“Early on Sunday
morning, as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out
to visit the tomb.
Suddenly there
was a great earthquake! For an angel of
the Lord came down from heaven, rolled aside the stone, and sat on it. His face
shone like lightening, and his clothing was as white as snow. The guards shook with fear when they saw him,
and they fell into a dead faint.
Then the angel
spoke to the women, “Don’t be afraid". He said. “I know you are looking for
Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said it
would happen. Come, see where his body
was lying. And now go quickly, and tell his disciples that he has risen from
the dead and he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.
Remember what I have told you.”
The women ran
quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but filled with great joy and
rushed to give the angel’s message. And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet,
and worshiped him. Then Jesus said the them, “Don’t be afraid! Go tell my
brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”
Matthew 28: 1 - 10 (NLT)
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