“And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
Don't be alarmed, he said. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him — the four-part announcement: don't be alarmed (the angel's first word to every person in the annunciation stories), you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified (identifying who is meant precisely), he has risen (the proclamation — ēgerthē, he was raised, divine passive), he is not here (the evidence). See the place: the empty space is the evidence for the empty tomb — look at where the body was laid and is no longer.
Don't be alarmed,' said the young man. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'
The angel singles out Peter by name. Peter who denied Jesus three times, who was most broken by the resurrection news. And the message comes specifically to him: 'He is going ahead of you.' Your failure doesn't erase the call. Your denial doesn't mean he's given up on you. He's going ahead of you into Galilee. That place of origin, where you'll have to start over. That detail, singling out Peter, has mattered to me in seasons of my own failure.
“And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
Don't be alarmed, he said. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him — the four-part announcement: don't be alarmed (the angel's first word to every person in the annunciation stories), you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified (identifying who is meant precisely), he has risen (the proclamation — ēgerthē, he was raised, divine passive), he is not here (the evidence). See the place: the empty space is the evidence for the empty tomb — look at where the body was laid and is no longer.
Don't be alarmed,' said the young man. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'
The angel singles out Peter by name. Peter who denied Jesus three times, who was most broken by the resurrection news. And the message comes specifically to him: 'He is going ahead of you.' Your failure doesn't erase the call. Your denial doesn't mean he's given up on you. He's going ahead of you into Galilee. That place of origin, where you'll have to start over. That detail, singling out Peter, has mattered to me in seasons of my own failure.
Don't be alarmed, he said. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him — the four-part announcement: don't be alarmed (the angel's first word to every person in the annunciation stories), you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified (identifying who is meant precisely), he has risen (the proclamation — ēgerthē, he was raised, divine passive), he is not here (the evidence). See the place: the empty space is the evidence for the empty tomb — look at where the body was laid and is no longer.