And when they looked But as they drew nearer amidst the glimmering light, the earth quaked beneath their feet (Matthew 28:2), and looking up they saw that all cause of anxiety was removed, for the stone was already rolled away. Observe the force of the expression "when they looked". It means when they "looked up;" an accurate and graphic detail.

for it was very great About this fact there could be no doubt. The stone which had closed the entrance was "very great," and even at a distance on looking up to the height, on which the rock-tomb lay, they could see it was not in its place, but had changed its position.

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