At this point his disciples arrived, and they were astonished that he was talking to a woman. Yet no one said, "What do you want from her?" or, "Why are you talking to her?"

At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, "So you know me and know where I've come from? I haven't come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he's the one you don't know.

They said this to test him, so that they might have a charge against him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.

Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.

At this point, some of his disciples asked each other, "What does he mean by telling us, "In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again,' and, "because I am going to the Father'?"

At this point Simon Peter arrived, following him, and went straight into the tomb. He observed that the linen cloths were lying there,

Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.