He is not here; he has risen, just as he said — the resurrection announcement is simultaneously present-tense declaration (he is not here), present-perfect event (he has risen), and fulfillment claim (just as he said). All three of Jesus' passion predictions had announced the resurrection on the third day (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, 20:19); the angel's just as he said connects the empty tomb directly to Jesus' own words, establishing that the disciples' failure to understand the predictions does not invalidate them. The invitation to come and see the place where he lay makes the empty tomb an evidentiary reality: this is not a vision or a spiritual experience but a physical location that can be examined. The emptiness of the tomb does not prove the resurrection but establishes the necessary condition: whatever happened to Jesus, his body is not here.

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