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This length is only about 725 words in an [[English]] translation, not counting the headings added by modern translators later.  There are remarkably few disputed terms here, or parentheticals possibly added later; this eyewitness account is one of the most elegant, original, and unaltered in all of the [[Bible]]. The only dispute concerning this Chapter is the fascinating one of whether [[Mary Magdalene]] spoke to the risen [[Jesus]] in [[Aramaic]] or [[Hebrew]].

This length is only about 725 words in an [[English]] translation, not counting the headings added by modern translators later.  There are remarkably few disputed terms here, or parentheticals possibly added later; this eyewitness account is one of the most elegant, original, and unaltered in all of the [[Bible]]. The only dispute concerning this Chapter is the fascinating one of whether [[Mary Magdalene]] spoke to the risen [[Jesus]] in [[Aramaic]] or [[Hebrew]].

This chapter is concise and complete, such that it contains everything needed to believe while also including the history of the [[Apostles]] witnessing the risen [[Lord]].  Nothing beyond these 725 words is needed to accept the [[Resurrection]].

This chapter is concise and complete, such that it contains everything needed to believe while also including the history of the [[Apostles]] witnessing the risen [[Lord]].  Nothing beyond these 725 words is needed to accept the [[Resurrection]]. Included in this brief chapter are:

'''The Resurrection'''

'''The Resurrection'''

'''Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene'''

'''Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene'''

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² 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, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” 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.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,<ref>A majority of all English translations say "Hebrew" rather than "Aramaic" here, but modern scholarship and the highly respected [[ESV]] translate it as "Aramaic". For a spirited, detailed argument that "Hebrew" is the better translation here, see [https://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9789004263406_04-EBRAISTI.pdf "The Language Environment of First Century Judaea (Brill: Buth and Notley, editors).</ref> “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And she saw two [[angel]]s 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, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” 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.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,<ref>A majority of all English translations say "Hebrew" rather than "Aramaic" here, but modern scholarship and the highly respected [[ESV]] translate it as "Aramaic". For a spirited, detailed argument that "Hebrew" is the better translation here, see [https://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/9789004263406_04-EBRAISTI.pdf "The Language Environment of First Century Judaea (Brill: Buth and Notley, editors).</ref> “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

'''Jesus Appears to the Disciples'''

'''Jesus Appears to the Disciples'''