Mark for Lent 40
Today we have what the earliest versions of the gospel of Mark show as the end of the gospel - the empty tomb. I will post up the alternative endings of the gospel (thought to be later additions) separately.
Jesus Is Alive (Matthew 28.1-8; Luke 24.1-12; John 20.1-10)
1After the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James bought some spices to put on Jesus’ body. 2Very early on Sunday morning, just as the sun was coming up, they went to the tomb. 3On their way, they were asking one another, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance for us?” 4But when they looked, they saw that the stone had already been rolled away. And it was a huge stone!
5The women went into the tomb, and on the right side they saw a young man in a white robe sitting there. They were alarmed.6The man said, “Don’t be alarmed! You are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross. God has raised him to life, and he isn’t here. You can see the place where they put his body. 7Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
8When the women ran from the tomb, they were confused and shaking all over. They were too afraid to tell anyone what had happened.
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
April 14th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
I prefer to watch a zombie movie like “Night of the Living Dead”, rather than reading about Jesus Zombie scaring his followers.