the
one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have
taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we
don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Pe
ter and the other disciple started out
for the tomb. 4 They were both running, but
the other disciple outran Peter and reached
the tomb first. 5 He stooped and looked in and
saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he
didn’t go in. 6 Then Simon Peter arrived and
went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7 while the cloth that had
covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying
apart from the other wrappings. 8 Then the
disciple who had reached the tomb first also
went in, and he saw and believed—9 for until
then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said J esus must rise from the dead.
10 Then they went home.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 Mary was standing outside the tomb crying,
and as she wept, she stooped and looked in.
12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting
at the head and the other at the foot of the
place where the body of J esus had been lying.
13 “Dear woman, why are you crying?” the angels asked her.
“Because they have taken away my Lord,”
she replied, “and I don’t know where they
have put him.”
14 She turned to leave and saw someone
standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t
recognize him. 15 “Dear woman, why are you
crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,”
she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me
where you have put him, and I will go and get
him.”
16 “Mary!” J
esus said.
She turned to him and cried out, “Rab
boni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
J ohn 20
17 “Don’t
cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I
haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find
my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending
to my Father and your Father, to my God and
your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene found the disciples and
told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she
gave them his message.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
Sunday evening* the disciples were
meeting behind locked doors because they
were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly,
Jesus was standing there among them!
“Peace be with you,” he said. 20As he spoke,
he showed them the wounds in his hands
and his side. They were filled with joy when
they saw the Lord! 21Again he said, “Peace
be with you. As the Father has sent me, so
I am sending you.” 22 Then he breathed on
them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If
you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven.
If you do not forgive them, they are not
forgiven.”
19 That
Jesus Appears to Thomas
of the twelve disciples, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin),* was not with the others
when Jesus came. 25 They told him, “We have
seen the Lord!”
But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I
see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the
wound in his side.”
26 Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with
them. The doors were locked; but suddenly,
as before, Jesus was standing among them.
“Peace be with you,” he said. 27 Then he said
to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look
at my hands. Put your hand into the wound
in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer.
Believe!”
24 One
20:19 Greek In the evening of that day, the first day of the week.
20:24 Greek Thomas, who was called Didymus.
CORNERSTONES
Jesus meets all types of needs
read JOHN 19:26-27
It is fascinating to recognize how much of his earthly ministry Jesus devoted to providing for the physical needs of men, women, and children. He healed their blindness,
filled their stomachs, calmed their fears, cast out their demons, cured their illnesses,
and raised their dead, all in addition to saving their souls. After his resurrection, Jesus
continued to meet the physical needs of his followers. And even on the cross, despite
his own cruel suffering, Jesus remembered that his mother needed a roof over her head
and food to eat. And so he charged the apostle John—“the disciple he loved”—with that
crucial responsibility.
For the next note on “Who Is Jesus?” turn to page 1034.
