Mary Magdalene Speaks to the Risen Christ
Luke 24: 1 - 12
Matthew 28: 1 - 10
Mark 16: 1 - 8
John 20: 1 - 18
On Easter
morning, the women who followed Jesus
went to his tomb to prepare his body properly for burial. The
burial preparations had been sketchy and hurried on Good Friday,
because there was so little time between Jesus' death and the
beginning of the Sabbath at sundown. No work, especially anything
involving a dead body, could be done on the Sabbath under Jewish
law.
Preparing Jesus' body to be buried was the last kind act these
women could do for the teacher they had loved so much, and who
they knew loved them as well.
But after this week of experiencing
every emotion they knew, from the gladness of Palm
Sunday through the sadness and confusion of Good Friday, these
women were faced with nothing: a blank space, an empty tomb.
As soon as Jesus was crucified,
Luke began to call the disciples
(the students or learners) the apostles (the people
sent forth - sent forth in mission to tell about Jesus' life and
death).
1. Which women went to Jesus' burial place?
[Mary
Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other women
followers of Jesus went to the tomb.]
2. What did the women take with them?
[The women took special
burial spices with them.]
3. What did the apostles do when they heard the women's
story?
[The apostles didn't believe
the women, so they did nothing.]
4. Who got up and ran to the tomb to see if the story was
true?
[Peter ran to the tomb.]
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