1 AND WHEN the Sabbath was past [that is, after the sun had set], Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James, and Salome purchased sweet-smelling spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus' body]. 2 And very early on the first day of the week they came to the tomb; [by then] the sun had risen. 3 And they said to one another, Who will roll back the stone for us out of [the groove across the floor at] the door of the tomb? 4 And when they looked up, they [distinctly] saw that the stone was already rolled back, for it was very large. 5 And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting [there] on the right [side], clothed in a [ 1 long, stately, sweeping] robe of white, and they were utterly amazed and struck with terror. 6 And he said to them, Do not be amazed and terrified; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. 7 But be going; tell the disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee; you will see Him there, [just] as He told you. 8 Then they went out [and] fled from the tomb, for trembling and bewilderment and consternation had seized them. And they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were held by alarm and fear.