3 They did not know that Jewish soldiers had been sent to guard the tomb, nor that the Roman seal was placed upon the stone;
4 So in the morning of the first day of the week they hastened to the tomb with spices to embalm the Lord.
5 But when they reached the tomb they found the terror-stricken soldiers running frantically about.
6 The women did not know the cause; but when they found an empty tomb they were excited and aggrieved.
7 The soldiers did not know what had transpired; they could not tell who took the body of the Lord away.
8 And Mary Magdalene ran with haste toward Jerusalem to tell the news to Peter and the rest.
9 She met, just by the gateway, Peter, James and John; she said, Some one has rolled away the stone and carried off the body of the Lord.
10 And then the three disciples ran toward the tomb; but John was fleet of foot and was the first to reach the tomb; he found it empty; the body of his Lord was gone.
11 When Peter came he went into the tomb, and found the grave clothes neatly folded up and laid aside.
12 Now, the disciples did not comprehend the scene. They did not know the meaning of their Lord when he informed them just before his death that he would rise from death upon the first day of the week.