² And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for ^(A)an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away ^(B)the stone, and sat upon it. ³ And ^(C)his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. ⁴ The guards shook from fear of him and became like dead men. ⁵ And the angel said to the women, “^[a](D)Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. ⁶ He is not here, for He has risen, ^(E)just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. ⁷ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you ^(F)to Galilee. There you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

⁸ And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to report to His disciples. ⁹ And behold, Jesus met them ^[b]and said, “^[c]Rejoice!” And they came up and took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus *said to them, “^[d](G)Do not be afraid; go, bring word to ^(H)My brothers to leave ^(I)for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

¹¹ Now while they were on their way, some of ^(J)the men from the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. ¹² And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, ¹³ and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴ And if this comes to ^(K)the governor’s ears, we will appease him and ^[e]keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵ And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely ^(L)spread among the Jews and is ^(M)to this day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶ But the eleven disciples proceeded ^(N)to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them. ¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but ^(O)some ^[f]were doubtful. ¹⁸ And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “^(P)All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ^19 [g](Q)Go, therefore, and ^(R)make disciples of ^(S)all the nations, ^(T)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to ^[h]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(U)I am with you ^[i]always, to ^(V)the end of the age.”

⁵ And ^(A)entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they ^(B)were amazed.

⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(A)two men suddenly ^(B)stood near them in gleaming clothing;