But go and tell his disciples and Peter, “He is going ahead of you to Galilee there you will see him, just as he told you.”’ (Mark 16:5-7)Īnd the women came out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and amazement had gripped them. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has been raised, he is not here. On entering the tomb they saw a young man seated on the right-hand side clothed in a white robe, and they were amazed. Within the tomb they found no body to anoint only emptiness and an angel – a young man with a message for them to carry to the disciples and Peter: They were saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ But when they looked up they saw that the stone – for it was very big – had already been rolled back. And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him.
(Mark 15:40, 47) They wait through the Sabbath, before returning to the tomb: Three named, careful, courageous women watch as Jesus dies on Calvary they note his place of burial. It is usually in their final chapters that the Gospels describe the events after his resurrection. In general, Gospels are aligned along the life story of Jesus: through his birth, the living of his life, and through his death. This year, on 3rd April 2021, it comes from Mark, the earliest-written of the Gospels, and the shortest. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.ĭuring the night-darkness of the Easter Vigil each year, the Resurrection of the Lord is proclaimed from one of the Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark or Luke.
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