The Empty Tomb
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
16Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
18Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Jesus Appears to Thomas
24Now Thomas (also known as Didymus20:24 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
The Purpose of John’s Gospel
30Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31But these are written that you may believe20:31 Or may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Muling Nabuhay si Jesus
(Mat. 28:1-8; Mar. 16:1-8; Luc. 24:1-12)
1Kinaumagahan ng Linggo, habang madilim pa, pumunta si Maria na taga-Magdala sa libingan. Nakita niyang naalis na ang batong nakatakip sa pintuan nito. 2Kaya tumakbo siya at pumunta kay Simon Pedro at sa tagasunod na mahal ni Jesus. Pagdating niya sa kinaroroonan nila, sinabi niya sa kanila, “Kinuha nila sa libingan ang Panginoon at hindi namin alam kung saan dinala.” 3Kaya tumakbo si Pedro papunta sa libingan kasama ang nasabing tagasunod. 4Pareho silang tumakbo, pero mas mabilis ang isa kaysa kay Pedro, kaya nauna itong nakarating sa libingan. 5Yumuko siya at sumilip sa loob ng libingan. Nakita niya ang mga telang linen na ipinambalot kay Jesus, pero hindi siya pumasok. 6Kasunod naman niyang dumating si Simon Pedro, at pumasok siya sa loob ng libingan. Nakita niya ang mga telang linen, 7maging ang ipinambalot sa ulo ni Jesus. Nakatiklop ito sa mismong lugar nito, at nakahiwalay sa ibang pang mga tela. 8-9Pumasok na rin ang tagasunod na naunang nakarating, at nakita rin niya ang mga ito. Kahit na hindi pa nila nauunawaan ang tungkol sa sinasabi ng Kasulatan na si Jesus ay muling mabubuhay, naniwala siya na muling nabuhay si Jesus. 10Pagkatapos nito, umuwi ang dalawang tagasunod.
Nagpakita si Jesus kay Maria na Taga-Magdala
(Mat. 28:9-10; Mar. 16:9-11)
11Naiwan si Maria sa labas ng libingan na umiiyak. Habang umiiyak, sumilip siya sa loob ng libingan 12at nakita niya ang dalawang anghel na nakaputi. Nakaupo sila sa pinaglagyan ng bangkay ni Jesus, isa sa may ulunan at isa sa may paanan. 13Tinanong nila si Maria, “Babae, bakit ka umiiyak?” Sumagot siya, “May kumuha sa Panginoon ko, at hindi ko alam kung saan siya dinala.” 14Pagkasabi nitoʼy lumingon siya at nakita si Jesus na nakatayo, pero hindi niya nakilala na si Jesus iyon. 15Tinanong siya ni Jesus, “Babae, bakit ka umiiyak? Sino ba ang hinahanap mo?” Sa pag-aakalang siya ang hardinero roon, sumagot si Maria, “Kung kayo po ang kumuha sa kanya, ituro nʼyo sa akin kung saan nʼyo siya dinala, at kukunin ko siya.” 16Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Maria!” Humarap si Maria kay Jesus at sinabi sa wikang Hebreo, “Rabboni!” (Ang ibig sabihin ay “Guro”.) 17Sinabi ni Jesus, “Huwag mo akong hawakan, dahil hindi pa ako nakakabalik sa aking Ama. Pumunta ka sa mga kapatid ko at sabihing babalik na ako sa aking Ama na inyong Ama, at sa aking Dios na inyong Dios.” 18Kaya pinuntahan ni Maria na taga-Magdala ang mga tagasunod ni Jesus at ibinalita sa kanila na nakita niya ang Panginoon. At sinabi niya sa kanila ang mga ipinapasabi ni Jesus.
Nagpakita si Jesus sa mga Tagasunod Niya
(Mat. 28:16-20; Mar. 16:14-18; Luc. 24:36-49)
19Nang takip-silim na ng araw na iyon, nagsama-sama ang mga tagasunod ni Jesus. Ikinandado nila ang mga pinto dahil sa takot sa mga pinuno ng mga Judio. Dumating si Jesus at tumayo sa gitna nila, at sinabi, “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan.” 20Pagkasabi niya nito, ipinakita niya ang sugat sa mga kamay at tagiliran niya. Labis na natuwa ang mga tagasunod nang makita ang Panginoon. 21Muling sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan. Kung paanong sinugo ako ng Ama, kayo ay isinusugo ko rin.” 22Pagkasabi niya nito, hiningahan niya sila at sinabi, “Tanggapin nʼyo ang Banal na Espiritu. 23Kung patatawarin nʼyo ang kasalanan ng isang tao, pinatawad na siya ng Dios. At kung hindi nʼyo patatawarin ang kanyang kasalanan, hindi rin siya pinatawad ng Dios.”
Ang Pagdududa ni Tomas
24Si Tomas na tinatawag na Kambal,20:24 Kambal: sa Griego, Didimus. na isa rin sa 12 apostol ay hindi nila kasama noong nagpakita si Jesus. 25Kaya ibinalita nila sa kanya na nakita nila ang Panginoon. Pero sinabi niya sa kanila, “Hindi ako maniniwala hanggaʼt hindi ko nakikita ang mga sugat ng pagkakapako sa mga kamay niya at mahipo ang mga ito, pati na ang sugat sa kanyang tagiliran.”
26Makalipas ang walong araw, nagtipon ulit ang mga tagasunod ni Jesus sa loob ng bahay. Kasama na nila si Tomas. Kahit nakakandado ang mga pinto, dumating si Jesus at tumayo sa gitna nila, at sinabi, “Sumainyo ang kapayapaan.” 27Sinabi ni Jesus kay Tomas, “Tingnan mo ang mga kamay ko. Hipuin mo, pati na rin ang aking tagiliran. Huwag ka nang magduda; maniwala ka na.” 28Sinabi ni Tomas sa kanya, “Panginoon ko at Dios ko!” 29Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Naniniwala ka na ba dahil nakita mo ako? Mapalad ang mga naniniwala kahit hindi nila ako nakita.”
Ang Layunin ng Aklat na Ito
30Marami pang himalang ginawa si Jesus na nasaksihan ng mga tagasunod niya ang hindi naisulat sa aklat na ito. 31Pero ang nasa aklat na itoʼy isinulat upang sumampalataya kayo na si Jesus nga ang Cristo, ang Anak ng Dios. At kung sasampalataya kayo sa kanya, magkakaroon kayo ng buhay na walang hanggan.
