After their initial discovery of the empty tomb on Resurrection Sunday, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph fled in fear, both from the dream-like vision of the angel saying Jesus had risen, and from the danger they supposed they could be in from the Roman soldiers for being followers of Him…
Our gospel accounts of the resurrection indicate that although Mary Magdalene and another Mary[1] were the first to discover the empty tomb, they were part of a larger group of women including Salome (Mar 14:1) and Joanna and at least one more (Luk 24:10) who had arranged to meet at the tomb on Sunday morning. …
On Resurrection Sunday, Mary Magdalene and another Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, were the first of Jesus’ followers to discover the empty tomb. They had made arrangements with a number of other women to meet there to complete their burial custom for Jesus’ body, which was hastily interred Thursday evening as the required…
On Thursday evening of passion week Mary Magdalene and another Mary who was the mother of James and Joseph saw the tomb where Joseph and Nicodemus had hastily interred Jesus’ body before the start of the required sabbath for the first day of Unleavened Bread. Sometime on Friday, or the seventh-day Sabbath on Saturday, they…
A number of women who had traveled from Galilee with Jesus to the Passover in Jerusalem had arranged to meet at the tomb early on Sunday morning to complete the burial custom for His dead body. It was hastily interred Thursday evening before the start of the required sabbath for the first day of Unleavened…
Very early on Resurrection Sunday, “there yet being darkness” (Joh 20:1), Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph / Joses came to the tomb where they had seen Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus hastily inter Jesus’ body Thursday evening just as the required sabbath for the first day of Unleavened Bread was…
After Jesus’ death and speedy burial on Thursday evening of Passion week, a number of the women who had followed Him from Galilee to Jerusalem for the Passover had arranged to meet at the tomb Sunday morning to complete the burial custom for His dead body. They were prevented from doing so until then by…
Early on Sunday morning Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph arrived at Jesus’ tomb immediately after a severe earthquake happened that was accompanied by what modern science would call an earthquake light or ball lightning, but that Matthew says was an angel who actually caused the earthquake by rolling away the…
On Resurrection Sunday a number of the women who had traveled from Galilee with Jesus to minister to His needs had arranged to go to the tomb where He was buried to further attend to His dead body that was hastily interred Thursday evening by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus as the sabbath rest required…
After three days of rest imposed upon them by the confluence of three consecutive sabbaths, during which there was nothing they could do to address the death of their Lord, on Sunday morning a number of women who had followed Jesus from Galilee made their way to the tomb. They came to complete the care…