# Connecting Statement: This begins the account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. # Now late on the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week "After the Sabbath ended, as the sun came up on Sunday morning" # Now This word is used here to mark a new part of the story. # the other Mary "the other woman named Mary." This is Mary the mother of James and Joseph ([Matthew 27:56](../27/56.md)).