Day 48: Friends bury Jesus. Women find the tomb empty–and meet Jesus.

Mary and Mary watched Jesus die and be buried. But who will meet them at the tomb?

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The women watched, helplessly, as Jesus took his last breath. They stood near, in sorrow and reverence, as his followers placed his body in a tomb. They were assured, as the heavy stone was rolled across the entrance, that his body would not be disturbed.

How did they feel when they found the stone out of place? The body missing? An angel speaking to them? And then to meet Jesus himself, alive and well!

How do you feel, experiencing this part of the story? Jesus said repeatedly that he would rise on the third day. Had anyone been listening?

See the women rushing to the other followers to tell them the good news—Jesus is alive!

Read Matthew 27:57-61 and Read Matthew 28:1-10