Luke 24:1-11

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The resurrection

24 The women went to the tomb in the very early morning of the first day of the week, carrying the spices they had prepared. ² They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ and when they went in they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus.

⁴ As they were at a loss what to make of it all, suddenly two men in shining clothes stood beside them. ⁵ The women were terrified, and bowed their faces towards the ground.

But the men said to them, “Why look for the living with the dead? ⁶ He isn’t here—he’s been raised! Don’t you remember? While you were still in Galilee he told you that ⁷ the son of man must be handed over into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.”

⁸ And they remembered his words.

⁹ They went back, away from the tomb, and told all this to the eleven and all the others. ¹⁰ It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the others with them. They said this to the apostles; ¹¹ and this message seemed to them just stupid, useless talk, and they didn’t believe them.