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 ## a sudden and violent shaking of the ground