Joanna

1After that, Jesus went to every town and village. He told the good news about God's kingdom. His twelve close helpers, called disciples, went with him.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,

NoteGod's kingdom means God ruling as king. It is not a country on a map.

2Some women went too. Jesus had healed them from evil spirits and sickness. One was Mary, called Magdalene. Seven demons had come out of her.

And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

NoteMagdalene means she came from Magdala, a town by the lake. A demon is an evil spirit. In this book, demons can live inside a person and hurt them.

3Joanna was there too. Her husband Chuza ran Herod's house. Susanna came, and many other women. They used their own money to help Jesus.

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

NoteHerod was the ruler of that part of the country. Chuza took care of Herod's money, house, and workers. That was a big job. Some old copies of this verse say the women helped "them," meaning Jesus and his helpers.

1On Sunday, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb. They brought the sweet-smelling spices they had made ready. Some other people came with them.

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

NoteA tomb was a small room cut into rock. A dead body was laid inside it. People put sweet-smelling spices on a body to honor the person.

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

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

NoteA big round stone was rolled across the door of a tomb. It was very heavy to move.

3They went inside. The body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

4They did not know what to think. Just then two men in shining clothes stood beside them.

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

5The women were afraid and bowed their faces to the ground. The two men said, "Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

6He is not here. He is alive again! Remember what he told you back in Galilee.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

NoteGalilee was the part of the country where Jesus grew up and taught.

7He said the Son of Man, the name Jesus used for himself, must be handed over to sinful men. He would be nailed to a cross. On the third day he would rise again."

Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

NoteA cross was two wooden beams. Rulers killed people by nailing them to it.

8Then the women remembered what Jesus had said.

And they remembered his words,

9They came back from the tomb. They told all of this to the eleven apostles and to everyone else.

And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

NoteApostles were the friends Jesus chose to go with him. There had been twelve. Now only eleven were left.

10The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. Other women were with them. They are the ones who told the apostles.

It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

NoteMagdalene means she came from a town called Magdala.

11But the apostles thought it was silly talk. They did not believe the women.

And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

NoteBack then many people did not trust a woman's word. That is one reason the men found this hard to believe.

12Then Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the linen cloths lying there. He went away, wondering what had happened.

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

NoteLinen is a kind of cloth. A dead body was wrapped in it for burial.