Matthew 28:6

"The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified."

Key Reflection

In Matthew 28:6, the angel's message to the women is a reassuring and authoritative proclamation aimed at dispelling their fear. The angel acknowledges the women's intention to find Jesus, who had been crucified, indicating that his knowledge extends beyond mere human intelligence, underscoring the supernatural nature of this encounter. This moment sets the stage for the resurrection announcement, emphasizing both the angel’s divinely granted insight and the women’s mission as witnesses to an extraordinary event in biblical history.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. He is risen, as he said. He had often predicted that he would rise, but the disciples did not understand it, and consequently did not expect it, Mt 16:21; 20:19. The place where the Lord lay. The place where a body was deposited in a sepulchre was commonly a niche cut in the wall of the sepulchre. The sepulchre was usually large; that of David was more than a hundred feet in length, cut out of solid rock under ground, and separated into various apartments. All round the sides of those apartments were niches for the dead; or they were ranged around the sides, in places cut in the solid rock just large enough to contain the body. In such a place our Lord lay.

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