<P> All four canonical gospels report the incident with some variations . Jesus ' body was laid out in the tomb after crucifixion and death . All the gospels report that women were the first to discover the Resurrection of Jesus . The first hint that something had happened was the rolled - away stone . This stone , as was typical of ancient tombs , had covered the entrance . They found the tomb to be empty , the body gone , and a young man or angel ( s ) within the tomb or on the rolled - away stone tells the women that Jesus has risen . These accounts , along with many Resurrection appearances of Jesus , lead to beliefs concerning the Resurrection of Jesus . The empty tomb points to the revelation of Jesus ' resurrection , implicitly in the canonical Gospel of Mark ( without the later endings ) and explicitly in the other three canonical gospel narratives . </P>
<P> All four canonical gospels report the incident with some variations . Jesus ' body was laid out in the tomb after crucifixion and death . All the gospels report that women were the first to discover the Resurrection of Jesus . The first hint that something had happened was the rolled - away stone . This stone , as was typical of ancient tombs , had covered the entrance . They found the tomb to be empty , the body gone , and a young man or angel ( s ) within the tomb or on the rolled - away stone tells the women that Jesus has risen . These accounts , along with many Resurrection appearances of Jesus , lead to beliefs concerning the Resurrection of Jesus . The empty tomb points to the revelation of Jesus ' resurrection , implicitly in the canonical Gospel of Mark ( without the later endings ) and explicitly in the other three canonical gospel narratives . </P>
who went to the tomb and found it empty
who went to the tomb and found it empty
women
women