On the first day of the week, very early in the morning… They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Summary: This mediation is a bit longer than normal. It is a look back at Jesus’ time in the tomb. Many more details could be covered, but I thought it worthwhile to look back at what happened as we ponder the mystery of a God who became man and the Son of Man who became a sacrifice for our sin.
Our modern calendar still counts Sunday as the “first day of the week,” but what has changed from Jesus’ day is how we count the start of the day. Genesis records the first “day” beginning in the evening (Genesis 1:5), so for Jews, their Sunday begins at sundown on Saturday.
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