Jesus Lives!

And He has risen from the dead!

Praise to the King of kings!

John 20

1The ^afirst day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet ^bdark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the ^cstone taken away from the sepulchre.^d

 2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other^adisciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the ^bLord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

 3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

 4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

 5And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

 6Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

 7And the ^anapkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

 8Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

 9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must ^arise again from the ^bdead.

 10Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

 11¶But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

 12And seeth two ^aangels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

 13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

 14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and ^asawJesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

 15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

 16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, ^aMaster.

 17Jesus saith unto her, ^aTouch me not; for I am not yet^bascended to my ^cFather: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my ^dFather, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

 18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.

 19¶Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were^aassembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and ^bstood in the midst, and saith unto them, ^cPeace be unto you.

 20And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his ^ahands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they ^bsaw the Lord.

 21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my^aFather hath ^bsent me, even so ^csend I you.

 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

 23Whose soever sins ye ^aremit, they are remitted unto them;and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

 24¶But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

 25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the^aprint of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

 26¶And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

 27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and ^athrust it into my side: and be not ^bfaithless, but ^cbelieving.

 28And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

 29Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast ^aseen me, thou hast believed: ^bblessed are they that have not seen, and yethave ^cbelieved.

 30¶And many other ^asigns truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not ^bwritten in this book:

 31But these are ^awritten, that ye might ^bbelieve that Jesus is the^cChrist, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have ^dlifethrough his ^ename.