unfoldingWord_en_tn/mat/28/01.md

822 B

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)

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

earthquake - a sudden and violent shaking of the ground