Bible Gateway passage: John 19:38-20:18 - New International Version (2024)

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Listen to John 19:38-20:18

The Burial of Jesus(A)

38Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders.(B) With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. 39He was accompanied by Nicodemus,(C) the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.[a] 40Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.(D) This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.(E) 41At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid. 42Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation(F) and since the tomb was nearby,(G) they laid Jesus there.

The Empty Tomb(H)

20Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene(I) went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.(J) 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved,(K) and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”(L)

3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.(M) 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in(N) at the strips of linen(O) 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.(P) The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first,(Q) also went inside. He saw and believed. 9(They still did not understand from Scripture(R) that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)(S) 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(T) 12and saw two angels in white,(U) seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

13They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”(V)

“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”(W) 14At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,(X) but she did not realize that it was Jesus.(Y)

15He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?(Z) 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,(AA) “Rabboni!”(AB) (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(AC) and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father(AD) and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

18Mary Magdalene(AE) went to the disciples(AF) with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Footnotes

  1. John 19:39 Or about 34 kilograms

Cross references

  1. John 19:38 : 19:38-42pp — Mt 27:57-61; Mk 15:42-47; Lk 23:50-56
  2. John 19:38 : S Jn 7:13
  3. John 19:39 : Jn 3:1; 7:50
  4. John 19:40 : Lk 24:12; Jn 11:44; 20:5, 7
  5. John 19:40 : Mt 26:12
  6. John 19:42 : ver 14, 31
  7. John 19:42 : ver 20, 41
  8. John 20:1 : 20:1-8pp — Mt 28:1-8; Mk 16:1-8; Lk 24:1-10
  9. John 20:1 : ver 18; Lk 8:2; Jn 19:25
  10. John 20:1 : Mt 27:60, 66
  11. John 20:2 : S Jn 13:23
  12. John 20:2 : ver 13
  13. John 20:3 : Lk 24:12
  14. John 20:5 : ver 11
  15. John 20:5 : S Jn 19:40
  16. John 20:7 : Jn 11:44
  17. John 20:8 : ver 4
  18. John 20:9 : Mt 22:29; Jn 2:22
  19. John 20:9 : Lk 24:26, 46; Ac 2:24
  20. John 20:11 : ver 5
  21. John 20:12 : Mt 28:2, 3; Mk 16:5; Lk 24:4; Ac 1:10; S 5:19; 10:30
  22. John 20:13 : ver 15
  23. John 20:13 : ver 2
  24. John 20:14 : Mk 16:9
  25. John 20:14 : Lk 24:16; Jn 21:4
  26. John 20:15 : ver 13
  27. John 20:16 : S Jn 5:2
  28. John 20:16 : S Mt 23:7
  29. John 20:17 : S Mt 28:10
  30. John 20:17 : Jn 7:33
  31. John 20:18 : S ver 1
  32. John 20:18 : Lk 24:10, 22, 23
See Also
John 19:38–42 KJV 1900 - And after this Joseph… | BibliaJohn 19:38–42 NIV - Later, Joseph of Arimathea… | BibliaJohn 19:38 - The Burial of JesusJohn 19:38–39 NIV - Later, Joseph of Arimathea… | Biblia
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