The Tomb is Empty!
Last time, our lesson closed when Pilate finally sent Jesus away to be crucified. Now we pick up the story after the crucifixion has been completed, on the first day of the new week with Mary Magdalene who went to the tomb very early, while it was still dark and found that the tomb was open and the body of Jesus was gone. John has already used “darkness” in this Gospel as a metaphor for disbelief several times, and this is no different, for upon discovering the empty tomb neither Mary nor Peter and John believed that it indicated Jesus had risen from the dead, for they had not grasped this concept in advance. As the sun rose and light began to spread across the land, this would change…
The drama begins early in the morning, before sunrise when Mary Magdalene fin
Source: The Tomb is Empty! | The Life Project
- The Life Project. 2016. The Tomb is Empty! | The Life Project. [ONLINE] Available at:https://lifereference.wordpress.com/2016/10/17/the-tomb-is-empty-2/. [Accessed 18 October 2016].
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