Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the tomb

Saint Mark - Chapter 16

Mary Magdalene and the Holy Women at the tomb. J-J Tissot

[1] Et cum transisset sabbatum, Maria Magdalene, et Maria Jacobi, et Salome emerunt aromata ut venientes ungerent Jesum.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet spices, that coming, they might anoint Jesus.

[2] Et valde mane una sabbatorum, veniunt ad monumentum, orto jam sole.
And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulchre, the sun being now risen.

[3] Et dicebant ad invicem : Quis revolvet nobis lapidem ab ostio monumenti?
And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

[4] Et respicientes viderunt revolutum lapidem. Erat quippe magnus valde.
And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great.

[5] Et introeuntes in monumentum viderunt juvenem sedentem in dextris, coopertum stola candida, et obstupuerunt.
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with a white robe: and they were astonished.

[6] Qui dicit illis : Nolite expavescere : Jesum quaeritis Nazarenum, crucifixum : surrexit, non est hic, ecce locus ubi posuerunt eum.
Who saith to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he is risen, he is not here, behold the place where they laid him.

From The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by J-J Tissot (1897)

In the evening, when they see the guards arrived, the Holy Women withdraw and employ themselves in buying precious spices with which, as we have already explained, they intend to anoint yet again the sacred body of the Saviour.  They can get the spices now, for the Sabbath ends at sunset, and from that moment the shops, which have been closed for the preceding 24 hours, are open again, so that all can buy the necessary provisions for that evening and the next morning.  Their purchases completed, the Holy Women return together to the Sepulchre.  They are ignorant of the fact that seals have been set upon the stone, but they know that it is heavy and difficult to move, and they are considering whom they can ask to roll it back.  Their embarrassment does not last long.  When they return they find the guards prostrate, and in the midst of a bluish radiance they see a strange and supernatural figure seated at the entrance to the Sepulchre.  The tomb itself is open and filled with a surpassing glory of light.  Jesus is no longer there.  What can have become of Him?  They approach timidly, and then the angel, the first sight of whom has terrified them, announces the Resurrection.

Totus tuus ego sum 

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam