John Chapter 20

Question 1

John 20:1

Answer 1

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

Question 2

John 20:2

Answer 2

So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

Question 3

John 20:3

Answer 3

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

Question 4

John 20:4

Answer 4

Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

Question 5

John 20:5

Answer 5

He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.

Question 6

John 20:6

Answer 6

Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,

Question 7

John 20:7

Answer 7

as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen.

Question 8

John 20:8

Answer 8

Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

Question 9

John 20:9

Answer 9

(They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)

Question 10

John 20:10

Answer 10

Then the disciples went back to their homes,

Question 11

John 20:11

Answer 11

but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb

Question 12

John 20:12

Answer 12

and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

Question 13

John 20:13

Answer 13

They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”

Question 14

John 20:14

Answer 14

At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.

Question 15

John 20:15

Answer 15

“Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

Question 16

John 20:16

Answer 16

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

Question 17

John 20:17

Answer 17

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ “

Question 18

John 20:18

Answer 18

Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Question 19

John 20:19

Answer 19

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

Question 20

John 20:20

Answer 20

After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

Question 21

John 20:21

Answer 21

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

Question 22

John 20:22

Answer 22

And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Question 23

John 20:23

Answer 23

If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Question 24

John 20:24

Answer 24

Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

Question 25

John 20:25

Answer 25

So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”

Question 26

John 20:26

Answer 26

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

Question 27

John 20:27

Answer 27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Question 28

John 20:28

Answer 28

Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Question 29

John 20:29

Answer 29

Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Question 30

John 20:30

Answer 30

Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

Question 31

John 20:31

Answer 31

But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.