Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. So 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 do not know where they have laid Him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and
they were going to the tomb. The two were running together; and the
other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; and stooping
and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did
not go in. And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the
tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the
face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings,
but rolled up in a place by itself. So the other disciple who had
first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. For as
yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again
from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
But Mary was standing outside the
tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; and
she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had been lying. And they said to her,
“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken
away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” When she had
said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did
not know that it was Jesus. 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.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned
and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher). Jesus
*said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the
Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father
and your Father, and My God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene came, announcing
to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and that He had said these
things to her.
Garden Tomb: Jerusalem 1992 |
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