The SON Also Rose

Before the sun rose, the SON rose.

Early in the morning, before light infused the dark of night, a great earthquake resounded. Fear gripped the keepers at the grave site, and they ran into the night.

At daylight, many discovered an empty tomb. Among them, Mary Magdalene, the other Mary,[1] Joanna,[2] and Salome. They had rushed to the sepulcher with sweet-smelling spices to anoint Jesus’ body. John and Peter also saw the vacant site, as well as linen cloths, lying there, and a burial napkin that was around Jesus’ head, rolled up, sitting separate.

The women returned with an account of seeing angels and the Master. Some of the disciples didn’t believe and thought they had gone mad.

Jesus appeared to the eleven apostles as they gathered together in the mountains for a meal. He scolded them for their lack of faith and hardness of heart, because they had refused to believe. Then He told them, “Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news, the Gospel, to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved from the penalty of eternal death; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

He appeared also to two disciples on their way to Emmaus, a village seven miles northwest of Jerusalem. One of them, named Cleopas,[3] conversed with Jesus without realizing who He was. Some go through life that way today, but Jesus sat and broke bread with them and they recognized Him.

In all, Jesus appeared to over five hundred in twelve separate episodes, providing eyewitness testimony.

May your Easter be filled with the knowledge of the risen Son.

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[1]Or Maria, Wife of Cleopas and sister of Mary, the Mother of Jesus

[2] Wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod and a disciple of Jesus

[3] This may be Cleopas, Maria’s husband, which would make him brother-in-law to Mary, the Mother of Jesus

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