Matthew 28:1-10 - Jesus Is Raised

¹ At the close of the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ² But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it. ³ His appearance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow. ⁴ For fear of him the sentries shook and became like dead men;

⁵ but the angel addressed the women, saying, "Have no fear; I know you are looking for the crucified Jesus. ⁶ He is not here, he has risen, as he told you he would. See, here is the place where he [the Lord] lay. ⁷ Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you."

⁸ Then they ran quickly from the tomb in fear and great joy, to announce the news to his disciples. ⁹ And Jesus himself met them, saying, "Hail!" So they went up to him and caught hold of his feet and worshipped him; ¹⁰ then Jesus said to them, "Have no fear! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee; they shall see me there."

¹ And when the sabbath had passed Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought some spices in order to go and anoint him; ² and very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb, after sunrise. ³ They said to themselves, "Who will roll away the boulder for us at the opening of the tomb?" (for it was a very large boulder). ⁴ But when they looked they saw the boulder had been rolled to one side, ⁵ and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

⁶ but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid. ⁷ Go you and tell his disciples and Peter, 'He precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there, as he told you.'"

⁸ And they fled out of the tomb, for they were seized with terror and beside themselves. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid of ??.

¹ On the sabbath they rested in obedience to God's command, but on the first day of the week at early dawn they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. ² The boulder they found rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they went inside they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ They were puzzling over this, when two men flashed on them in dazzling raiment. ⁵ They were terrified and bent their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look among the dead for him who is alive? ⁶ He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee ⁷ that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day." ⁸ Then they remembered what he had said,

⁹ and turning away from the tomb they reported all this to the eleven and all the others. ¹⁰ (It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.) ¹¹ But this story of the women seemed in their opinion to be nonsense; they would not believe them. ¹² Peter did get up and run to the tomb, but when he looked in he saw nothing except the linen bandages; so he went away home wondering what had happened.

¹ On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb, ² she ran off to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the favourite of Jesus, telling them, "They have taken the master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him!"

³ So Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb; ⁴ they both started to run, but the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and got to the tomb first. ⁵ He glanced in and saw the bandages lying on the ground, but he did not go inside. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came after him, and went inside the tomb; he noticed not only that the bandages were lying on the ground ⁷ but that the napkin which had been round his head was folded up by itself, instead of lying beside the other bandages. ⁸ Upon this the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and when he saw for himself he was convinced. ⁹ (For as yet they did not understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.)