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1 At the crack of dawn on Sunday, the women came to the tomb carrying the burial spices they had prepared.
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On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2 They found the entrance stone rolled back from the tomb,
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They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 so they walked in. But once inside, they couldn't find the body of the Master Jesus.
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but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 They were puzzled, wondering what to make of this. Then, out of nowhere it seemed, two men, light cascading over them, stood there.
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While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 The women were awestruck and bowed down in worship. The men said, "Why are you looking for the Living One in a cemetery?
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In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here, but raised up. Remember how he told you when you were still back in Galilee
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He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7 that he had to be handed over to sinners, be killed on a cross, and in three days rise up?"
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‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
8 Then they remembered Jesus' words.
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Then they remembered his words.
9 They left the tomb and broke the news of all this to the Eleven and the rest.
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When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
10 Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them kept telling these things to the apostles,
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It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
11 but the apostles didn't believe a word of it, thought they were making it all up.
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But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
12 But Peter jumped to his feet and ran to the tomb. He stooped to look in and saw a few grave clothes, that's all. He walked away puzzled, shaking his head.
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Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
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