Great Expectations
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James,
and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise,
they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other,
“Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
Mark 16:1-3 New International Version (NIV)
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large,
had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man
dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
Mark 16:4-5 (NIV)
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,
who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee.
There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
Mark 16:6-7 (NIV)
Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.
“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered
over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him
to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, who will mock him and spit on him,
flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
Mark 10:32-34 (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10 (NIV)
The Empty Tomb and the Appearance of the Risen Lord to Mary Magdalene
John 20:1-18