John 20 (NASB)

31 verses · New American Standard Bible · Formal equivalence (most literal)

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John Chapter 20 contains 31 verses and is presented here in the New American Standard Bible (NASB), which uses a formal equivalence (most literal) approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 21 chapters in John.

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1Now on the first [day] of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone [already] taken away from the tomb.

2So she ran 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.'

3So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.

4The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;

5and stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying [there]; but he did not go in.

6And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying [there],

7and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.

8So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

9For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

10So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

11But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;

12and she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

13And 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.'

14When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], and did not know that it was Jesus.

15Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?' Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, 'Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.'

16Jesus said to her, 'Mary!' She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, 'Rabboni!' (which means, Teacher).

17Jesus said to her, 'Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.''

18Mary Magdalene came, announcing to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and [that] He had said these things to her.

19So when it was evening on that day, the first [day] of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, 'Peace [be] with you.'

20And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

21So Jesus said to them again, 'Peace [be] with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.'

22And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.

23'If you forgive the sins of any, [their sins] have been forgiven them; if you retain the [sins] of any, they have been retained.'

24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

25So the other disciples were saying to him, 'We have seen the Lord!' But he said to them, 'Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.'

26After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, 'Peace [be] with you.'

27Then He said to Thomas, 'Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.'

28Thomas answered and said to Him, 'My Lord and my God!'

29Jesus said to him, 'Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed [are] they who did not see, and [yet] believed.'

30Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

31but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

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What is John 20 in the NASB?

John 20 in the New American Standard Bible (NASB) contains 31 verses. The NASB uses a formal equivalence (most literal) approach, first published in 1971 (rev. 2020).

How does the NASB translate John 20 differently?

The New American Standard Bible uses formal equivalence (most literal), balancing accuracy with modern readability. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of John 20 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in John 20 (NASB)?

John Chapter 20 contains 31 verses in the New American Standard Bible. The book of John has 21 chapters total.

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