Summary
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow…. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said…8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, claspedhisfeetandworshipedhim.10ThenJesussaidtothem, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there theywillseeme.”11Whilethewomenwereontheirway,someof the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened…. they gave the soldiers a large sum ofmoney,13tellingthem,“Youaretosay,‘Hisdisciplescame during the night and stole him away while we were asleep…’Matthew 28:1-15