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Chapter 11—Grand Resurrection
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been re-
moved from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the
other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They
have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where
they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other disciple set out and
went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other
disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to
look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in
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Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb.
He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been
on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in
a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb
first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not
understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the
disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside
the tomb
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As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw
two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying,
one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman,
why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away
my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she
had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but
she did not know that it was Jesus
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Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are
you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him,
“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him,
and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned
and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher).
Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet
ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I
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