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, believed by about 75% of scholars, evidenced by: The start of the church right in the city (Jerusalem) where Jesus was crucified, Enemy attestation that the tomb was empty by their stolen body theory, and The fact that the women , whose testimony would not have been view...
The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. Two men in dazzling clothes stood before them and said, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” And Mary remembered. She remembered seeing Jesus tell his inner circle that he would be betrayed, rejected, suffer, and die, AND ...
The cacophonous, disjointed grief and lament of all creation is swept into arms of love, made holy by God’s Presence, comforted, healed, death exchanged for life. But that was running ahead to when the Tomb was empty. The Spirit called me back into the Tomb. Suddenly, scene after scene...
The Empty Tomb - When Shabbat was over, Miriam of Magdala, Miriam the mother of Jacob, and Salome bought spices, so that they might come and anoint
But on the third day, Jesus said, “I want my life back.” The stone rolled away, and the tomb was empty. Eternity invaded history, and death was defeated. There’s a great story about Churchill when he was a relatively young man. He was at a dinner party, and there was a woman...
The religious leaders in Jerusalem could have silenced the preaching of the resurrection immediately simply by displaying the dead body of Jesus. But there was no body for them to show. The tomb was empty. The Lord Jesus Christ is risen. He is the Savior, who said,"I am He who lives,...
Audio Bible Context The Road to Emmaus …23but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.24Thensomeof our companionswenttothetombandfound itjustasthewomenhad described.ButHimthey did not see.”25Then Jesus said to...
In order to come to this conclusion, Carrier says, “I will also argue that the claim that his tomb was empty, and his corpse missing, arose a generation or two later” (106). In order to advance his conclusion he posits several premises: 1) New Testament Judaism was favorable to “...
When Mary and the other ladies came upon the tomb on Sunday, it was empty. Even though they knew Jesus said this would happen, it was still shocking. Saturday was quiet. Sunday was shocking. Sunday broughtfulfillment. Theemptiness was made fullin a promise that was kept. Jesus said He wo...