Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 4:29 : 29 Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.”
  • Matt 28:8 : 8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
  • Mark 16:5-6 : 5 Then 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. 6 But 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.
  • Luke 10:4 : 4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
  • Luke 24:9-9 : 9 and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things 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 these things to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.
  • Luke 24:22-24 : 22 Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then 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.”
  • Luke 24:37 : 37 But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.