NOTES for Luk 24:1-12
1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. |
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. |
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. |
4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: |
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? |
6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, |
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. |
8 And they remembered his words, |
9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. |
10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. |
11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. |
12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. |
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On the morning of the Resurrection, the women were the first to come to the tomb. It is believed that, according to the customs of that time, women were less threatened than men by reprisals for showing sympathy to one who had been executed, and therefore they were not afraid to come to His grave. Even if that is so, let us not on that basis diminish the degree of their love and devotion to the Teacher. There is a strength that is open, immediately visible and indisputable, but there is also another strength, one that shows itself in apparent weakness. Many times the "weaker" sex has proved strong precisely in situations where this was the exact kind of strength needed, strength made perfect in weakness.
But open strength, required of a man, is not rejected either. We see Peter, who overcame his temporary denial, and again we recognize his character, his decisiveness and impulsiveness. His strength is returning to him.
Opponents of Christianity call it a religion of the weak. No, Christianity makes the weak strong and is itself a source of strength. Only this is not the kind of strength that, like a bodybuilder, shows off pumped-up muscles. The strength of faith is not noticed at once and is often not taken into account. Goliath also never imagined that he would be defeated by the modest young David, who had no heroic musculature.
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