Lk 24:1-12 (cont.)
In Luke's account, as in Mark's, the women arrive to find the stone rolled away (2) and proceed to enter the tomb. Now they find it empty (3), and have a moment of perplexity before two angels appear (4). Filled with fear, they drop to the ground before the heavenly figures (5a). This must be one of the few angelic appearances in which the angels' first recorded words do not directly address the witnesses' fear; there is no do not be afraid here. They do, however, immediately address the women's confusion caused by the absence of Jesus' body. (5b-7) This account also seems to indicate that the women had been witness to Jesus' prophecy regarding his death and resurrection (8), though perhaps this verse should apply to the women remembering the angels' words as they report back to the apostles (9).
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