The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (112 page)

The Burial of Jesus

38
 After this
Joseph of Arimathe'a
, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took away his body.
³⁹
Nicode'mus
also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight.
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They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is
the burial custom
of the Jews.
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Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid.
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So because of the Jewish
day of Preparation
, as the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

The Resurrection of Jesus

20
  
Now on
the first day
of the week, Mary Mag'dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
²
So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord
out of the tomb
, and we do not know where they have laid him."
³
Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb.
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They both ran, but
the other disciple
outran Peter and reached the tomb first;
⁵
and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
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Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying,
⁷
and
the napkin
, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself.
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Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
⁹
for as yet they did not know
the Scripture
, that he must rise from the dead.
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Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

11
 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb;
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and she saw
two angels
in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.
¹³
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."
¹⁴
Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but
she did not know
that it was Jesus.
¹⁵
Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" 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."
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Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rab-bo'ni!" (which means Teacher).
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Jesus said to her, "
Do not hold me
, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."
 
*
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Mary Mag'dalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Gives the Disciples the Powerto Forgive Sins

19
 On the evening of
that day
, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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When he had said this, he showed them
his hands and his side
. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.
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Jesus said to them again, "
Peace
be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
²²
And when he had said this,
he breathed on them
, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
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If you
forgive the sins
of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

Jesus and Thomas

24
 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.
²⁵
So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe."

26
 
Eight days later
, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, "Peace be with you."
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Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing."
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Thomas answered him, "
My Lord and my God
!"
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Jesus said to him, "You have believed because you have seen me. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

The Purpose of This Book

30
 
Now Jesus did
many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
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but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

Jesus Appears to Disciples by theSea of Tiberias

21
 
 
*
 After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the
Sea of Tibe'ri-as
; and he revealed himself in this way.
²
Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan'a-el of Cana in Galilee, the
sons of Zeb'edee
, and two others of his disciples were together.
³
Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but
that night
they caught nothing.

4
 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
⁵
Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No."
⁶
He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish.
⁷
That disciple whom Jesus loved
 
*
said to Peter, "
It is the Lord
!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea.
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But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards
^m
off.

9
 When they got out on land, they saw a
charcoal fire
there, with fish lying on it, and bread.
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Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught."
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So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish,
a hundred and fifty-three
of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
¹²
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
¹³
Jesus came and
took the bread and gave
it to them, and so with the fish.
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This was now
the third time
that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Peter Is Given a Command

15
 
*
 When they had finished breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter
, "Simon, son of John, do you love me
more than these
?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
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A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
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He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you fastened your own belt and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will
stretch out your hands
, and another will fasten your belt for you and carry you where you do not wish to go."
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(This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, "Follow me."

Jesus and the Beloved Disciple

20
 Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?"
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When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
²²
Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!"
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The saying spread
abroad among the brethren that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?"

24
 
This is the disciple
who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

25
 But there are also
many other things
which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Commentary on the Gospel of John

1:1-18
The Prologue functions like a musical overture, introducing the main themes of the Gospel to be developed in subsequent chapters: light (1:4), life (1:4), darkness (1:5), testimony (1:7), faith (1:12), glory (1:14), truth (1:17). This network of images and ideas is held together around Jesus the Word, who is portrayed as the Creator and Redeemer of all things. Similar poetic passages are found in Col 1:15-20 and Heb 1:1-4. 
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1:1 In the beginning:
John traces the origin of the Word into eternity past, where God the Son was present with God the Father before time itself began (17:5). • This opening verse of John is a direct allusion to the opening verse of the Bible. As in Genesis 1, the evangelist draws attention to light, darkness, life, and the spoken Word that brought all things into existence (1:1-5). It is implied that the universe, once
created
through the Word of God, is now being
renewed
through that same Word come in the flesh as Jesus Christ (1:14; Rev 21:15;
Catechism of the Catholic Church
[hereafter CCC] 241, 291).
was with God:
Distinguishes the Word from the Father. They are not the same Person, yet they share the same nature in the family of the eternal Godhead (17:25-26) (CCC 25456).
was God:
Or, "was divine". This is the first and clearest assertion of the deity of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (5:18; 10:30-33; 20:28) (CCC 242). 
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1:4 life:
Earthly life is a gift that is given and sustained by God through his eternal Word (Heb 1:3). Ultimately, natural and biological life points beyond itself to the supernatural and divine life that Jesus grants in abundance to the children of God (10:10; 2 Pet 1:4; CCC 1997). This new life comes to us when we give ourselves to Christ in faith (3:16; 20:31), and Christ gives himself to us through the sacramental action of the Church (3:5; 6:53). 
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