Matthew 28:1-10 - Jesus Is Raised

¹ After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre. ² But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it. ³ His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. ⁴ For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became like dead men.

⁵ But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--the crucified One. ⁶ He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you."

⁸ They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples. ⁹ And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. "Peace be to you," He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him. ¹⁰ Then He said, "Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me."

¹ When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body. ² So, very soon after sunrise on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb; ³ and they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" ⁴ But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size. ⁵ Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

⁶ But he said to them, "Do not be terrified. It is Jesus you are looking for--the Nazarene who has been crucified. He has come back to life: He is not here: this is the place where they laid Him. ⁷ But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you."

⁸ So they came out, and fled from the tomb, for they were greatly agitated and surprised; and they said not a word to any one, for they were afraid.

¹ And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. ² But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb, ³ and on entering they found that the body of the Lord Jesus was not there. ⁴ At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning. ⁵ The women were terrified; but, as they stood with their faces bowed to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you search among the dead for Him who is living? ⁶ He is not here. He has come back to life. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." ⁸ Then they remembered His words,

⁹ and returning from the tomb they reported all this to the Eleven and to all the rest. ¹⁰ The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles. ¹¹ But the whole story seemed to them an idle tale; they could not believe the women. ¹² Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

¹ On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it. ² So she ran, as fast as she could, to find Simon Peter and the other disciple--the one who was dear to Jesus--and to tell them, "They have taken the Master out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him."

³ Peter and the other disciple started at once to go to the tomb, both of them running, ⁴ but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached it before he did. ⁵ Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in. ⁶ Simon Peter, however, also came, following him, and entered the tomb. There on the ground he saw the cloths; ⁷ and the towel, which had been placed over the face of Jesus, not lying with the cloths, but folded up and put by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who had been the first to come to the tomb, also went in and saw and was convinced. ⁹ For until now they had not understood the inspired teaching, that He must rise again from among the dead.