Rev. Charles BrowningBecause it is already #Easter in some quarters, figure now would be a good time to share once again this crucial message (and also a theme of my sermon in the morning):
In case you don't get the reference:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2024%3A1-12&version=NIV
Bible Gateway passage: Luke 24:1-12 - New International Version
Jesus Has Risen - On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
John McChesney-Young@FrChazzz Indirectly related, thetorah.com has a very interesting piece today on the women at the tomb: https://www.thetorah.com/article/easter-with-the-women-at-jesus-empty-tomb-the-four-gospels. I'd never noticed the (possible?) allusions to the Song of Songs.
Easter with the Women at Jesus’ Empty Tomb: The Four Gospels - TheTorah.com
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all include accounts of women discovering Jesus’ tomb empty three days after his crucifixion that share a common structure, but vary considerably in their details. Christians reading the story at Easter experience vicariously the women’s fear and awe, just as Jews re-experience the Exodus through the Haggadah. | Prof. Adele Reinhartz