Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the scripture that He had to rise from the dead.Manila Bulletin
The Empty Tomb - Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed
The Empty Tomb - Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken
In summary, “What I have presented so far is an articulation of my theory as origins of the empty tomb story, first as a metaphor in Mark, then as an inspiring element in the development of a Christian heresy that took the empty tomb as literal, using it to bolster their own doctrine...
That empty tomb is, itself, a declaration of independence. By raising Jesus from the dead, God declared him (and all who are in him) to be free from death, free from the curse, free from Satan’s accusation. I suppose you could say that Jesus was endowed by his Father with certain ...
and on the third day, the empty tomb – I can see the graveclothes that wrapped his corpse were left behind like a chrysalis after the butterfly has flown! Perhaps it’s true that a picture speaks more than a thousand words ! And so I confess that just as Cecil de Mills’ “Ten ...
John) were the first apostles to arrive at Jesus’ empty tomb on the morning of the Resurrection (John 20:2–8). Peter played a crucial role in the early Christian community, as detailed in the Acts of the Apostles. He delivered the first sermon at Pentecost, resulting in the conversion...
The victory is already won. It was born in Bethlehem, lifted high on the cross, and echoes for all eternity because of the empty tomb. This is the message of Christmas: the light of Christ shines, and no force of darkness can extinguish or overcome it. ...
The Empty Tomb - On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed
invited me to read Scripture at Morning and Evening Prayer. One of those passages was the comic narrative of Balaam and his recalcitrant speaking donkey, perhaps the oddest story in the Bible (Numbers 22:1-39). It was a very long text, so I tried to give each character a distinctive qua...