NgokukaMakhu 16:1-9

Seledlule isabatha, uMariya Magdalena, uMariya unina kaJakobe, noSalome bathenga amakha ukuze bahambe bamgcobe ngawo. Ekuseni kakhulu ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, bafika ethuneni ekuphumeni kwelanga. Bakhuluma bodwa, bethi: “Ngubani oyakusigingqela itshe, lisuke emnyango wethuna na?” Kwathi lapho bebheka, babona ukuthi itshe ligingqiwe, ngokuba lalilikhulu kakhulu. Kuthe sebengena ethuneni, babona insizwa ihlezi ngakwesokunene, yembethe ingubo emhlophe; bethuka. Kepha yathi kubo: “Ningethuki; nifuna uJesu waseNazaretha obebethelwe esiphambanweni. Uvukile; kakho lapha; bonani nansi indawo lapho bebembeke khona. Kepha hambani nibikele abafundi bakhe noPhethro ukuthi uzakunandulela ukuya eGalile. Kulapho-ke nizakumbona khona, njengalokhu ayenitshelile.” Baphuma, babaleka ethuneni, ngokuba behlelwa ngukuthuthumela nokumangala, kabatshelanga muntu ngalokho, ngokuba babesaba. UJesu esevukile ekuseni ngosuku lokuqala lweviki, wabonakala kuqala kuMariya Magdalena ayekhiphe kuye amadimoni ayisikhombisa.