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John 19:40
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icodemus, the man who had come to Jesus
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at night. He brought about sevent y-five
pounds of perfumed ointment made from
myrrh and aloes. 40Following Jewish burial
custom, they wrapped Jesus’ body with the
spices in long sheets of linen cloth. 41The
place of crucifixion was near a garden,
where there was a new tomb, never used
before. 42And so, because it was the day of
preparation for the Jewish Passover and
since the tomb was close at hand, they laid
Jesus there.
Jesus’ Resurrection (20:1-31)
The Empty Tomb
John 20:1-10 // Matt 28:1-10 // Mark 16:1-8 //
Luke 24:1-12
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Early on Sunday morning, while
it was still dark, Mary Magdalene
came to the tomb and found that the stone
had been rolled away from the entrance.
2She ran and 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!”
3Peter and the other disciple started out
for the tomb. 4They were both running, but
the other disciple outran Peter and reached
the tomb first. 5He stooped and looked in
and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but
he didn’t go in. 6Then Simon Peter arrived
and went inside. He also noticed the linen
19:39 Nicodemus (see 3:1; 7:50), a
member of the high council, understood that these bodies had to be buried before the upcoming Sabbath (19:31,
42). His public support, as with Joseph
of Arimathea, might indicate that he,
too, was becoming a disciple (see note
on 7:49-51). Myrrh was a commonly
used aromatic powder. The aloes were
fragrant powdered sandalwood often
used as perfume. seventy-five pounds
(Greek 100 litras [32.7 kilograms]):
This enormous amount of spices was
appropriate for royalty; Jesus, the king,
was given a royal burial.
19:41 a new tomb: More than 900 firstcentury burial tombs have been discovered in Judea, carved into the limestone
hills (see illustration, p. 1813).
19:42 because it was the day of
preparation for the Jewish Passover:
Literally because of the Jewish day of
preparation; see note on 19:14. The
Sabbath was approaching, so Joseph
and Nicodemus (19:38-39) would return
to complete the burial process later.
20:1 Early on Sunday morning: Literally
On the first day of the week. As a
devoted follower of Jesus (see Luke
wrappings lying there, 7while the cloth that
had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and
lying apart from the other wrappings. 8Then
the disciple who had reached the tomb first
also went in, and he saw and believed—9for
until then they still hadn’t understood the
Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from
the dead. 10Then they went home.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
John 20:11-18; cp. Matt 28:8-10; Mark 16:9-11
11Mary
was standing outside the tomb
crying, and as she wept, she stooped and
looked in. 12She saw two white-robed an
gels, one sitting at the head and the other
at the foot of the place where the body of
Jesus 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.”
14She 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!” Jesus said.
She turned to him and cried out, “gRab
boni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”).
8:1-3; Matt 27:55-56), Mary Magdalene
arrived at the tomb to help complete
Jesus’ burial (see 19:42). Many Judean
tombs were sealed with a rolling stone
(see illustration, p. 1813).
20:2 Mary Magdalene ran and found
Simon Peter. Her natural assumption
was that someone had robbed the tomb
and perhaps stolen the body—which
was not an uncommon occurrence.
20:3-10 The other disciple was probably
John, “the disciple Jesus loved,” the author of this Gospel (see 13:23). He and
Peter validated Mary’s testimony by examining the tomb for themselves. John
arrived first, but Peter entered first.
20:6-7 What Peter and John found in
the tomb was remarkable. The linen
wrappings (19:40) were on the burial
bench (see note on 19:41). Jews also
used a facial cloth for burials (cp.
11:44), which was rolled, wrapped
under the chin, and tied on the top of
the head. The apostles found this face
cloth folded up on the bench. John’s
inclusion of these details counters any
suggestion that grave robbers had taken
Jesus’ body; such costly garments would
have been stolen in a robbery.
19:40
Luke 24:12
John 20:5-7
20:1-8
//Matt 28:1-8
//Mark 16:1-8
//Luke 24:1-12
20:2
John 13:23
20:3
Luke 24:12
20:5
John 19:40
20:7
John 11:44
20:9
John 2:22
20:11-18
Mark 16:9-11
20:12
Mark 16:5
Luke 24:4
20:14
Mark 16:9
Luke 24:16
John 21:4
20:16
grhabbouni (4462)
Matt 23:7
20:8-9 he saw and believed: Despite not
fully understanding, John knew that
God had been at work, and he realized
that Jesus was alive.
20:11-13 Although two . . . angels
appeared inside the tomb, the riddle
of Jesus’ disappearance remained
unsolved (see Luke 24:4). why are you
crying? Sorrow was not the appropriate
response in this moment.
20:14-15 Jesus, whom Mary mistook
for the gardener, repeated the angel’s
question and added, Who are you looking for? Jesus’ question was to provoke
Mary’s thinking: At this point Mary was
looking for the body of Jesus, but she
was about to meet the living Christ. Was
she truly ready to meet her Lord?
20:16 When Jesus called Mary by name,
she recognized him immediately (see
10:3-4).
20:17 Mary thought that with the resurrection, Jesus would resume normal relations with his disciples. She was trying
to cling to the joy she discovered in her
resurrected Lord. But his fellowship with
her would come in a new form (20:22).
Jesus had not yet ascended to complete
his return to the Father, but the process
