"Jesus, can one enter the Kingdom of Heaven before they die?"
"One that liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
"Jesus," she inquired earnestly, "what is death?"
"Did you not hear my parable of the rich man and Lazarus?"
"When is the resurrection?"
"I am the resurrection."
"Will my body ever be resurrected?"
"Have I not told you that flesh profiteth nothing?"
Mother and John listened motionlessly, while Magdalene bit her lip nervously, trying to form an inquiry which would open the sealed door of the tomb.
"Can the dead communicate with the living?"