16:1 AND WHEN the Sabbath was past [that is, after the sun had set], Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James, and Salome purchased sweet-smelling spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus' body]. |
16:2 And very early on the first day of the week they came to the tomb; [by then] the sun had risen. |
16:3 And they said to one another, Who will roll back the stone for us out of [the groove across the floor at] the door of the tomb? |
16:4 And when they looked up, they [distinctly] saw that the stone was already rolled back, for it was very large. |
16:5 And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting [there] on the right [side], clothed in a [long, stately, sweeping] robe of white, and they were utterly amazed {and} struck with terror. |
16:6 And he said to them, Do not be amazed {and} terrified; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. |
16:7 But be going; tell the disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee; you will see Him there, [just] as He told you. |
16:8 Then they went out [and] fled from the tomb, for trembling and bewilderment {and} consternation had seized them. And they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were held by alarm {and} fear. |
16:9 Now Jesus, having risen [from death] early on the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons. |
16:10 She went and reported it to those who had been with Him, as they grieved and wept. |
16:11 And when they heard that He was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it. |
16:12 After this, He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking [along the way] into the country. |
16:13 And they returned [to Jerusalem] and told the others, but they did not believe them either. |
16:14 Afterward He appeared to the Eleven [apostles themselves] as they reclined at table; and He reproved {and} reproached them for their unbelief (their lack of faith) and their hardness of heart, because they had refused to believe those who had seen Him {and} looked at Him attentively after He had risen [from death]. |
16:15 And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach {and} publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race]. |
16:16 He who believes [who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] and is baptized will be saved [from the penalty of eternal death]; but he who does not believe [who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] will be condemned. |
16:17 And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; |
16:18 They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. |
16:19 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God. |
16:20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs {and} miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it). |