Mark's Gospel: Chapter 16
He appeared first to Mary Magdalene.
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Key words
- Much to someone's suprise: used to say that someone is very surprised
Much to her surprise, there were two police cars parked down the street.
- Ointment: a thick, oily substance, usually containing medicine, that is put on skin
You can have a pill or an ointment, both help with itching.
- Reassure: to comfort someone and stop them from worrying
He reassured me that my money would arrive soon.
- Damned: the people sent to hell
The priest warned them that those who sinned risked being damned.
- Resurrection: In the Christian religion, the Resurrection is Jesus Christ's return to life on the third day after his death, or the return of all people to life at the end of the world.
Easter Sunday is celebrated as the day of Jesus Christ's Resurrection
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- When did the women go to the tomb?
- Who did Jesus first appear to?
- Why did Jesus rebuke His disciples?
- What did Jesus instruct them to do?
Jesus appears to His followers
As soon as the Sabbath was over, some of the women who had come to Jerusalem with Jesus went to the tomb to put ointments on the body. They wondered who would help them roll the large stone away from the entrance to the tomb. But to their surprise, when they looked, they saw that the stone was already gone.