"At the first glimmer of dawn, Mary Magdalene and other women headed to the tomb to wash Jesus' body. the early morning sun slanted through the ancient olive trees, drops of dew glittering on on leaves and grasses - little tears everywhere. The friends walked quietly along the hilly path, through the olive groves, until the reached the tomb. And immediately noticed something odd - it was wide open. They peered through the opening into the dark tomb. But wait. Jesus' body was gone! And something else: a shining man was there, with clothes made from lightning. "Don't be scared," the angel said. But (they couldn't help it) they screamed anyway. The angel asked them, "What are you doing here? This is a tomb and tombs are for dead people." The women couldn't speak. "Jesus isn't dead anymore!" he said. "He is alive again!"And their hearts leapt. And then the angel laughed with such gladness that they felt, for a moment, as if they had woken from a nightmare... was God really making everything sad come untrue? Was he making even death come untrue?... Jesus said, "I am the Savior and Rescuer of the world." And they knew, because he couldn't stay dead, because Jesus had come alive again, that somehow everything would be alright."

~ The Jesus Storybook Bible, by Sally Lloyd-Jones