Thematic Bible: First at the gravesite


Thematic Bible



And all His acquaintances stood a great way off and the women who having followed along with Him from Galilee, seeing these things. Verse ConceptsWomenSeeing At A DistanceWatching Christ

And the women, who had come along with him out of Galilee, having followed down, saw the sepulcher, and where His body was placed. And having returned, they prepared aromatics and myrrh: and they kept the Sabbath according to the commandment.

And on the first of the Sabbath, at the depth of the dawn, they came to the sepulcher, bearing the aromatics which they had prepared, And they found the stone, having been rolled away from the sepulcher. And coming in they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. read more.
And it came to pass, while they were at a loss concerning this, and behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: and they being afraid, and turning their face towards the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but He is risen. Remember how He spoke to you, being with you in Galilee, Saying That it behooveth the Son of man to be delivered into the hands of sinners, and to be crucified, and to rise again on the third day. And they remembered His words. And having returned from the sepulcher, they proclaimed all these things to the eleven, and all the rest. And Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James: and the other women with them spoke these things to the apostles.

And having purchased linen, and taking Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen, and placed Him in a sepulcher which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking where He is placed.

And the Sabbath passing away, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, prepared aromatics, in order that having come they may anoint Him. And exceedingly early in the morning, the first of the Sabbaths, they come to the sepulcher, the sun approaching the horizon. And they were saying to themselves, Who shall for us roll away the stone from the sepulcher? read more.
And looking up, they see that the stone has already been rolled away: for it was exceedingly great. And having come to the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a white robe. And they were affrighted. But he says to them, Fear not: you are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified: He is risen; He is not here: see the place where they laid Him.

And a great multitude of people followed Him, and of women who were both weeping and bewailing Him. And Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and your children.