![]() “Indeed there needed not any angel at all to remove the stone, if this had been all he had come down for He that was quickened by the Spirit, could by the same power have rolled away the stone but as it was fit that the angels, who had been witnesses of his passion, should also be witnesses of his resurrection.” (Poole) An angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it: When the women came to the tomb, they saw the stone rolled away and an angel sitting on the stone. All this had taken place before the women reached the sepulcher.” (Clarke)Ĭ. “Seismov, a shaking or commotion of any kind: probably the word means no more than the confusion caused among the guards by the angel’s appearance. Some think this was not a normal earthquake, but refers to the disturbance of the guards at the tomb (Matthew 28:4). “The earth shook both at Christ’s passion and at his resurrection then, to show that it could not bear his suffering now, to show that it could not hinder his rising.” (Trapp) The earthquake did not cause the stone to be rolled away if anything, the angelic rolling of the stone prompted the earthquake. There was a great earthquake: Matthew alone notes this earthquake. So after the Sabbath on Sunday ( the first day of the week), they came to the tomb – fully expecting to find the dead body of Jesus.ī. ![]() Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb: They came to finish the preparation of Jesus’ body, which was cut short by the Sabbath (Luke 24:1-3). His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.Ī. And behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. (1-3) Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany find an angel at the tomb. ![]()
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