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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>John 20 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/john/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > John 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/19.htm" title="John 19">◄</a> John 20 <a href="../john/21.htm" title="John 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch50020" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn50020" class="cn"><a id="rfn50020001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020001-1">*</a></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">The Empty Tomb.<a id="rfn50020001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020001-2">*</a></span> <span id="v50020001" class="ver">1</span>On the first day of the week,<a id="ren50020001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020001-a">a</a> Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark,<a id="rfn50020001-3" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020001-3">*</a> and saw the stone removed from the tomb. <a id="ren50020001-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020001-b">b</a> <span id="v50020002" class="ver">2</span>So she ran<a id="rfn50020002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020002-1">*</a> and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” <span id="v50020003" class="ver">3</span><a id="rfn50020003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020003-1">*</a> So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. <span id="v50020004" class="ver">4</span>They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; <span id="v50020005" class="ver">5</span>he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. <span id="v50020006" class="ver">6</span><a id="ren50020006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020006-c">c</a> When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths<a id="rfn50020006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020006-1">*</a> there, <span id="v50020007" class="ver">7</span>and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.<a id="ren50020007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020007-d">d</a> <span id="v50020008" class="ver">8</span>Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. <span id="v50020009" class="ver">9</span><a id="rfn50020009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020009-1">*</a> <a id="ren50020009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020009-e">e</a> For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead. <span id="v50020010" class="ver">10</span>Then the disciples returned home.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">The Appearance to Mary of Magdala.<a id="rfn50020011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020011-1">*</a></span> <span id="v50020011" class="ver">11</span>But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.<a id="ren50020011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020011-f">f</a> And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb <span id="v50020012" class="ver">12</span>and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been. <span id="v50020013" class="ver">13</span>And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.” <span id="v50020014" class="ver">14</span>When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know it was Jesus.<a id="ren50020014-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020014-g">g</a> <span id="v50020015" class="ver">15</span>Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?”<a id="ren50020015-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020015-h">h</a> She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” <span id="v50020016" class="ver">16</span>Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,”<a id="rfn50020016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020016-1">*</a> which means Teacher. <span id="v50020017" class="ver">17</span>Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,<a id="rfn50020017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020017-1">*</a> for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”<a id="ren50020017-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020017-i">i</a> <span id="v50020018" class="ver">18</span>Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and what he told her.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Appearance to the Disciples.<a id="rfn50020019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020019-1">*</a></span> <span id="v50020019" class="ver">19</span>On the evening of that first day of the week,<a id="ren50020019-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020019-j">j</a> when the doors were locked, where the disciples<a id="rfn50020019-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020019-2">*</a> were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” <span id="v50020020" class="ver">20</span>When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.<a id="rfn50020020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020020-1">*</a> The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.<a id="ren50020020-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020020-k">k</a> <span id="v50020021" class="ver">21</span><a id="rfn50020021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020021-1">*</a> [Jesus] said to them again,<a id="ren50020021-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020021-l">l</a> “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” <span id="v50020022" class="ver">22</span><a id="rfn50020022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020022-1">*</a> And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,<a id="ren50020022-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020022-m">m</a> “Receive the holy Spirit. <span id="v50020023" class="ver">23</span><a id="rfn50020023-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020023-1">*</a> <a id="ren50020023-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020023-n">n</a> Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Thomas.</span> <span id="v50020024" class="ver">24</span>Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. <span id="v50020025" class="ver">25</span>So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”<a id="ren50020025-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020025-o">o</a> <span id="v50020026" class="ver">26</span>Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”<a id="ren50020026-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020026-p">p</a> <span id="v50020027" class="ver">27</span>Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” <span id="v50020028" class="ver">28</span><a id="rfn50020028-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020028-1">*</a> <a id="ren50020028-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020028-q">q</a> Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” <span id="v50020029" class="ver">29</span><a id="rfn50020029-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020029-1">*</a> Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?<a id="ren50020029-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020029-r">r</a> Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Conclusion.<a id="rfn50020030-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn50020030-1">*</a></span> <span id="v50020030" class="ver">30</span>Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of [his] disciples that are not written in this book.<a id="ren50020030-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020030-s">s</a> <span id="v50020031" class="ver">31</span>But these are written that you may [come to] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.<a id="ren50020031-t" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en50020031-t">t</a></p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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