DEATH COULD NOT HOLD HIM DOWN

He is the Risen King

John 20:1-8   NIV

20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. ² So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”  ³ So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. ⁴ Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.⁵ He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, ⁷ as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. ⁸ Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 

Scriptures for Holy Week:  Philippians 2:5-11;  Isaiah 42:1-4;  Matthew 26:14-15; John 13:12-16; Matthew 20:17-19

Commentary:  Death could not hold him down.  Rejoice in our Savior.   Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2) is probably not one who society would want to credit with the discovery that Christ had risen.  But look how her life was blessed!  She was the first to discover and share the good news that Christ had risen.  Never disregard anyone.  God is able to bring the least to the greatest; sometime, that’s just how He works. 

Happy Easter!