Still dark, still cold. Women walking back up the road to the grave with spices in their hands, asking each other who is going to move the stone, because none of them can.
They come round the corner and it is already moved. The grave clothes are lying there folded, not torn. A man asks why she is crying and she thinks he is the gardener. Then he says her name.
She runs back down the road with the sun coming up to tell men who do not believe her. She saw him first. That is in the text and we kept it.
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni!” which is to say, “Teacher!”
The World English Bible. A modern English translation made from the Hebrew and Greek, in plain language, and in the public domain.
Still dark
Still cold
Walking up the road with spices in our hands
Asking who's going to move the stone
Who's going to move it
Who's going to move it
Who's going to move it
Who's going to move it
Spices in our hands (for a body!)
Nobody strong enough (not one of us!)
Come round the corner and the stone's already aside
And the grave clothes lying there
Folded, not torn
Folded, not torn
And a man said why (why are you crying!)
Why look for the living down here (he's not here!)
And she thought he was the gardener
Early in the morning!
The stone was already moved
Early in the morning!
He wasn't in there, he was outside
Standing in the garden, saying her name
Then he said her name (just her name!)
That's all it took (just her name!)
Running back down the road with the sun coming up
Telling men who wouldn't believe her
She saw him first
She saw him first
He is not here (he is not here!)
He is risen (he is risen!)
Go and tell them, go and tell them all
Early in the morning!
The stone was already moved
Early in the morning!
He wasn't in there, he was outside
Standing in the garden, saying her name
He is not here
He is risen
He is not here
Go and tell
Friday we went home with nothing
Saturday nobody spoke
Sunday I heard him say my name
And the whole thing started again
He is risen... he is risen...
He is risen... he is risen...
Early in the morning!
The stone was already moved
Early in the morning!
He wasn't in there, he was outside
(She saw him first! She saw him first!)
Early in the morning
Early in the morning
He said my name