the mother of James and an unspecified number of “other” women—that announced Jesus’ resurrection to the apostles and others. No one believed their report at the time. The biblical accounts are amazingly honest in admitting that the disciples did not anticipate Jesus’ resurrection. By far the most dramatic account is Jesus’ appearance to Mary in John 20:11–18; this is the only place in the New Testament where Jesus and Mary Magdalene were alone together. She was clinging to Him so that Jesus told