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Luke 24:
1 But very early on Sunday morning they took the ointments to the tomb —
2 and found that the huge stone covering the entrance had been rolled aside.
3 So they went in—but the Lord Jesus’ body was gone.
4 They stood there puzzled, trying to think what could have happened to it.

Suddenly two men appeared before them, clothed in shining robes so bright their eyes were dazzled.

5 The women were terrified and bowed low before them.
Then the men asked, "Why are you looking in a tomb for someone who is alive?
6 He isn’t here! He has come back to life again! Don’t you remember what he told you back in Galilee —
7 that the Messiah must be betrayed into the power of evil men and be crucified and that he would rise again the third day?"

8 Then they remembered
9 and rushed back to Jerusalem to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened.
10 (The women who went to the tomb were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and several others.)
11 But the story sounded like a fairy tale to the men—they didn’t believe it.

12 However, Peter ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; and then he went back home again, wondering what had happened.
(LB)