On the first day of the week, Sunday, the women went to the
tomb. Luke made it clear in the preceding chapter that they knew which tomb to
go to. The stone had been rolled away. Then two angels appeared to them. Note
that in the Bible angels usually appear as men, sometimes just normal men,
sometimes with light as well, as here. Angels do not have wings and are not
effeminate.
Why do you look for the living among the dead? We often look
in the wrong places and for the wrong things. Jesus was not dead. All that had
happened was just as Jesus had said it would happen.
The women told the apostles but we're not believed. This
deals with another objection, the people of the day knew full well that dead
people did not rise. They were not gullible simpletons. Peter, however, ran to
the tomb. He saw that the tomb was empty. There was something in Peter that
made him hope that things were not all they seemed. Now note that He had let
Jesus down. Even when we have failed Jesus we should still hope in him.
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