Mark - when the sun had risen,

Luke - at early dawn,

John - while it was still dark,

Matthew, Mark, & John - Mary Magdalene

Mark - and Mary the mother of James,

Matthew - and the other Mary

Mark - and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. They went to the tomb.

Matthew - went to see

Luke - they came

John - came

Luke & John - to

Matthew, Luke & John - the tomb.

Luke - taking spices that they had prepared.

Mark - They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

Matthew - And suddenly there was a great earthquake;

Mark - When they looked up, they saw that

John - and saw that

Luke - They found

Mark, Luke & John - the stone

Mark - which was very large, had already been

Luke - rolled away from

John - had been removed from

Luke & John - the tomb

Matthew - for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and

Matthew & Mark - rolled back

Matthew - the stone and sat on it.

Luke - but when they went in, they did not find the body.

John - Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept,

Mark - As they entered the tomb,

Luke - While they were perplexed about this,

John - she bent over to look into the tomb;

Mark - they saw a young man,

Luke - suddenly two men

John - and she saw two angels in white,

Mark - dressed in a white robe,

Matthew - His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

Luke - in dazzling clothes stood beside them.

Mark & John - sitting

John - where the body of Jesus had been,

Mark - on the right side;

John - one at the head and the other at the feet.

Mark - and they were alarmed.

Luke - The women were terrified

Matthew - For fear of him the guards shook

Luke - and bowed their faces to the ground,

Matthew - and became like dead men.

John - They said to her,

Luke - but the men said to them,

Matthew - But the angel said to the women,

Mark - But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed;

Matthew - “Do not be afraid;

John - “Woman, why are you weeping?”

Luke - “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

Matthew - I know that

Matthew & Mark - you are looking for Jesus

Mark - of Nazareth,

Matthew & Mark - who was crucified.

Matthew, Mark, & Luke - He is not here.”

Lawrence Lee
Play
Matthew 28:1-6; Mark 16:1-6; Luke 24:1-5; John 20:1, 11-13
Easter
March 30, 1997
Crescent Avenue UMC, Fort Wayne, IN