"Do not be surprised. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is not here. He is risen from the dead. Look! There is the place where he was!"
They looked, and they saw that his body was no longer there.
The young man went on, "Go quickly, and tell this to his disciples: 'Jesus is alive.'"
The women ran out of the tomb, trembling with fright and with surprise. One of the women was Mary Magdalene. As she ran, she saw two of the disciples coming, John and Peter. She cried out to them:
"Someone has taken Jesus' body out of the tomb. We don't know where they have put it!"
John and Peter began to run toward the tomb. John ran faster, and got there first. He looked through the door, and there he saw the white cloths that Jesus' body had been wrapped in, but there was no body in them any longer. Peter caught up to John, and ran right into the tomb. He too saw the folded cloths. John and Peter went away to their homes, not knowing what to think.
Meanwhile Mary Magdalene had come back. She stood in the garden near the tomb, weeping as though her heart would break. She turned around, and saw that a man was standing near her. He spoke to her, and said:
"Why are you crying? For whom are you looking?"
Mary thought that the man must be the gardener. Through her tears she said:
"Sir, if you have carried away the body of my Lord, tell me where you have laid him, and I will go and take him away."