The Resurrection of Jesus
On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women returned to the tomb, bringing the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find Jesus’ body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened. (Luke 24:1-12)
“Peter, let us in! We’re here. We’re all here.”
Silence.
“We’re all here. We’ll break the door down.”
Finally. The bolt is withdrawn. For a moment, the threshold is clear.
The women rush inside to deliver their message. The men look upon them with pity.
“Thomas, I’m not crazy,” she said.
“Dear woman, you’re in shock. You’re full of grief. You all are.”
“I know what I saw. What we all saw. What we all heard.”
Suddenly alarmed, Peter sprang to his feet and hurried out the door. John followed him.
She would have pursued them, but found gentle arms restraining her.
“It’s all right,” Thomas said. “Let them go.”