Matthew 28:1. _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, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 28:1. _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;... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 28:16. _Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them._ Away from the haunts of men, where he had been wont to be, in a country familiar to them, and with which he was familiar, in a despised country, «Galilee of the Gentiles.» Matthew 28:... [ Continue Reading ]