"The Resurrection of Christ
and Women at the Tomb"
Fra Angelico
|
Very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, carrying
the spices they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the
entrance to the tomb, so they went in; but they did not find the body of
the Lord Jesus. They stood there puzzled about this, when suddenly two
men in bright shining clothes stood by them. Full of fear, the women bowed
down to the ground, as the men said to them, "Why are you looking among
the dead for one who is alive? He is not here; He has been raised. Remember
what He said to you while in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be handed over
to sinners, be crucified, and three days later rise to life.'"
Then the women remembered His words, returned from the tomb, and
told all these things to the eleven disciples and all the rest. The women
were Mary Magdelene, Joanna and Mary the mother of James; they and the
other women with them told these things to the apostles. But the apostles
thought that what the women said was nonsense, and did not believe them.
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; he bent down and saw the linen wrappings
but nothing else. Then he went back home amazed at what had happened.
Luke; 24; 1-12
|
