Go and tell his disciples. The birth of Jesus was first announced to woman (Luke 1:26-38); women were the last to leave the cross; women were the first to see the empty grave. This is "poetic justice" (compare 1 Timothy 2:13-15; Galatians 3:28). He is going to Galilee. Not that his only appearance would be there, since he would be seen at least eleven times. But the largest number of his followers lived in Galilee, and he would be seen by more than five hundred of them there (1 Corinthians 15:6).

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