Allan Not one person experienced the resurrection of Jesus alone. Nobody encountered the risen Jesus by themselves. The people who saw the empty tomb and the angels, the ones who ate dinner with Jesus that evening–they were all with their friends. Most of them, we know their names. We k...
While Easter provides the opportunity to enjoy special traditions complete with baskets, bows, and bunnies, Resurrection Day offers more—an empty tomb and a risen Savior. What Can We Learn from Resurrection Day? There is so much we can learn from Resurrection Day, so many ways that it ...
I have wanted to do these resurrection rolls ever since I saw them. I’ve seen a number of people do them since, and I’ve continued to love the idea of this visual demonstration of the empty tomb that was found Easter morning. I got some of the recipe fromThe Sister’s Cafe.The ...
The Resurrection - Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away
No! They went to find an empty tomb! They rushed home to tell what they had discovered to a group of doubting and astonished disciples of Jesus. No one believed them. None of the disciples expected Jesus to rise from the dead. "But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they ...
There have been various interpretations amongst the scholars, but I'm satisfied that it didn't all end in an empty tomb. It's inconceivable that such a story could have arisen out of the imagination of the disciples. So that really is the foundation of my belief. It's not something...
Looked round the old tomb. I have to say whoever sorted the funeral out really did a first class job! Wish I'd been there for the send-off. NOTE TO SELF: Update this journal regularly as and when stuff happens. INTO THE GRAVEYARD ...
narratives, from the startling opening scene conflating Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin, the crowd shouting “Crucify him,” and Peter’s three denials into a single event to delaying Jesus’ appearance of Mary Magdalene until after she ran back to Peter and John to report the tomb empty....
Why John does not mention the other women is not clear, but Mary probably becomes the focus of the author’s attention because it was she who came and found Peter and the beloved disciple and informed them of the empty tomb (20:2). Mary’s use of the plural in v. 2 indicates there...
An Empty Egg (for the empty tomb) Cloth (for finding empty burial cloths in the tomb) Cotton Ball with Perfume (for the perfume Mary put on Jesus’ feet) Purple Cloth (for the robes they wrapped Jesus in), and a Sign that says “King of the Jews” ...