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John 20:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. "
John 20:9
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7 and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
8 So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
9 For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
11 But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
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John 20:1
"Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb."
John 20:2
"Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”"
John 20:3
"Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb."
John 20:4
"They both ran together. The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first."
John 20:5
"Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he didn’t enter in."
John 20:6
"Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,"
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