Luke 24:1-12

GOD’S WORD Translation

Jesus Comes Back to Life^(A)

24 Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb. They were carrying the spices that they had prepared. ² They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. ³ When they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were puzzled about this, two men in clothes that were as bright as lightning suddenly stood beside them. ⁵ The women were terrified and bowed to the ground.

The men asked the women, “Why are you looking among the dead for the living one? ⁶ He’s not here. He has been brought back to life! Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee. ⁷ He said, ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful people, be crucified, and come back to life on the third day.’ ” ⁸ Then the women remembered what Jesus had told them.

⁹ The women left the tomb and went back to the city. They told everything to the eleven apostles and all the others. ¹⁰ The women were Mary from Magdala, Joanna, and Mary (the mother of James). There were also other women with them. They told the apostles everything.

¹¹ The apostles thought that the women’s story didn’t make any sense, and they didn’t believe them.

¹² But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down to look inside and saw only the strips of linen. Then he went away, wondering what had happened.