The Resurrection of Jesus

Mark 15:40-41
40 Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James the younger and of Joseph), and Salome. 41 They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there.

Mark 15:47-16:1-2
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where Jesus’ body was laid.
1 Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

The women are great examples, but not credible witnesses.

Mark 16:5-7
5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, 6 but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. 7 Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”

Mark 14:27-28
27 On the way, Jesus told them, “All of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,
 ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ (Zechariah 13:7)
28 But after I am raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”

The resurrection of Jesus compels us to move forward from the death of Jesus.

Mark 16:8
8 The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened.

"The fear of the women dominates the ending of the story. At this point fear forces the reader to face once again the fear in his or her own situation. No matter how much the reader ‘knows’ or ‘sees,’ he or she still must make the hard choice in the end—whether to be silent like the women or to proclaim the good news in the face of persecution and possible death.”
-Mark: An Introduction; Rhoads and Michie; pp 61-62