John 20:8

8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

8So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed.

8So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.

8So the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw [the wrappings and the face-cloth] and 20:8 John, the “other disciple,” knew immediately that no one could have fabricated the sight before him: (1) no one could have surreptitiously removed the stone covering the entrance (cf Matt 28:2), even if the guards assigned to the tomb had fallen asleep, as they were later paid to say by the chief priests (Matt 28:13); (2) removing the grave clothes from a dead body in a dark tomb in the middle of the night made no sense (cf note v 5); (3) stealing Jesus’ body would have accomplished nothing. The disciples’ reaction of disbelief when told of His resurrection implies they were neither expecting nor prepared for this miraculous event (cf Matt 28:16, 17; Mark 16:8-14; Luke 24:6-11). The actual resurrection of a living, flesh-and-bone Jesus gave the disciples the courage to begin proclaiming anew the message of salvation, and provided the strength for them to face both great personal suffering and martyrdom for their faith.believed [without any doubt that Jesus had risen from the dead].

8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.

8The disciple who had reached the tomb first also went inside. He saw and believed.