Mark 16:1-8

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Early on the first Lord’s day: the women are amazed

16 ^1-2 When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint him. And very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb, just as the sun was rising.

³ “Who is going to roll the stone back from the doorway of the tomb?” they asked each other.

^4-7 And then as they looked closer, they saw that the stone, which was a very large one, had been rolled back. So they went into the tomb and saw a young man in a white robe sitting on the right-hand side, and they were simply astonished. But he said to them, “There is no need to be astonished. He has risen; he is not here. Look, here is the place where they laid him. But now go and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he will be in Galilee before you. You will see him there just as he told you.”

⁸ And they got out of the tomb and ran away from it. They were trembling with excitement. They did not dare to breathe a word to anyone.