Holy Week, pt 4: EASTER SUNDAY, March 31, 2013... from Jehanne de Quillan's THE GOSPEL OF THE BELOVED COMPANION:

40:3 NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, MIRYAM THE MIGDALAH WENT EARLY, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK, TO THE TOMB AND SAW THE STONE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE.

40:4 STOOPING AND LOOKING IN, SHE SAW THAT THE TOMB WAS EMPTY AND THE LINEN CLOTHS SCATTERED WHERE THE BODY HAD BEEN LAID. YET SHE DID NOT ENTER IN, BUT REMAINED STANDING OUTSIDE AT THE TOMB, WEEPING.  AND HEARING A NOISE, SHE TURNED AROUND AND SAW A FIGURE STANDING CLOSE BY. BECAUSE OF HER WEEPING, SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS YESHUA.

40:5 THEN YESHUA SAID TO HER, “WOMAN, WHY ARE YOU WEEPING? WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?”  SHE, SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER, SAID TO HIM, “SIR, IF YOU OR ANOTHER HAVE CARRIED HIM AWAY, TELL ME WHERE HE IS LAID, AND I WILL GO AND TAKE HIM AWAY.”  YESHUA SAID TO HER, “MIRYAM.”  SHE TURNED AND, OVERCOME WITH JOY, SAID TO HIM, “RABBOUNI!”

40:6 YESHUA SAID TO HER, “MIRYAM, DO NOT HOLD TO ME, FOR I AM NOT OF THE FLESH, YET NEITHER AM I ONE WITH THE SPIRIT; BUT RATHER GO TO MY DISCIPLES AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE SEEN ME, SO THAT ALL MAY KNOW THAT MY WORDS ARE TRUE, AND THAT ANY WHO SHOULD CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THEM AND KEEP TO MY COMMANDMENTS WILL FOLLOW ME ON THEIR LAST DAY.”

++++ HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE ++++