Easter Resurrection

Easter Resurrection

Posted by Chad Langdon on Sunday, April 16, 2017

LUKE 24:1-12

NRSV

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 
3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 
4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 
5 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. 
6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 
7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” 
8 Then they remembered his words, 
9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 
10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 
11 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 
12 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.

NLT

1 But very early on Sunday morning 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. 
5The 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 must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.” 
8 Then they remembered that he had said this. 
9So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. 
10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened. 
11 But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it. 
12 However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.