Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week,

Mary Magdalene ◆ and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

Behold, there was a great earthquake,

for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.

For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid,

for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem ◆, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them,

and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more;

neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.”