John 20:1-18 New International Version (NIV)
The Empty Tomb
1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was
still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had
been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and
the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the
Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were
running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5
He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not
go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the
tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that
had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its
place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had
reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They
still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the
dead.) 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 12 and saw two angels in white, 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?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they
have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? 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, “Rabboni!” (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 and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my
Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the
Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
