Matthew 28:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the angel said to the women,“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

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  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
  • Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 4 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!
  • Isa 35:4 : 4 Tell those who panic,“Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.”
  • Isa 41:10 : 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
  • Isa 41:14 : 14 Don’t be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you,” says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.
  • Dan 10:12 : 12 Then he said to me,“Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.
  • Dan 10:19 : 19 He said to me,“Don’t be afraid, you who are valued. Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said,“Sir, you may speak now, for you have given me strength.”
  • Matt 14:27 : 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them:“Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
  • Matt 28:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to them,“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
  • Mark 16:6 : 6 But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
  • Luke 1:12-13 : 12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear. 13 But the angel said to him,“Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
  • Luke 1:30 : 30 So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!
  • Luke 24:5 : 5 The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?
  • John 20:13-15 : 13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!” 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

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  • Mark 16:2-8
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    2And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

    3They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

    4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.

    5Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

    6But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

    7But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”

    8Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

  • Matt 28:6-11
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    6He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

    7Then go quickly and tell his disciples,‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”

    8So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

    9But Jesus met them, saying,“Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

    10Then Jesus said to them,“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

    11The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

  • Luke 24:1-7
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    1The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

    2They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

    3but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

    4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

    5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?

    6He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

    7that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”

  • Matt 28:1-4
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    1The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

    2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

    3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

    4The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

  • John 20:11-15
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    11But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.

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

    13They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

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

    15Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”

  • Luke 24:22-24
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    73%

    22Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

    23and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

    24Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”

  • Luke 23:55
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    55The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

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    7But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”

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    1The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

    2So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

  • Luke 24:37-38
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    37But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

    38Then he said to them,“Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

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    28But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

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    13telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’

  • Matt 27:63-64
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    63and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’

    64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

  • Matt 27:60
    69%

    60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

  • Acts 13:30
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    30But God raised him from the dead,

  • Luke 1:30
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    30So the angel said to her,“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!

  • John 20:9
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    9(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)

  • Mark 15:47
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    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

  • John 20:5
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    5He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

  • John 18:4
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    4Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”

  • John 19:41
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    41Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.