Near Jesus' cross stood his mother and her sister Mary, the daughter of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

On the day after the Sabbath, very early in the morning while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala went to the tomb, and she saw that the stone had been removed from it.

Mary of Magdala went and declared to the disciples, "I have seen the Master!" and she told them that he had said this to her.