Fear not (μη φοβεισθε). They were still afraid for joy and embarrassment. Jesus calms their excitement by the repetition of the ch…

Be not afraid. The ancients, when in the presence of a heavenly being—an angel, or one who was supposed to possess Divine power—were commo…

Go, tell my brothers — The words are clearly used of those who were brothers by spiritual relationship, as in Matthew 12:49, and h…

Saints running in the way of obedience are likely to be met by Jesus. Some Christians travel to heaven so slowly that they are overtaken by follies…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: After being comforted by the angel, the women were immediately met by the Lord, so that when they pro…

Like the angel (v.5), Jesus stills the women’s fears and gives them a similar commi ion. “My brothers” probably does not refer only to the Eleven b…

Then Jesus says to them. We conclude that it was an improper fear from which Christ again delivers them. For though it arose from…

Then said Jesus unto them, be not afraid
Of me, or what you have seen; or lest there should be any deception in the …

God's gracious visits usually meet us in the way of duty; and to those who use what they have for others' benefit, more shall be given. This encoun…

After the Evangelist finished the mysteries of the Lord’s Pa ion, he treats of the triumph of the Lord’s Resurrection: and it is divided as follows…