The Resurrection

16 Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on Sunday morning,[a] just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth,[b] who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”

The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened.[c]


[The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.]

[Shorter Ending of Mark]

Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:2 Greek on the first day of the week; also in 16:9.
  2. 16:6 Or Jesus the Nazarene.
  3. 16:8 The most reliable early manuscripts of the Gospel of Mark end at verse 8. Other manuscripts include various endings to the Gospel. A few include both the “shorter ending” and the “longer ending.” The majority of manuscripts include the “longer ending” immediately after verse 8.

16 And kai when the ho Sabbath sabbaton was over diaginomai, Mary Maria · ho Magdalene Magdalēnē, and kai Mary Maria the ho mother of ho James Iakōbos, and kai Salome Salōmē bought agorazō spices arōma so hina that they might go erchomai and anoint aleiphō him autos. · kai Very lian early prōi on the ho first heis day of the ho week sabbaton, they came erchomai to epi the ho tomb mnēmeion, the ho sun hēlios having risen anatellō. And kai they were saying legō to pros themselves heautou, “ Who tis will roll apokyliō away the ho stone lithos for us hēmeis from ek the ho entrance thura of the ho tomb mnēmeion?” And kai looking anablepō up , they saw theōreō that hoti the ho stone lithos had been rolled apokyliō away for gar it was eimi very sphodra large megas. And kai entering eiserchomai eis the ho tomb mnēmeion, they saw a young neaniskos man sitting kathēmai on en the ho right dexios, dressed periballō in a white leukos robe stolē, and kai they were alarmed ekthambeō. But de he ho said legō to them autos, “ Do not be alarmed ekthambeō. You seek zēteō Jesus Iēsous the ho Nazarene Nazarēnos, who ho was crucified stauroō. He has been raised egeirō. He is eimi not ou here hōde. Look ide, there is the ho place topos where hopou they laid tithēmi him autos. But alla go hypagō, tell legō · ho his autos disciples mathētēs and kai · ho Peter Petros, ‘ He is going proagō before you hymeis into eis · ho Galilee Galilaia. There ekei you will see horaō him autos, just kathōs as he told legō you hymeis.’” And kai going exerchomai outside , they fled pheugō from apo the ho tomb mnēmeion, for gar trembling tromos and kai astonishment ekstasis had taken hold echō of them autos. And kai they said legō nothing oudeis to anyone oudeis, for gar they were afraid phobeomai. · de · ho · ho · ho · de · kai · ho · kai · ho · kai · ho

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