When they had put Jesus upon the cross the soldiers took His garments and made four parts. Each soldier took a part. But His coat was without seam and woven from the top throughout. They said to eachother, Let us not rend it but cast lots for whose it shall be. Thus the scripture was fulfilled which saith, They parted my raiment among them and for my vesture they did cast lots.
There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He saith unto His mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith He to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, and so that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar. They filled a sponge and put it upon hyssop and put it to His mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He bowed His head and said, It is finished.
During the preparation for the sabbath, a high day, it was not fit that the bodies should remain upon the cross. The Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers who broke the legs of the first and then of the other who was crucified with Him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they broke not His legs. Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear and from His side came blood and water. He that saw it bore record, and his record is true. He knoweth that he saith truth that ye might believe. These things were done that this scripture should be fulfilled: A bone of Him shall not be broken. And another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.
After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who, for fear of the Jews, was a secret disciple of Jesus, besought Pilate that he might take Jesus' body. Pilate gave him leave. With him came Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night. He brought a mixture of about a hundred pounds worth of myrrh and aloes. They took the body of Jesus, wound it in linen clothes, and prepared it with the spices as the custom was of the Jews for burial. In the place where He was crucified there was a garden. And in the garden was a new sepulchre wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus.
20. On the first day of the week, when it was yet dark, Mary Magdalene came early unto the sepulchre. She saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. Then she ran and met Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. She saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre and we know not where they have laid Him. Peter and the other disciple, therefore, started toward the sepulchre. They began running together. But the other disciple, having outrun Peter, arrived at the entrance first. Stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen clothes lying there but he did not go in.
Then came Simon Peter who went into the sepulchre, seeth the linen clothes and the napkin that was about His head. The napkin was not lying with the linen clothes, but was folded separately and in a place by itself. Then the other disciple went in also, and he saw, and believed. As yet they knew not the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. The disciples then returned to their own home.
But Mary stood outside at the entrance weeping. As she wept, she stooped down, looked into the sepulchre, and saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet where the body of Jesus had lain. They said to her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord and I know not where they have laid Him. After she had thus said, she turned and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing Him to be the gardener, saith unto Him, Sir, if Thou have borne Him hence, tell me where Thou hast laid Him and I will take Him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned and saith unto Him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not for I am not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when He had so said, He shewed unto them His hands and His side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. When He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose sins ye retain, they are retained.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe. Eight days passed and His disciples were within and Thomas with them. Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith He to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side. Now be not faithless but believing. Thomas answered and said unto Him, my Lord and my God. Jesus saith, Thomas, because thou hast seen me thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.