The Resurrection
John 20:1-18
Very early on Sunday, Mary Magdalene found the tomb open. Peter and the other disciple saw the burial cloths on the ground. Then the risen Jesus called Mary by name. John 20:1-18
The story, in plain words
On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been taken away. John 20:1
She ran to find Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. She told them that they had taken the Lord and she did not know where they had put him. John 20:2
Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb. The other disciple ran faster and got there first. John 20:3-4
Peter went in and saw the burial cloths on the ground, and the cloth that had covered his head rolled up in a separate place. John 20:6-7 Then the other…
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John 20:1-18
1And on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalen cometh early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre; and she saw the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2She ran, therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went out, and that other disciple, and they came to the sepulchre. 4And they both ran together, and that other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 5And when he stooped down, he saw the linen cloths lying; but yet he went not in. 6Then cometh Simon Peter, following him, and went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying, 7And the napkin that had been about his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but apart, wrapped up into one place. 8Then that other disciple also went in, who came first to the sepulchre: and he saw, and believed. 9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. 10The disciples therefore departed again to their home. 11But Mary stood at the sepulchre without, weeping. Now as she was weeping, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12And she saw two angels in white, sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. 13They say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them: Because they have taken away my Lord; and I know not where they have laid him. 14When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing; and she knew not that it was Jesus. 15Jesus saith to her: Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, thinking it was the gardener, saith to him: Sir, if thou hast taken him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 16Jesus saith to her: Mary. She turning, saith to him: Rabboni (which is to say, Master). 17Jesus saith to her: Do not touch me, for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and to your Father, to my God and your God. 18Mary Magdalen cometh, and telleth the disciples: I have seen the Lord, and these things he said to me.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
To talk about together
- Jesus called Mary by name, and she recognized him. What do you think she felt?
- Mary went to announce that she had seen the Lord. Who would you tell this news to?
- For the child: how do you feel when someone who loves you calls you by name?