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As these women sat there in the early hours of the dawn of this new day, they looked to one side and observed a silent and motionless stranger. For a moment they were again frightened, but Mary Magdalene, rushing toward him and addressing him as if she thought he might be the caretaker of the garden, said:  

As these women sat there in the early hours of the dawn of this new day, they looked to one side and observed a silent and motionless stranger. For a moment they were again frightened, but Mary Magdalene, rushing toward him and addressing him as if she thought he might be the caretaker of the garden, said:  

*"'''Where have you taken the Master'''? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him."  

*"Where have you taken the Master? Where have they laid him? Tell us that we may go and get him."  

When the stranger did not answer Mary, she began to weep.  

When the stranger did not answer Mary, she began to weep.  

Then said Jesus:  

Then said Jesus:  

*"Did not this Jesus tell you, even in Galilee, that he would die, but that he would '''rise''' again?"  

*"Did not this Jesus tell you, even in Galilee, that he would die, but that he would rise again?"  

These words startled the women, but the Master was so changed that they did not yet recognize him with his back turned to the dim light.  

These words startled the women, but the Master was so changed that they did not yet recognize him with his back turned to the dim light.  

As they pondered his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar voice, saying:  

As they pondered his words, he addressed the Magdalene with a familiar voice, saying:  

*"'''Mary'''."  

*"Mary."  

When she heard that word of well-known sympathy and affectionate greeting, she knew it was the voice of the Master, and she rushed to kneel at his feet while she exclaimed:  

When she heard that word of well-known sympathy and affectionate greeting, she knew it was the voice of the Master, and she rushed to kneel at his feet while she exclaimed: