Standing there was a woman named Mary Magdalene with Mary the mother of Jesus. They watched while the body of Jesus, so dear to them, was laid away to rest.
15. The Victorious King
At sunrise the day following the Sabbath, three women came to the garden where Jesus was buried. They came, as the custom was, to put ointments and spices on the body of Jesus.
On the way they remembered that a great stone had been rolled against the door of the tomb. They wondered how they would get in.
"Who will roll the stone away?" they asked each other.
But when they reached the tomb, they found that the stone had been rolled back. Someone had been there before them; the door was open.
The women went through the door of the tomb. A young man in white clothes was sitting on one side. Seeing their amazement, the young man spoke: