This begins the account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

## Now late on the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week ##

"After the Sabbath ended, as the sun came up on Sunday morning"

## the other Mary ##

"the other woman named Mary," Mary the mother of James and Joseph ([Matthew 27:54](../27/54.md))

## Behold ##

The writer is telling the reader that something surprising is about to happen. Your language may have a way of doing this.

## there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended ... and rolled away the stone ##

Possible meanings: 1) the earthquake happened because the angel came down and rolled away the stone (ULB) or 2) all these events happened at the same time (UDB).

## earthquake  ##

<b>earthquake <b>- a sudden and violent shaking of the ground