24 ¹ But on the Sunday morning very early they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared. 24 ² Finding that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, 24 ³ they went inside; but the body was not to be found. 24 ⁴ While they stood utterly at a loss, all of a sudden two men in dazzling garments were at their side. 24 ⁵ They were terrified, and stood with eyes cast down, but the men said, 'Why search among the dead for one who lives? Some witnesses insert: He is not here: he has been raised. 24 ⁶ Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee, about the Son of Man: 24 ⁷ how he must be given up into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and must rise again on the third day.' 24 ⁸ Then they recalled his words 24 ⁹ and, returning from the tomb, they reported all this to the Eleven and all the others. 24 ¹⁰ The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother Or: wife; or: daughter. of James, and they, with the other women, told the apostles. 24 ¹¹ But the story appeared to them to be nonsense, and they would not believe them." 24 ¹² Some manuscripts add: (12) Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb, and, peering in, saw the wrappings and nothing more; and he went home amazed at what had happened.