⁵ But the angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.^{(A) 6} He is not here! For He has been resurrected, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay.^{(B) 7} Then go quickly and tell His disciples,^(C) ‘He has been raised from the dead. In fact, He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see Him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”^(D)

⁸ So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell His disciples the news.

³ They went in but did not find the body^(A) of the Lord Jesus.^{(B) 4} While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling^(C) clothes. ⁵ So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.^[a]

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men. ⁶ “He is not here, but He has been resurrected!^(D) Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,^{(E) 7} saying, ‘The Son of Man must be betrayed^(F) into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise^(G) on the third day’?” ⁸ And they remembered His words.

The Empty Tomb

20 On^(A) the first day of the week^(B) Mary Magdalene^(C) came to the tomb^(D) early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone^(E) had been removed^[a] from the tomb. ² So she ran to Simon Peter^(F) and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,^(G) and we don’t know where they have put Him!”