Matthew 28:1-10 - Jesus Is Raised

¹ And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, ² and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it, ³ and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow, ⁴ and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

⁵ And the messenger answering said to the women, 'Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek; ⁶ he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying; ⁷ and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'

⁸ And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples; ⁹ and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, 'Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him. ¹⁰ Then saith Jesus to them, 'Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

¹ And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, ² and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun, ³ and they said among themselves, 'Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?' ⁴ And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great, ⁵ and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.

⁶ And he saith to them, 'Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him! ⁷ and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

⁸ And, having come forth quickly, they fled from the sepulchre, and trembling and amazement had seized them, and to no one said they anything, for they were afraid.

¹ And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain others with them, ² and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb, ³ and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel, ⁵ and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do ye seek the living with the dead? ⁶ he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee, ⁷ saying -- It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.' ⁸ And they remembered his sayings,

⁹ and having turned back from the tomb told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰ And it was the Magdalene Mary, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women with them, who told unto the apostles these things, ¹¹ and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them. ¹² And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

¹ And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb, ² she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, 'They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'

³ Peter, therefore, went forth, and the other disciple, and they were coming to the tomb, ⁴ and the two were running together, and the other disciple did run forward more quickly than Peter, and came first to the tomb, ⁵ and having stooped down, seeth the linen clothes lying, yet, indeed, he entered not. ⁶ Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying, ⁷ and the napkin that was upon his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but apart, having been folded up, in one place; ⁸ then, therefore, entered also the other disciple who came first unto the tomb, and he saw, and did believe; ⁹ for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again.