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¹ Vpon one daye of the Sabbath, came Mary Magdalene early (whe it was yet darcke) vnto the sepulcre, & sawe that the stone was take from the sepulcre.² Then ranne she, & came to Symon Peter, and to ye other disciple, whom Iesus loued, and sayde vnto them: They haue take awaye the LORDE out of the sepulcre, & we can not tell where they haue layed him.³ The wete Peter forth and the other disciple, and came to the sepulcre.⁴ They rane both together, and that other disciple out rane Peter, and came first to the sepulcre,⁵ and loked in, and sawe the lynnen clothes layed. But he wete not in.⁶ The came Symon Peter after him, and wente in to the sepulcre, & sawe the lynne clothes lye,⁷ and the napkyn that was bounde aboute Iesus heade, not layed with the lynnen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by it self.⁸ The wete i also yt other disciple, which came first to ye sepulcre, & he sawe & beleued:⁹ for as yet they knewe not ye scriptures, yt it behoued hi to ryse agayne fro ye deed.¹⁰ The wete ye disciples againe together.

¹¹ As for Mary, she stode before ye sepulcre & wepte without. Now as she wepte she loked in to the sepulcre,¹² and sawe two angels in whyte garmentes syttinge, ye one at the heade, & the other at ye fete, where they had layed the body of Iesus.¹³ And they sayde vnto her: Woma, why wepest thou? She saide vnto the: They haue taken awaye my LORDE, & I wote not where they haue layed hi.¹⁴ And whan she had sayde yt, she turned her self backe, & sawe Iesus stondinge, & knewe not yt it was Iesus.¹⁵ Iesus sayde vnto her: Woman, why wepest thou? Whom sekest thou? She thought yt it had bene ye gardener, & sayde vnto him: Syr, yf thou hast borne him hence: then tell me where thou hast layed him? and I wil fetch hi.¹⁶ Iesus sayde vnto her: Mary. Then turned she her aboute, & sayde vnto him: Rabboni, yt is to saye: Master.¹⁷ Iesus sayde vnto her: Touche me not, for I am not yet ascended vnto my father. But go thou yi waye vnto my brethre & saye vnto the: I ascede vp vnto my father and yor father: to my God, & yor God.¹⁸ Mary Magdalene came, & tolde ye disciples: I haue sene the LORDE, & soch thinges hath he spoken vnto me.

¹⁹ The same Sabbath at eue wha ye disciples were gathered together, and the dores were shut for feare of ye Iewes, came Iesus, and stode i ye myddes, & sayde vnto the: Peace be wt you.²⁰ And wha he had so sayde, he shewed the his hades & his syde. The were ye disciples glad, yt they sawe ye LORDE.²¹ The sayde Iesus vnto the agayne: Peace be with you. Like as my father sent me, eue so sede I you.²² And whan he had sayde yt, he brethed vpo the, and sayde vnto the: Receaue the holy goost.²³ Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte, they are remytted vnto the: and whose synnes so euer ye retayne, they are retayned.²⁴ But Thomas one of the twolue which is called Didimus, was not wt the wha Iesus came.²⁵ The sayde the other disciples vnto him: We haue sene the LORDE. But he sayde vnto the: Excepte I se in his handes the prynte of the nales, and put my hade in to his syde, I wil not beleue.

²⁶ And after eight dayes agayne were his disciples with in, & Thomas wt the. The came Iesus (wha ye dores were shutt) & stode in the myddes, & sayde: Peace be wt you.²⁷ After yt sayde he vnto Thomas: Reach hither yi fynger, and se my handes, and reach hither yi hade, & put it i to my syde, & be not faithlesse, but beleue.²⁸ Thomas answered, & sayde vnto him: My LORDE, and my God.²⁹ Iesus sayde vnto him: Thomas, because thou hast sene me, thou hast beleued. Blessed are they, that se not, and yet beleue.³⁰ Many other tokes dyd Iesus before his disciples, which are not wrytte in this boke.³¹ But these are wrytte, yt ye shulde beleue, yt Iesus is Christ the sonne of God, & that ye thorow beleue might haue life in his name.