NgokukaJohane 20:11-18

Kepha uMariya wema ngaphandle kwethuna ekhala, wayeselunguza ethuneni, wabona izingelosi ezimbili zembethe okumhlophe, zihleli. Enye yayingasekhanda, enye ingasezinyaweni, lapho isidumbu sikaJesu besibekwe khona. Izingelosi zathi kuye: “Mame, ukhalelani na?” Wathi kuzo: “Bayithathile iNkosi yami, futhi angazi ukuthi bayibeke kuphi.” Esekushilo lokho waphenduka, wabona uJesu emile, kodwa wayengazi ukuthi nguJesu. UJesu wathi kuye: “Mame, ukhalelani na? Ufuna bani na?” Kepha ecabanga ukuthi lo ngumphathi wensimu, wathi: “Nkosi, uma umsusile lapha, ngitshele ukuthi umbeke kuphi, ukuze ngihambe ngiyomthatha mina.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Mariya!” Waphenduka, wathi kuye ngesiHebheru: “Rabuni,” okusho ukuthi: “Mfundisi.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ungangithinti, ngokuba angikenyukeli kuBaba. Kepha hamba uye kubazalwane bami, ubatshele ukuthi ngenyukela kuBaba noYihlo, kuNkulunkulu wami noNkulunkulu wenu.” UMariya Magdalena wafika wabikela abafundi, wathi: “Ngiyibonile iNkosi,” wathi futhi: “Ikushilo lokhu kimi.”