"But beyond the history and the medical and forensic detail — what makes this story stick, what makes it matter, is this: the people who were there, the ones who saw it, they were not prepared for what happened next."
"The disciples scattered. Peter denied knowing Jesus three times before the rooster crowed — just as Jesus had predicted, to Peter's disbelief. The women — Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Salome — they stayed. They watched. They went to the tomb. They were the first."
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