Jesus has risen

1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

5 The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: “He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.” Now I have told you.’

8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

9 Suddenly Jesus met them. ‘Greetings,’ he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshipped him.

10 Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.’

The guards’ report

11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,

13 telling them, ‘You are to say, “His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.”

14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.’

15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

The great commission

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

17 When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’

Footnotes for the Book of Matthew

a1Traditionallywise men

b6Micah 5:2,4

c15Hosea 11:1

d18Jer. 31:15

a1The Greek fortemptedcan also meantested.

b4Deut. 8:3

c6Psalm 91:11,12

d7Deut. 6:16

e10Deut. 6:13

f16Isaiah 9:1,2

g25That is, the Ten Cities

a13The Greek fortemptationcan also meantesting.

b13Orfrom evil; some late manuscriptsone, / for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen.

c22The Greek forhealthyhere impliesgenerous.

d23The Greek forunhealthyhere impliesstingy.

e27Orsingle cubit to your height

a13Hosea 6:6

a1Greekin their towns

b5The Greek word traditionally translatedleprosywas used for various diseases affecting the skin.

c10Mal. 3:1

d12Orbeen forcefully advancing

e23That is, the realm of the dead

a15Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)

b35Psalm 78:2

a2,3Some early manuscripts do not haveWhen evening comes … of the times.

b18The Greek word forPetermeansrock.

c18That is, the realm of the dead

d19Orwill have been

e25The Greek word means eitherlifeorsoul; also in verse 26.

a11Some manuscripts include here the words of Luke 19:10.

b15The Greek word forbrother or sister (adelphos)refers here to a fellow disciple, whether man or woman; also in verses 21 and 35.

c15Some manuscriptssins against you

d16Deut. 19:15

e18Orwill have been

f22Orseventy times seven

g24Greekten thousand talents; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day labourer’s wages.

h28Greeka hundred denarii; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day labourer (see 20:2).

a2A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day labourer.

a17A special tax levied on subject peoples, not on Roman citizens

b32Exodus 3:6

c37Deut. 6:5

d39Lev. 19:18

e44Psalm 110:1

a15Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

b29Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

c30Orthe tribes of the land

d30See Daniel 7:13-14.

e33Orhe

f36Some manuscripts do not havenor the Son.

a11See Deut. 15:11.

b28Some manuscriptsthe new

c31Zech. 13:7

d50Or‘Why have you come, friend?’

e64See Psalm 110:1; Daniel 7:13.

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