Matthew 28:8
So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
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- Ps 2:11 : 11 Serve the LORD in fear! Repent in terror!
- Mark 16:8 : 8 Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
- Luke 24:36-41 : 36 Jesus Makes a Final Appearance While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,“Peace be with you.” 37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 Then he said to them,“Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; it’s me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have.” 40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still could not believe it(because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them,“Do you have anything here to eat?”
- John 16:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
- John 16:22 : 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
- John 20:20-21 : 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again,“Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
- Ezra 3:12-13 : 12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders– older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established– were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout. 13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly that the sound was heard a long way off.
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- Mark 16:2-87 verses88%
2And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
3They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.
5Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
6But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
7But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
8Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
- Matt 28:4-74 verses86%
4The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
5But the angel said to the women,“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
7Then go quickly and tell his disciples,‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”
- Matt 28:9-113 verses82%
9But Jesus met them, saying,“Greetings!” They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.
10Then Jesus said to them,“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
11The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.
- John 20:1-44 verses78%
1The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.
2So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.
4The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.
- Luke 24:1-66 verses78%
1The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
2They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
3but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.
5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?
6He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
- Luke 24:8-92 verses77%
8Then the women remembered his words,
9and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
- Matt 28:1-22 verses77%
1The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
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10She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.
- John 20:8-103 verses75%
8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.
9(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
10Jesus’ Appearance to Mary Magdalene So the disciples went back to their homes.
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12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened.
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60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
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33So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together
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12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
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52So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
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18Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples,“I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what Jesus had said to her.
- Luke 24:22-243 verses73%
22Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
23and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
24Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
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13They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
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13telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’
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37But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.
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16The Great Commission So the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated.
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66So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
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22So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken.
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64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
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29When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
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28But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”