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Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
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To Let Witnesses In, Not Jesus Out
Commentators widely agree that the angel rolled the stone away not to let the risen Jesus out, but to let the women and other witnesses in. Jesus, in His glorified body, had already passed through the sealed tomb. The dramatic opening was a public demonstration and an invitation for the first witnesses to see the proof of the resurrection for themselves.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There was a great earthquake. Rather, there had been. It does not mean that this occurred while they were there, or while they we…
There was a great earthquake (σεισμος εγενετο μεγας). Clearly not the earthquake of 27:51. The precise time of this earthquake is …
19th Century
Anglican
The words imply that they did not witness the earthquake, but rather inferred it from what they saw. The form of the angel is described in Mark 16:…
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Baptist
Death was being upheaved, and all the bars of the sepulcher were beginning to burst. When the King awoke from the sleep of death, He shook the worl…
The clause introduced by “for” either suggests that the violent earthquake came with the “angel of the Lord” or was the means the angel used to ope…
16th Century
Protestant
And, lo, a great earthquake. By many signs the Lord showed the presence of His glory, so that He might more fully prepare the hearts of th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And behold there was a great earthquake Or "there had been one"; which, how far it reached, and whether further than…
Christ rose the third day after His death; that was the time He had often spoken of. On the first day of the first week, God commanded the light to…
13th Century
Catholic
After the Evangelist finished the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, he treats of the triumph of the Lord’s Resurrection: and it is divided as follow…
