Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 28:6

"He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." — Matthew 28:6 (ASV)

He is not here — We are not told the precise moment when the grave was opened and the risen Lord came forth from it, but the indications point to the time at or about sunrise. There was an obvious appropriateness in the symbolism of the Resurrection of the Son of Righteousness coinciding with the natural dayspring .

Come, see the place — Compare the description in John 20:5-6: the linen clothes, or bandages, that had swathed the limbs, and the napkin, or sudarium, that had veiled the face.

The account in St. Mark (Mark 16:6–7) closely matches this. St. Luke is somewhat more detailed (Luke 24:5–7), introducing the question, Why do you seek the living among the dead? and a more detailed reference to our Lord’s prophecies of His resurrection.