She runs. With every step panic and

confusion accompany her, as do the

devastating memories of the previous

few days. As her eyes well up again,

she replays in her mind the moment

she watched Joseph bury Jesus and

seal the tomb with a stone (Matthew

27:60-61).

Arriving back where the remaining

disciples house themselves, none of

what she has witnessed in the very

early morning light makes sense.

Breathlessly, Mary Magdalene shares

her news. The tomb is empty, the body

contained within it gone; where it is

now she doesn't know (v.1-2).

Before questions can even be asked

Peter and the other disciple are on the

move, retracing Mary's route to the

garden. The empty tomb greets them

as they look in and see only sheets of

linen where the body had been laid

(v.6-7). What has happened? Where is

Jesus?

Confusion reigns as the disciples

remain clueless to the cataclysmic

event that has taken place in the

garden tomb on that morning. Jesus

often spoke to them about what would

take place (Matthew 17:22-23, Mark

8:31, Luke 9:22), but they never fully

got it.