1After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” 8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” (Matthew 28:1-10)
As we saw earlier, Jesus was crucified and his body was placed in a tomb. The chief priests and Pharisees told Pilate to order the tomb to be guarded , they also sealed the entrance of the tomb with a stone. Three days later, on Sunday, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary visited the tomb. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, and an angel descended from heaven and rolled back the stone from the tomb’s entrance. The guards trembled with fear. The angel told the women not to be afraid, telling them to tell Jesus’ disciples that Jesus had resurrected from the dead and that he was going to meet them in Galilee. Later Jesus appeared to them and told them the same thing: He would meet his disciples in Galilee.
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it. (Mark 16:9-11)
Here we see that after His resurrection, Jesus first appeared to women Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, but not to the disciples. When Mary told the disciples about this, they did not believe.
6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) (John 20:6-9)
The other disciple mentioned here is John. He and Peter went to the tomb. When he saw that Jesus’ body was not there, he believed that He had resurrected.
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. (Psalm 16:10)
This Old Testament verse prophesied the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, that is, the Lord Jesus as the Holy One would not see corruption.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; (John 11:25)
Here the Lord Jesus said that He is the resurrection and the life, and that those who believe in Him will be resurrected even they die. Hope that more people will believe in Jesus, be born again and saved, and have the hope of resurrection.
May God bless you and your family!
