Matthew 28:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it,

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  • John 20:12-13 : 12 one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid. 13 And they say to her, `Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, `Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'
  • Acts 16:26 : 26 and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all -- the bands were loosed;
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 And opened was the sanctuary of God in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of His covenant in His sanctuary, and there did come lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
  • Matt 27:51-53 : 51 and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, 52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose, 53 and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
  • Mark 16:3-5 : 3 and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?' 4 And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great, 5 and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.
  • Luke 24:2-5 : 2 and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb, 3 and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel, 5 and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead?
  • John 20:1 : 1 And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 28:1
    85%

    1And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,

  • Mark 16:1-9
    9 verses
    82%

    1And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him,

    2and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

    3and they said among themselves, `Who shall roll away for us the stone out of the door of the sepulchre?'

    4And having looked, they see that the stone hath been rolled away -- for it was very great,

    5and having entered into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right hand, arrayed in a long white robe, and they were amazed.

    6And he saith to them, `Be not amazed, ye seek Jesus the Nazarene, the crucified: he did rise -- he is not here; lo, the place where they laid him!

    7and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

    8And, having come forth quickly, they fled from the sepulchre, and trembling and amazement had seized them, and to no one said they anything, for they were afraid.

    9And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons;

  • Luke 24:1-6
    6 verses
    81%

    1And on the first of the sabbaths, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bearing the spices they made ready, and certain `others' with them,

    2and they found the stone having been rolled away from the tomb,

    3and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

    4And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel,

    5and on their having become afraid, and having inclined the face to the earth, they said to them, `Why do ye seek the living with the dead?

    6he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee,

  • John 20:11-13
    3 verses
    80%

    11and Mary was standing near the tomb, weeping without; as she was weeping, then, she stooped down to the tomb, and beholdeth two messengers in white, sitting,

    12one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been laid.

    13And they say to her, `Woman, why dost thou weep?' she saith to them, `Because they took away my Lord, and I have not known where they laid him;'

  • Matt 28:3-9
    7 verses
    80%

    3and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow,

    4and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

    5And the messenger answering said to the women, `Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;

    6he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying;

    7and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'

    8And having gone forth quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to tell to his disciples;

    9and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, `Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him.

  • Matt 27:60-62
    3 verses
    79%

    60and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

    61and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.

    62And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

  • John 20:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1And on the first of the sabbaths, Mary the Magdalene doth come early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she seeth the stone having been taken away out of the tomb,

    2she runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus was loving, and saith to them, `They took away the Lord out of the tomb, and we have not known where they laid him.'

  • Matt 27:66
    74%

    66and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

  • Matt 27:51-53
    3 verses
    74%

    51and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

    52and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,

    53and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

  • Matt 28:11
    74%

    11And while they are going on, lo, certain of the watch having come to the city, told to the chief priests all the things that happened,

  • Luke 24:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22`And certain women of ours also astonished us, coming early to the tomb,

    23and not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen an apparition of messengers, who say he is alive,

  • Luke 24:12
    73%

    12And Peter having risen, did run to the tomb, and having stooped down he seeth the linen clothes lying alone, and he went away to his own home, wondering at that which was come to pass.

  • Matt 28:13
    72%

    13saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep;

  • Mark 15:46-47
    2 verses
    72%

    46And he, having brought fine linen, and having taken him down, wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre that had been hewn out of a rock, and he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre,

    47and Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of Joses, were beholding where he is laid.

  • Rev 18:1
    71%

    1And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory,

  • Matt 27:64
    71%

    64command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'

  • Luke 24:37
    70%

    37and being amazed, and becoming affrighted, they were thinking themselves to see a spirit.

  • Luke 2:9
    70%

    9and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.

  • John 20:6
    70%

    6Simon Peter, therefore, cometh, following him, and he entered into the tomb, and beholdeth the linen clothes lying,

  • Acts 1:10
    70%

    10and as they were looking stedfastly to the heaven in his going on, then, lo, two men stood by them in white apparel,

  • Luke 24:9
    70%

    9and having turned back from the tomb told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

  • John 20:18
    70%

    18Mary the Magdalene cometh, telling to the disciples that she hath seen the Lord, and `that' these things he said to her.