John 20:11-15 (Godly Sorrow)
Three times John emphasizes Mary weeping outside the tomb of Jesus before He appeared to her, noting that both the angels and Jesus inquired why she was weeping before she came to recognize Him. Why such a question?
John 20:11 (Mary Weeping)
In the first written account of Jesus’ resurrection, Matthew highlights the initial discovery of the empty tomb by Mary Magdalene and another Mary, the mother of James and Joseph (abbreviated as Joses), and His subsequent resurrection appearance to them; see Mat 28:5-9. However, for his purposes in summarizing the account, he omitted details of the…
John 20:8-10 (What John Believed)
Early on Resurrection Sunday, “there yet being darkness”, Mary Magdalene and another Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, arrived at the tomb and discovered it empty. An angel in a vision told them Jesus had risen from the dead (Mat 28;1-8), but like a dream it quickly gave way to the only thing that…
John 20:7 (The Face-Cloth Rolled Up in a Place by Itself)
In what has become one of the most enigmatic passages in all of Scripture, John writes that upon entering the tomb of Jesus, Peter “beheld the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself” (Joh 20:6-7). …
Luke 24:12, John 20:3-6 (The Faith Lesson; Peter Races to the Tomb)
Very early in the morning on Resurrection Sunday, before Jesus appeared to anyone in His glorified, resurrection body, a faith-event occurred to test the faith of His followers. A group of women who had followed Him from Galilee to the Passover in Jerusalem had arranged to meet at the tomb to complete the burial custom…
Luke 24:6-8 (Obtaining the Faith by Which We are Saved)
Before Jesus’ resurrection appearances on that first day of the week three days after His death the Scripture indicates that there were three separate appearances of angels to the women from Galilee who had arranged to meet early that morning to complete their burial custom for Jesus’ body. The first appearance was to Mary Magdalene…
Luke 24:4-5 (The Second Encounter at the Empty Tomb)
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…
Matthew 28:8 (They Departed Quickly From the Tomb With Fear)
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…
Matthew 28:7 (Where All the Disciples Would See Jesus; Behold, I Have Told You)
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…
Matthew 28:7 (Go Quickly and Tell His Disciples)
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…