Mark 16:1-8 Part 3 of 3

    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. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other "Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?"

    But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

    "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. 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.' "

    Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. 

 

(continued from Part 2) "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."  

Psalm 16:9-10  

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

    my body will rest secure,

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

    nor will your faithful one see decay.  (see all Psalm 16)

Acts 2:24  

"But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him."  (see Acts 2:22-41)

Revelation 1:18  

"I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades."  (see Revelation 1:9-20)

 

"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.' "  

Mark 14:28  

"But after I have risen, I will go ahead of  you into Galilee."

Matthew 28:7  

"Then go quickly and tell his disciples: 'He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.' Now I have told you."

 

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.  

Matthew 28:8  

    So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

 

Behind the scene  

Matthew 28:11-15  

    While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. When the the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.' If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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