The Empty Tomb

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Mat 28:1–8

1 Early Sunday morning, at dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
2 All of a sudden there was a tremendous earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
3 His face blazed like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow.
4 The guards shook with fear, falling down as if they were dead.
5 The angel told the women, “Don't be afraid! I know you're looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He's not here. He's risen from the dead, just as he said he would. Come and see where the Lord was lying.
7 Now go quickly and tell his disciples that he's risen from the dead and that he's going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, I promise you!”
8 They left the tomb quickly, both afraid and very happy, running to tell his disciples.

1 Once the Sabbath had ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic ointments so that they could go and anoint Jesus' body.
2 Very early Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
3 They were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
4 But when they arrived and looked, they saw that the very large, heavy stone had already been rolled away.
5 When they went into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, wearing a long white robe. They became very frightened.
6 “Don't be frightened,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, the one who was crucified. He is risen from the dead. He is not here.
7 Look, this is the place where they laid him to rest. Now go, and tell his disciples and Peter that he's going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there just as he told you.”
8 They left and ran from the tomb, shaking and confused. They said nothing to anyone because they were too scared.

1 Very early on the first day of the week, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they'd prepared.
2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,
3 but when they went in they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were wondering what was going on, two men suddenly appeared dressed in clothes that shone brilliantly.
5 The women were terrified and bowed down, their faces on the ground. They said to the women, “Why are you looking for someone who is alive among the dead?
6 He's not here; he's risen from the dead! Remember what he told you while you were still in Galilee:
7 ‘The Son of man must be betrayed into the hands of evil men, be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
8 Then they remembered what he'd said.
9 When they returned from the tomb they reported all that had happened to the eleven disciples and to all the others.
10 Those who told the apostles what had happened were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other women with them.
11 But it seemed like nonsense to them, so they didn't believe the women.
12 However, Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Bending down, he looked in and saw only the linen grave-clothes. So he went back home, wondering what had happened.

1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved from the entrance.
2 So she ran to tell Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, “They've taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him.”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.
4 The two of them were running together, but the other disciple ran faster and reached the tomb first.
5 He bent down, and looking in he saw the grave-clothes lying there, but he didn't go in.
6 Then Simon Peter arrived after him and went right into the tomb. He saw the linen grave-clothes lying there,
7 and that the cloth that had been on Jesus' head wasn't with the other grave-clothes but had been folded and placed on its own.
8 Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first went inside as well.
9 He looked around and believed it was true—for up till then they hadn't understood the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.