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?
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 28:5-6 (The Angel Proclaims the Resurrection)
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…
Matthew 27:60-61 (The Stone is Rolled in Place)
Jesus’ followers believed He was the Messiah, but couldn’t understand His many warnings that He would be crucified, and never expected Him to be so; cf. Luk 9:44-45. When it happened, they no doubt hoped that God would somehow rescue Him. For in spite of His teaching that God would also raise Him from the…