7.
Resurrecting in divine glory
20:1-13
a.
Leaving the old creation in the tomb as a testimony provided by His appreciators and discovered by His seekers
vv. 1-10
John 20
:1
20:1
aNow on the
1bfirst cday of the week, Mary the Magdalene
2came early to the tomb while it was yet dark and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
John 20
:2
20:2
She ran therefore and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.
John 20
:3
20:3
Peter therefore went forth, as well as the other disciple, and came to the tomb.
John 20
:4
20:4
And the two ran together, yet the other disciple ran ahead faster
than Peter and came first to the tomb.
John 20
:5
20:5
And stooping to look in, he saw the
1linen cloths lying
there; however, he did not enter.
John 20
:6
20:6
Then Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he beheld the linen cloths lying
there
John 20
:7
20:7
And the
1handkerchief which had been over His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in one place apart.
John 20
:8
20:8
At that time therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, entered, and he saw and believed;
John 20
:9
20:9
For as yet they did not understand the
aScripture, that He had to
1brise from among the dead.
John 20
:10
20:10
The disciples therefore went away again to their own
home.
b.
Testified by angels sent by God
vv. 11-13
John 20
:11
20:11
But Mary stood outside at the tomb
1weeping. Then as she wept, she stooped to look into the tomb
John 20
:12
20:12
And beheld two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
John 20
:13
20:13
And they said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.
D.
Life in resurrection
20:14—21:25
1.
Appearing to the seekers and ascending to the Father
20:14-18
John 20
:14
20:14
When she said these things, she turned backward and beheld Jesus standing
there, yet she did not know that it was Jesus.
John 20
:15
20:15
Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking? She, supposing that He was the gardener, said to Him, Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.
John 20
:16
20:16
Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which means Teacher).
c.
Bringing forth many brothers and making His Father and God theirs
v.17
John 20
:17
20:17
Jesus said to her, Do not touch Me, for I have not yet
1ascended to the Father; but go to My
2abrothers and say to them, I
bascend to My
3Father and your Father, and My God and your God.
John 20
:18
20:18
Mary the Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples, I have seen the Lord, and
that He had said these things to her.
2.
Coming as the Spirit to be breathed into the believers
20:19-25
John 20
:19
20:19
aWhen therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and while the doors were shut where the
1disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus
2came and stood in the midst and said to them,
bPeace be to you.
John 20
:20
20:20
And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples therefore
1arejoiced at
bseeing the Lord.
John 20
:21
20:21
Then Jesus said to them again,
aPeace be to you; as the Father has
1sent Me, I also
2bsend you.
John 20
:22
20:22
And when He had said this, He
abreathed into
them and said to them,
bReceive the Holy
1cSpirit.
John 20
:23
20:23
aWhosever sins you forgive, they are forgiven them; and whosever
sins you retain, they are retained.
John 20
:24
20:24
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called
1Didymus,
2was not with them when Jesus came.
John 20
:25
20:25
The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the
aLord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails and put my finger into the mark of the nails and put my hand into His side, I will by no means believe.
3.
Meeting with the believers
20:26-31
John 20
:26
20:26
And 1after aeight days, His
2disciples were again within, and Thomas
was with them. Jesus
3came, though the doors were shut, and stood in the midst and said,
bPeace be to you.
John 20
:27
20:27
Then He said to Thomas, Bring your finger here and see My hands, and bring your hand and put
it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.
John 20
:28
20:28
Thomas answered and said to Him, My
aLord and my
1bGod!
John 20
:29
20:29
Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.
John 20
:30
20:30
Moreover indeed
amany other signs also Jesus did before His disciples, which are not written in this book.
John 20
:31
20:31
But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the
1aChrist, the
bSon of God, and that
cbelieving, you may have life in His name.
