# Connecting Statement:

This begins the account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

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

"After the Sabbath, as the sun began to come up 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)).