The Empty Tomb
- On the first day of the week at the first crack of dawn, the women head to the tomb with everything they need to prepare Jesus's body for burial.
- But when they get there, they discover that the stone's already been rolled away from the tomb's entrance and Jesus's body is nowhere to be found.
- Um. Grave robber?
- While they're puzzling this out, two men are standing next to them wearing robes that flash forth lightning bolts.
- The women are freaked. Obviously.
- Then the beans are officially spilled: Jesus has been raised.
- They remind them what Jesus had foretold as far back as his days in Galilee. You all should jog your own memories, too: 9:22, 44; 17:25; and 18:32-33.
- He said way back then that sinners were going to get a hold of him and crucify him, but that on the third day he would rise.
Oh, yeah. Now they remember. - The women—Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary (who was James's mom), and some others—leave the tomb and report their findings to the eleven disciples (sans Judas) and some other interested parties.
- Surprise, surprise—they don't believe them. Peter alone gets up and runs to the tomb. And sure enough, he sees it with his own two eyes.