John 20

1Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.Cross-references: Matt 27:60 · Matt 27:64 · Mark 15:46 · Mark 16:1 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 24:1 · +6 more

2Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”Cross-references: Matt 27:63 · John 13:23 · John 19:26 · John 20:9 · John 20:13 · John 20:15 · +3 more

3Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.Cross-references: Luke 24:12

4They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.Cross-references: Lev 13:30 · 2Sam 18:23 · 1Cor 9:24 · 2Cor 8:12

5Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in.Cross-references: John 11:44 · John 19:40 · John 20:11

6Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,Cross-references: Matt 16:15 · Luke 22:31 · John 6:67 · John 18:17 · John 18:25 · John 21:7 · +1 more

7and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.Cross-references: John 11:44

8So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.Cross-references: John 1:50 · John 20:4 · John 20:25 · John 20:29

9For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.Cross-references: Ps 16:10 · Ps 22:15 · Ps 22:22 · Isa 25:8 · Isa 26:19 · Isa 53:10 · +14 more

10So the disciples went away again to their own homes.Cross-references: John 7:53 · John 16:32

11But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,Cross-references: John 20:5

12and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.Cross-references: 2Chr 5:12 · Dan 7:9 · Matt 17:2 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 16:5 · Luke 24:3 · +4 more

13They asked 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.”Cross-references: 1Sam 1:8 · Ps 43:3 · Eccl 3:4 · Jer 31:16 · Luke 24:17 · John 2:4 · +7 more

14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn’t know that it was Jesus.Cross-references: Song 3:3 · Matt 28:9 · Mark 16:9 · Mark 16:12 · Luke 4:30 · Luke 24:16 · +3 more

15Jesus 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.”Cross-references: 1Sam 1:16 · Song 3:2 · Song 6:1 · Matt 12:34 · Matt 28:5 · Mark 16:6 · +5 more

16Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”Cross-references: Gen 22:1 · Gen 22:11 · Gen 45:12 · Ex 3:4 · Ex 33:17 · 1Sam 3:6 · +19 more

17Jesus 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.’”Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · 2Ki 4:29 · 2Ki 7:9 · Ps 22:22 · Ps 43:4 · Ps 48:14 · +41 more

18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.Cross-references: Matt 28:10 · Mark 16:10 · Luke 24:10 · Luke 24:22 · John 20:1

19When 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.”Cross-references: Neh 6:10 · Ps 85:8 · Isa 57:18 · Matt 10:13 · Matt 18:20 · Mark 16:14 · +16 more

20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.Cross-references: Isa 25:8 · Matt 28:8 · Luke 24:39 · John 16:20 · John 16:22 · John 19:34 · +2 more

21Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”Cross-references: Isa 63:1 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 10:40 · Matt 28:18 · Mark 16:15 · Luke 24:47 · +9 more

22When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit!Cross-references: Gen 2:7 · Job 33:4 · Ps 33:6 · Ezek 37:9 · John 7:39 · John 14:16 · +9 more

23If you forgive anyone’s sins, they have been forgiven them. If you retain anyone’s sins, they have been retained.”Cross-references: Matt 16:19 · Matt 18:18 · Mark 2:5 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 10:43 · Acts 13:38 · +4 more

24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn’t with them when Jesus came.Cross-references: Matt 10:3 · Matt 18:20 · John 6:66 · John 11:16 · John 14:5 · John 21:2 · +1 more

25The 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.”Cross-references: Job 9:16 · Ps 78:11 · Ps 78:32 · Ps 95:8 · Ps 106:21 · Matt 16:1 · +14 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

26After 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.”Cross-references: Isa 26:12 · Isa 27:5 · Isa 54:10 · Matt 17:1 · Luke 9:28 · John 14:27 · +2 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

27Then 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.”Cross-references: Ps 78:38 · Ps 103:13 · Matt 17:17 · Mark 9:19 · Luke 9:41 · Luke 24:40 · +5 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”Cross-references: Ps 45:6 · Ps 45:11 · Ps 102:24 · Ps 118:24 · Isa 7:14 · Isa 9:6 · +14 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

29Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”Cross-references: Luke 1:45 · John 4:48 · John 20:8 · 2Cor 5:7 · Heb 11:1 · Heb 11:27 · +2 more

30Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;Cross-references: Luke 1:3 · John 2:11 · John 21:25 · Rom 15:4 · 1Cor 10:11 · 2Tim 3:15 · +3 more

31but 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.Cross-references: Ps 2:7 · Ps 2:12 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 27:54 · Mark 16:16 · +28 more