Jesus Is Alive!

Jesus was dead. His friends put His body in a tomb—a cave with a big stone rolled in front of it.

Everyone was SO sad. They thought it was all over.

But then came Sunday morning...

Mary Magdalene and some other women walked to the tomb very early. They wanted to put special spices on Jesus' body.

But when they got there—the stone was ROLLED AWAY! The tomb was OPEN!

Mary ran to tell Peter and John. 'Someone took Jesus' body!'

Peter and John raced to the tomb. They went inside. The cloths that had been wrapped around Jesus were there, but no body!

They went home confused. But Mary stayed, crying outside the tomb.

She looked inside and saw two ANGELS in white!

'Why are you crying?' they asked.

'They took my Lord away! I don't know where He is!'

Then Mary turned around. A man was standing there.

'Why are you crying?' He asked. 'Who are you looking for?'

Mary thought He was the gardener. 'Sir, if you took Him, please tell me where!'

Then the man said one word: 'Mary.'

She KNEW that voice! 'TEACHER!' she cried.

It was JESUS! He was ALIVE!

Mary was SO happy! Jesus told her, 'Go tell My friends that I'm going back to My Father!'

Mary ran faster than she'd ever run. 'I SAW THE LORD! He's ALIVE!'

Jesus didn't stay dead. He rose from the dead! He won the battle against death!

And because Jesus is alive, everyone who believes in Him will live forever too!