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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In the end of the sabbath,.... This clause is by some joined to the last verse of the preceding chapter, but stands better here, as appears from Mr 16:1, and intends not what the Jews call the sabbath eve, for that began the sabbath; but what they call מוצאי שבת, "the goings out of the sabbath"; and as Mark says, Mr 16:1, "when the sabbath was...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In the foregoing chapters, we saw the Captain of our salvation engaged with the powers of darkness, attacked by them, and vigorously attacking them; victory seemed to hover between the combatants; nay, at length, it inclined to the enemies' side, and our Champion fell before them; behold, God has delivered his strength into captivity, and his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. See what concern angels have about our Lord. Are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. While the Jewish Sabbath lasted, they paid to it due respect. They did not even go the sepulcher to perform the kindly offices of embalmment; but when the old Sabbath was dying away, and the new and better...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And behold there was a great earthquake,.... Or "there had been one"; which, how far it reached, and whether further than the spot of ground in which the sepulchre was, is not certain: it was an emblem of the shaking of the earth by the preaching of the Gospel, the sound of which was now to go after Christ's resurrection to the ends of the world;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And, behold, there was a great earthquake:— The women must have wondered as they felt that tremor beneath their. feet. If you have ever felt an earthquake, you will never forget it; and this was a great one, not one of an ordinary kind: “a great earthquake.” Death was being upheaved, and all the bars of the sepulcher were beginning to burst. When...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
His countenance was like lightning,.... There was such a lustre and brightness in his face, that it glittered like lightning: such a description is in Daniel 10:6, and his raiment white as snow: the word "white" is left out in the Vulgate Latin, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel: the angel appeared clad in white, as a token of the purity and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow; and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. He said nothing as he rolled back the stone; he did not shake a sword at them, or over them, to fill them with terror. The presence of perfect purity, the presence of heavenly things, is a terror to ungodly men. May...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: Dazzling in its purity, like the raiment worn by Christ upon the Mount of Transfiguration, whiter than any fuller can make it.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And for fear of him the keepers did shake,.... Though they were soldiers, Roman soldiers and veterans, who had been used to terrible sights in the field of battle; were men of courage, and fearless of danger; and yet were seized with a panic, and every limb of them shook and trembled at the sight of the angel, for fear he was come as an...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. First a palsy of fear, and then a stiffening of fright, fell upon them, for they had never seen such a sight as this before. They were Roman soldiers, who knew nothing of the meaning of cowardice; yet at the sight of this messenger of God, “the keepers did shake, and became as dead...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the angel answered and said unto the women,.... Who being come up, were also affrighted at the sight of the angel. The Arabic version leaves out the first part, "and the angel answered": which is a Jewish way of speaking, when nothing goes before, to which it is a reply; and renders the other part thus, "and said to the two women": but from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: But I notice that they did fear, although the angel said, “Fear not.” Neither men nor angels can so speak as to silence fears in trembling hearts; but Jesus can, as we shall see farther on. One word from his lips has infinitely more power than all the words of angels or of saints....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the angel answered and said unto the women,— We had almost forgotten them; we had been thinking of the earthquake, and the angel, and the flaming lightning, and the frightened soldiers; but this angel’s thought is all about the women. He whose countenance was like lightning, and whose garments were white as snow, said to the women,—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; Notice the angel’s words; first “See,” and then “Go.” You cannot tell the message till you know it. You who would serve God,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He is not here,.... In the grave, where he was laid, and these women saw him laid: he was dead, but is now alive; he was laid in the grave, but God would not leave him there, nor suffer him to see corruption: for he is risen, as he said; not stolen away, as the chief priests hired the soldiers to say he was; nor removed to another place, as Mary...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He is not here: for be is risen, as he said. “As he said.” A few words, but what a world of meaning! “As he said.” He always does “as he said.” He always gives “as he said.” He always reveals himself “as he said” not otherwise. He never fails to fulfill a promise, or forgets even the mode of promising; not only does he do what be said, but as he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And go quickly and tell his disciples,.... Who were mourning and weeping for the death of Christ; despairing of his resurrection, of which, at least, they had but little hope, nor indeed much thought, though Christ had so often told them of it; and therefore a quick dispatch was necessary to remove their sorrow, revive their faith, and relieve...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; Such good news ought to be spread quickly. “Go and tell his disciples,” they are trembling, they have fled, — “that he is risen from the dead.” Mat_28:7. And, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. Brethren, this is good news for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. That is a very beautiful touch of condescension on the Saviour’s part,—that he would go before his disciples into Galilee. Why, Galilee was the very opposite of a classic region; it was a district that was much despised. The clod-hoppers, the boors, the...