1Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky and came and rolled away the stone from the door and sat on it. 3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men. 5The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. 6He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying. 7Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”
8They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word. 9As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!”
They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
10Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”
11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened. 12When they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, 13saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept. 14If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry.” 15So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues until today.
16But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had sent them. 17When they saw him, they bowed down to him; but some doubted. 18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matt Dawson has given to us a helpful statement of the biblical details of the Resurrection. See his entire article "Jesus's Resurrection: An Archaeological Analysis," in Answers Research Journal 14 (2021): 125-157, for additional information.
- 1. Jesus was crucified in a place called Golgotha in Aramaic, meaning “Place of a Skull” (Matthew 27:33; Mark 15:22; Luke 23:33; John 19:17).
- 2. Jesus’s crucifixion took place outside of the city gates (Hebrews 13:12).
- 3. Jesus was scorned by those who passed by while He hanged from the Cross (Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:29).
- 4. Jesus was crucified near the city(John 19:20).
- 5. A garden existed in the place where Jesus was crucified (John 19:41).
- 6. Jesus’s tomb was located “close at hand” (ESV) or “nearby”(NASB95,NIV, NET, HCSB) inside this same garden (John 19:41).
- 7. Jesus was buried in the tomb of a rich man named Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57–60).
- 8. Jesus was buried in a new tomb (Matthew 27:60; Luke 23:53; John 19:41).
- 9. Jesus was buried in a tomb where no one else had ever been laid (Luke 23:53; John 19:41).
- 10. Jesus’s tomb was hewn out of rock or stone (Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53).
- 11. A “great stone” (ESV) was rolled across the entrance of Jesus’s tomb to seal it (Matthew 27:60; Mark 15:46, 16:4).
- 12. Jesus’ssepulcher-sealing stone was rolled away by an angel who then sat on it (Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:4; Luke 24:2; John 20:1).
- 13. Mary Magdalene went into Jesus’s tomb after he had risen and “saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain,one at the head and one at the feet”(John 20:11–12).