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At the very moment of his death, a Roman centurion recognizes the innocence of Jesus, and his divinity:
he “glori ed God.”
Jesus is not entirely alone in his cruci xion. Along the way, there were the women who mourned for him, Simon who helped him carry his cross, the men who died alongside him, and friends, standing “at a distance” (23:49),
silent witnesses of all that has taken place.
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Women are the rst witnesses to the risen Christ. Counting for nothing in the eyes of the law, they are able to move in fearlessly to care for the body of the friend when all the male disciples are in hiding. Mary Magdalene’s name is mentioned in all four Gospels as one of these rst witnesses. Tradition has given her the title of “Apostle to the Apostles,” since Jesus sends her to Peter and the others with the good news of his resurrection.
Celtic Cross in stone (Ireland). The cross, originally a shameful instrument of death, has become, thanks to Jesus, a symbol of life and salvation.
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* [24:1–53] The resurrection narrative in Luke consists of ve sections: (1) the women at the empty tomb (Lk 23:56b–24:12); (2) the appearance to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:13–35); (3) the appearance to the disciples in Jerusalem (Lk 24:36–43); (4) Jesus’ nal instructions (Lk 24:44–49); (5) the ascension (Lk 24:50–53). In Luke, all the resurrection appearances take place in and around Jerusalem; moreover, they are all recounted as having taken place on Easter Sunday. A consistent theme throughout the narrative is that the su ering, death, and resurrection of Jesus were accomplished in ful llment of Old Testament promises and of Jewish hopes (Lk 24:19a, 21, 26–27, 44, 46). In his second volume, Acts, Luke will argue that Christianity is the ful llment of the hopes of Pharisaic Judaism and its logical development (see Acts 24:10–21).
* [24:6] He is not here, but he has been raised: this part of the verse is omitted in important representatives of the Western text tradition, but its presence in other text types and the slight di erence in wording from Mt 28:6 and Mk 16:6 argue for its retention.
* [24:9] The women in this gospel do not ee from the tomb and tell no one, as in Mk 16:8 but return and tell the disciples about their experience. The initial reaction to the testimony of the women is disbelief (Lk 24:11).
* [24:12] This verse is missing from the Western textual tradition but is found in the best and oldest manuscripts of other text types.
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e. [23:50–56] Mt 27:57–61; Mk 15:42–47; Jn 19:38–42; Acts 13:29.
f. [23:51] 2:25, 38.
g. [23:53] 19:30; Acts 13:29.
h. [23:55] 8:2; 23:49; 24:10.
i. [23:56] Ex 12:16; 20:10; Dt 5:14.
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a. [24:1–8] Mt 28:1–8; Mk 16:1–8; Jn 20:1–17.
b. [24:4] 2 Mc 3:26; Acts 1:10.
c. [24:5] Acts 2:9.
d. [24:7] 9:22, 44; 17:25; 18:32–33; Mt 16:21; 17:22–23;
Mk 9:31; Acts 17:3.
e. [24:8] Jn 2:22.
f. [24:9–11] Mk 16:10–11; Jn 20:18. g. [24:10] 8:2–3; Mk 16:9.
h. [24:12] Jn 20:3–7.
LUKE -
The Burial of Jesus.e 50Now there was a virtuous and righteous man named Joseph who, though he was a member of the council, 51had not consented to their plan of action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea and was awaiting the kingdom of God.f 52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53After he had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb in which no one had yet been buried.g 54It was the day of preparation, and the sabbath was about to begin. 55The women who had come from Galilee with him followed behind, and when they had seen the tomb and the way in which his body was laid in it,h 56they returned and prepared spices and perfumed oils. Then they rested on the sabbath according to the commandment.i
VIII. THE RESURRECTION NARRATIVE*
The Resurrection of Jesus.
241a But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.b 5They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, “Why do you seek the living one among the dead?c 6He is not here, but he has been raised.* Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, 7that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day.”d 8And they remembered his words.e 9* f Then they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others. 10The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles,g 11but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them. 12* h But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone;
then he went home amazed at what had happened.