Jesus' words to the women repeat the angel's instruction with one significant addition: go and tell my brothers. The disciples who had abandoned him in Gethsemane, who had all fled when he was arrested, who had denied and betrayed him — Jesus calls them his brothers. The resurrection does not terminate the covenant relationship that the disciples' failure seemed to have ended; it restores it and renames its members. Tell them to go to Galilee; there they will see me — the resurrection appearance is promised but not yet given. The disciples must travel to Galilee in faith, trusting the testimony of the women who encountered Jesus, before they themselves encounter him. The structure is the same as the Christian life: those who receive the resurrection testimony must act on it before they experience the full reality of the risen Jesus themselves.

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