Matthew 28:1-10 - Jesus Is Raised

¹ Now as the Sabbath day ended and the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday] approached [Note: See Mark 16:1-2 for the exact timing], Mary from Magdala and the other Mary [i.e., Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56] went to look at the grave site. ² Now there had been a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord had descended from heaven and, [having] come to roll away the stone, was [now] sitting on it. ³ He appeared as [brilliant] lightning and his clothing was white as snow. ⁴ And the guards shook with fear at seeing him, and became as dead men.

⁵ The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know you are looking for Jesus, who has been crucified. ⁶ He is not here, for He has risen just as He said [He would]. Come and see the place where the Lord had been lying, ⁷ then go quickly and tell His disciples, 'He has risen from the dead and is [now] going on ahead of you into Galilee. You will see Him there.' Now [that is all] I have to tell you."

⁸ So, they left the grave site quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to give the message to His disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them and gave them greetings. They approached Him and took hold of His feet [and knelt] to worship Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers [i.e., the disciples, that you have seen me], so they can head for Galilee where they will see me."

¹ Now when the Sabbath day was over [i.e., after sunset on Saturday evening], Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of James [i.e., the "other Mary" of Matt. 28:1, who was probably Jesus' mother. See Matt. 27:56]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56], bought spices [i.e., consisting of aloes and other aromatic perfumes] in order to apply them to His body [i.e., as a means of embalming]. ² And very early on the first day of the week, after sunrise [i.e., on Sunday morning], they went to the grave site. ³ They were questioning among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the cave for us?" ⁴ And when they looked up, they saw that the stone had [already been] rolled away, and it was very large. ⁵ As they were entering the cave, they were amazed when they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting at the right side of the entrance.

⁶ He said to them, "Do not be amazed. You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was crucified, [are you not]? He has risen from the dead. He is not here. Look at the place where they laid Him. ⁷ So, go and tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see Him there, just as He told you.'"

⁸ So, they left, running out of the cave, [and] trembling with amazement. And they said nothing to anyone about this for they were afraid.

¹ Now at early dawn on the first day of the week [i.e., early Sunday morning], the women [See Mark 16:1] went to Jesus' grave site, taking the spices which they had prepared [for His burial]. ² But they found the stone [had already been] rolled away from the [opening of the] grave site. ³ So, they went in [i.e., into the cave-like tomb], but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it happened, while they wondered about the situation, suddenly two men in brilliant clothing [were seen] standing beside them. ⁵ As the women became terrified and bowed down with their faces toward the ground [i.e., in reverence and awe], the two men said to them, "Why are you looking for the living [One] where they bury dead people? ⁶ He is not here; for He has risen [from the dead]. [Do you not] remember what He told you when He was still in Galilee, saying, ⁷ The Son of man must be turned over into the hands of sinful men to be crucified, but the third day [He will] rise again [from the dead]?'" ⁸ Then they remembered what He had said to them.

⁹ When they returned from the grave site, they told all this to the eleven apostles and to all the rest [of the disciples]. ¹⁰ Now the women who told these things to the apostles were Mary from Magdala; Joanna [Note: This was the wife of Chuzas, Herod's property manager. See Luke 8:3], and other women who were with them. ¹¹ But these words seemed as nonsense to the apostles, and they refused to believe the women. {{Some ancient authorities do not include verse ¹² But Peter got up and ran to the grave site. He stooped down [i.e., because of the low opening in the cave-like tomb], looked in and saw the linen cloths [lying there] by themselves. Then he went home, puzzled over what had happened.}}

¹ Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb. ² So, she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved [i.e., probably the apostle John], and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have put Him."

³ So, Peter and the other disciple left [hurriedly] and went to the grave site. ⁴ The two of them ran together, but the other disciple outran Peter and arrived at the grave site first. ⁵ He stooped down and looked inside [the cave-like tomb] and saw the linen cloths lying there [i.e., these were wrappings used to hold embalming spices against the body], but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, also arrived and went [straight] into the cave-like tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. ⁷ Now the cloth that had been around Jesus' head was not lying with the [other] linen cloths, but was rolled up by itself. ⁸ Finally, the other disciple, who had arrived at the cave-like tomb first, went on into it. And [when] he saw [the grave clothes, but no body], he believed [in Jesus' resurrection]. ⁹ But these disciples still did not understand the Scripture that [predicted] Jesus must rise again from the dead.