1
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body.
2
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb
3
and they asked each other, "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"
4
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
5
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6
"Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
7
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' "
8
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. 1
[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9-20.]