Women at the Empty Tomb Seen from InsideBible World
24:7Luke 24:7
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
The saying means the Son of man had to be handed over to sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day, so the empty tomb proves He is alive and risen exactly as He promised and no spices for anointing are needed. He Himself had told this beforehand while still in Galilee in plain language several times, and the word must shows His suffering, death and resurrection were necessary to pay the penalty of death and make salvation possible. It was repeated early in the morning on the first day of the week after the crucifixion by shining angels who knew the women's errand to anoint the body, showed them where He had lain, and sent them to tell the disciples He would go before them into Galilee. The women had found the words mysterious before, but the reminder brought them to remembrance and made the meaning plain, turning fear into great joy as they ran to tell the glad news, while the disciples who had forgotten and did not understand or believe were left in utter hopelessness with their hopes buried in the tomb. Revealed truth does not prepare people if they fail to remember and heed it, for if they had believed and remembered His words and searched the Scriptures while He lay in the tomb they would have been saved much sorrow and found comfort and hope.
Saying at the Tomb
On the first day of the week after the crucifixion, early in the morning before light, holy women came bringing sweet spices to anoint and embalm the body and found the heavy stone rolled away from the door and the body gone, and they feared enemies had taken it. As they looked again into the tomb the saying was repeated to remind them of what Jesus Himself had told them beforehand while still in Galilee, that He would be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise the third day, and its meaning became plain to them at that moment. It gave them fresh hope and courage so that they hastened away to tell the glad news. Frightened and astonished, they ran hastily to the mourning disciples who could not be comforted because their Lord had been crucified and told them what they had seen and heard. They reported that angels had told them Christ had risen and that they had seen Him alive, but the disciples could not believe He had risen, and their disbelief showed how weak their faith had become so that the report of the resurrection was difficult for them to accept.
It was spoken by shining angels in white apparel with bright shining faces who knew the women's errand. They told the seekers of Jesus that He was not there for He had risen, and showed them the place where He lay and told them to go tell His disciples that He would go before them into Galilee. One spoke as a second angel of shining brightness and as an angel in human form to explain why the body was gone and to remind them of His prediction that He is risen. They knew these words because they had been with Jesus as guardian angels through all the scenes of His life and had witnessed His trial and crucifixion.
At that hour the great stone at the mouth of the tomb was rolled away by an angel as if it were a pebble. A voice that caused the earth to tremble called Jesus as the Son of God to come forth because His Father called Him. He came forth having earned power over death and the grave and proclaimed above the rent sepulchre that He is the resurrection and the life. The angel host bowed low in adoration before Him as Redeemer and welcomed Him with songs of praise. He came forth with the tread of a conqueror while at His presence the earth reeled and lightning flashed and thunder rolled.
The words mean the Son of man had to be handed over to sinful people, crucified, and raised on the third day. The empty tomb therefore proves He is living and not dead, risen exactly as He said. The empty tomb and the encounters with the risen Jesus gave abundant, decisive evidence that He had risen. Remembering this shows no anointing spices are now needed and makes this a day of good news for the world, turning fear into great joy and sending the women running to tell the disciples. The disciples' witness to the risen Christ belongs in the context of their work to carry the gospel outward to all nations.
Foretold Suffering and Rising
Jesus himself gave this saying beforehand while still in Galilee, opening the future to the disciples in plain language several times over. He desired retired time for reflection and meditation upon the prophecies referring to his future sufferings and death. He did this so that his suffering and death for the sins of the world would not be new and unexpected to his followers and would not come as an unexpected end to his mission.
His separation from his parents after the Passover foreshadowed his death. When they sought him sorrowing three days, it pointed forward to the time when he would be separated from them and lost to them for three days in death, after which he would reveal himself to them and be found of them. This was so that their faith would rely upon him as the redeemer of the fallen race and the advocate with the Father in their behalf.
The word must teaches necessity, for his suffering, death, and resurrection on the third day were necessary parts of what he had told them. His suffering and death paid the penalty of death and made salvation possible. Those who held this understanding added that his suffering and death were necessary in the sense that he would be handed over to sinful people and crucified and rise on the third day.
His resurrection fulfilled his words and confirmed his claims as the Son of God and Redeemer of the world. It was the claim on which he rested. His rising therefore stands as the proof that what he foretold came to pass exactly as promised.
Faith, Doubt, and Application
The words had once seemed mysterious to the women, and they had not understood them before, but the reminder at the tomb brought them to remembrance and made their meaning clear and plain and explained what had happened. That remembrance gave them fresh hope and courage and turned fear into great joy, so they hastened and ran to tell the glad news to the disciples and made this a day of good news for the world. The disciples had forgotten what He said, did not care to think about it, and did not understand or believe what He said about rising again or what rising from the dead might mean. They expected deliverance from Roman rule and could not accept His coming death, their belief in resurrection had been weakened by Sadducean teachings, and after His death they were so overwhelmed that they could not remember His words and the women's faith in Him as the promised Messiah perished with Him.
Because of this unbelief His crucifixion and burial came as a surprise and left them in utter hopelessness with hopes buried with Him in the tomb, souls crushed by despondency, sorrow and despair, with faith unable to penetrate the shadow cast across their horizon. The report of the resurrection through the women seemed too good to be true and difficult to accept and showed how weak their faith had become, so the mourning disciples who could not be comforted could not believe He had risen and were perplexed. The two earnest believing disciples who left Jerusalem for Emmaus eight miles away after keeping the Passover to meditate and pray and talk over the trial and crucifixion remained perplexed, sad, hopeless, faithless and utterly disheartened in the shadow of the cross even after the morning news reached them that His body was gone and that the women had seen angels and had met Jesus. Revealed truth does not prepare people if they fail to remember and heed it; likewise prophecies about the close of probation and preparation for the time of trouble are plainly revealed, yet those who disregard them will be unready. If they had believed His word and remembered His words they would have been saved much sorrow and would have found comfort, and if when He lay in the tomb they had searched the Scriptures for what was written concerning Him they would have found comfort and hope.
Those who repent and are converted, come to the Father through faith in Christ, and follow His example may receive forgiveness of sins and be sanctified through belief in the truth, for His suffering and death paid the penalty of death and made salvation possible. The disciples' witness to the risen Christ belongs in the context of their work to carry the gospel outward to all nations. The angels' reminding of the women is the work of heavenly messengers ascending and descending to keep earth in constant connection with heaven, observing all human conduct, helping human weakness, and guarding from moral and physical danger according to the providence of God whose glory is veiled in condescension to human weakness. This cooperation of heavenly agencies with human agencies according to God's plan brings conversion and sanctification of human character, so that whenever souls yield to the softening, subduing influence of the Spirit under this angel ministry there is joy in heaven and the Lord Himself rejoices with singing.
The saying means the Son of man had to be handed over to sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day, so the empty tomb proves He is alive and risen exactly as He promised and no spices for anointing are needed. He Himself had told this beforehand while still in Galilee in plain language several times, and the word must shows His suffering, death and resurrection were necessary to pay the penalty of death and make salvation possible. It was repeated early in the morning on the first day of the week after the crucifixion by shining angels who knew the women's errand to anoint the body, showed them where He had lain, and sent them to tell the disciples He would go before them into Galilee. The women had found the words mysterious before, but the reminder brought them to remembrance and made the meaning plain, turning fear into great joy as they ran to tell the glad news, while the disciples who had forgotten and did not understand or believe were left in utter hopelessness with their hopes buried in the tomb. Revealed truth does not prepare people if they fail to remember and heed it, for if they had believed and remembered His words and searched the Scriptures while He lay in the tomb they would have been saved much sorrow and found comfort and hope.
Saying at the Tomb
On the first day of the week after the crucifixion, early in the morning before light, holy women came bringing sweet spices to anoint and embalm the body and found the heavy stone rolled away from the door and the body gone, and they feared enemies had taken it. As they looked again into the tomb the saying was repeated to remind them of what Jesus Himself had told them beforehand while still in Galilee, that He would be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise the third day, and its meaning became plain to them at that moment. It gave them fresh hope and courage so that they hastened away to tell the glad news. Frightened and astonished, they ran hastily to the mourning disciples who could not be comforted because their Lord had been crucified and told them what they had seen and heard. They reported that angels had told them Christ had risen and that they had seen Him alive, but the disciples could not believe He had risen, and their disbelief showed how weak their faith had become so that the report of the resurrection was difficult for them to accept.
It was spoken by shining angels in white apparel with bright shining faces who knew the women's errand. They told the seekers of Jesus that He was not there for He had risen, and showed them the place where He lay and told them to go tell His disciples that He would go before them into Galilee. One spoke as a second angel of shining brightness and as an angel in human form to explain why the body was gone and to remind them of His prediction that He is risen. They knew these words because they had been with Jesus as guardian angels through all the scenes of His life and had witnessed His trial and crucifixion.
At that hour the great stone at the mouth of the tomb was rolled away by an angel as if it were a pebble. A voice that caused the earth to tremble called Jesus as the Son of God to come forth because His Father called Him. He came forth having earned power over death and the grave and proclaimed above the rent sepulchre that He is the resurrection and the life. The angel host bowed low in adoration before Him as Redeemer and welcomed Him with songs of praise. He came forth with the tread of a conqueror while at His presence the earth reeled and lightning flashed and thunder rolled.
The words mean the Son of man had to be handed over to sinful people, crucified, and raised on the third day. The empty tomb therefore proves He is living and not dead, risen exactly as He said. The empty tomb and the encounters with the risen Jesus gave abundant, decisive evidence that He had risen. Remembering this shows no anointing spices are now needed and makes this a day of good news for the world, turning fear into great joy and sending the women running to tell the disciples. The disciples' witness to the risen Christ belongs in the context of their work to carry the gospel outward to all nations.
Foretold Suffering and Rising
Jesus himself gave this saying beforehand while still in Galilee, opening the future to the disciples in plain language several times over. He desired retired time for reflection and meditation upon the prophecies referring to his future sufferings and death. He did this so that his suffering and death for the sins of the world would not be new and unexpected to his followers and would not come as an unexpected end to his mission.
His separation from his parents after the Passover foreshadowed his death. When they sought him sorrowing three days, it pointed forward to the time when he would be separated from them and lost to them for three days in death, after which he would reveal himself to them and be found of them. This was so that their faith would rely upon him as the redeemer of the fallen race and the advocate with the Father in their behalf.
The word must teaches necessity, for his suffering, death, and resurrection on the third day were necessary parts of what he had told them. His suffering and death paid the penalty of death and made salvation possible. Those who held this understanding added that his suffering and death were necessary in the sense that he would be handed over to sinful people and crucified and rise on the third day.
His resurrection fulfilled his words and confirmed his claims as the Son of God and Redeemer of the world. It was the claim on which he rested. His rising therefore stands as the proof that what he foretold came to pass exactly as promised.
Faith, Doubt, and Application
The words had once seemed mysterious to the women, and they had not understood them before, but the reminder at the tomb brought them to remembrance and made their meaning clear and plain and explained what had happened. That remembrance gave them fresh hope and courage and turned fear into great joy, so they hastened and ran to tell the glad news to the disciples and made this a day of good news for the world. The disciples had forgotten what He said, did not care to think about it, and did not understand or believe what He said about rising again or what rising from the dead might mean. They expected deliverance from Roman rule and could not accept His coming death, their belief in resurrection had been weakened by Sadducean teachings, and after His death they were so overwhelmed that they could not remember His words and the women's faith in Him as the promised Messiah perished with Him.
Because of this unbelief His crucifixion and burial came as a surprise and left them in utter hopelessness with hopes buried with Him in the tomb, souls crushed by despondency, sorrow and despair, with faith unable to penetrate the shadow cast across their horizon. The report of the resurrection through the women seemed too good to be true and difficult to accept and showed how weak their faith had become, so the mourning disciples who could not be comforted could not believe He had risen and were perplexed. The two earnest believing disciples who left Jerusalem for Emmaus eight miles away after keeping the Passover to meditate and pray and talk over the trial and crucifixion remained perplexed, sad, hopeless, faithless and utterly disheartened in the shadow of the cross even after the morning news reached them that His body was gone and that the women had seen angels and had met Jesus. Revealed truth does not prepare people if they fail to remember and heed it; likewise prophecies about the close of probation and preparation for the time of trouble are plainly revealed, yet those who disregard them will be unready. If they had believed His word and remembered His words they would have been saved much sorrow and would have found comfort, and if when He lay in the tomb they had searched the Scriptures for what was written concerning Him they would have found comfort and hope.
Those who repent and are converted, come to the Father through faith in Christ, and follow His example may receive forgiveness of sins and be sanctified through belief in the truth, for His suffering and death paid the penalty of death and made salvation possible. The disciples' witness to the risen Christ belongs in the context of their work to carry the gospel outward to all nations. The angels' reminding of the women is the work of heavenly messengers ascending and descending to keep earth in constant connection with heaven, observing all human conduct, helping human weakness, and guarding from moral and physical danger according to the providence of God whose glory is veiled in condescension to human weakness. This cooperation of heavenly agencies with human agencies according to God's plan brings conversion and sanctification of human character, so that whenever souls yield to the softening, subduing influence of the Spirit under this angel ministry there is joy in heaven and the Lord Himself rejoices with singing.