LUKE 24:1-4

Rachel Workman: 24 But very early on Sunday morning^[a] the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. ² They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. ³ So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.

The remarkable part of this passage is the fact that women were the first to find the tomb empty. That tells us that they recorded the actual facts even going against what would have been considered taboo at the time. Women did not have a high ranking at this period in time.

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John Burnett:  24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing;

In Luke 9 and Luke 18, Jesus told the disciples he would be raised again on the third day.  I don’t know if that message was relayed to the ladies who were bringing spices that day but it should have been no surprise to the disciples.  Obviously they were either not listening or he had not given them the ears to hear and understand at that time.

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Tomorrow’s reading for Luke 24:5-7

⁵ The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? ⁶ He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, ⁷ that the Son of Man^[b] must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.”