1Early 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 rolled away from the entrance.
2So she ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!"
3Then Peter and the other disciple went out and headed toward the tomb.
4They both ran together. The other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.
5He bent over and looked in, seeing the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go inside.
6Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there,
7and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head was not with the linen cloths but was rolled up in a separate place.
8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. He saw what happened and believed.
9For they still did not understand the Scripture that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
10So the disciples went back to their own homes.
11But Mary was standing outside the tomb, crying. As she cried, she bent down and looked into the tomb,
12and she saw two angels in white clothes sitting where Jesus' body had been. One was at the head and the other at the feet.
13They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" She told them, "Because they have taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they have put him."
14After she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she didn't realize it was Jesus.
15Jesus asked her, "Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you put him, and I will go get him."
16Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means "Teacher!").
17Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I have not yet gone up to my Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am going up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
18Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had told her these things.
19That evening, on the first day of the week, the disciples were together in a room with the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples were joyful when they saw the Lord.
21Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I am sending you."
22After saying this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
23If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."
24But Thomas, one of the twelve disciples (also called Didymus), was not with them when Jesus came.
25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into the nail marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
26Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. The doors were locked, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."
27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and look at my hands. Put your hand here and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."
28Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
29Jesus said to him, "You have believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
30Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in front of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
31But these stories are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing, you may have life through his name.