Mark 16:1–11

Jesus Comes Back to Life—Matthew 28:1–10; Luke 24:1–12; John 20:1–10

¹When the day of rest—a holy day, was over, Mary from Magdala, Mary (the mother of James), and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus. 

²On Sunday they were going to the tomb very early when the sun had just come up. ³They said to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” ⁴When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away. It was a very large stone. ⁵As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man. He was dressed in a white robe and sat on the right side. They were panic-stricken. 

⁶The young man said to them, “Don’t panic! You’re looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been brought back to life. He’s not here. Look at the place where they laid him. ⁷Go and tell his disciples and Peter that he’s going ahead of them to Galilee. There they will see him, just as he told them.” 

⁸They went out of the tomb and ran away. Shock and trembling had overwhelmed them. They didn’t say a thing to anyone, because they were afraid.^a

Jesus Appears to His Followers

⁹After Jesus came back to life early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala, from whom he had forced out seven demons. ¹⁰She went and told his friends, who were grieving and crying. ¹¹They didn’t believe her when they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him.