1. Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared.
2. They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,
3. so they went in; but they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4. They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two men in bright shining clothes stood by them.
5. Full of fear, the women bowed down to the ground, as the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for one who is alive?
6. He is not here; he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was in Galilee:
7. ‘The Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.’ ”
8. Then the women remembered his words,
9. returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest.