The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 24:6-7
He is not here, but is risen . These words were repeated in each of the angelic communications at the sepulchre. Remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again . The angels here call to the women's memory the Master's former promises of the Resurrection. In SS . Matthew and Mark the angel bids them tell the disciples not to forget the appointed place of... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 24:5-6
The Resurrection and the Life. No smallest touch of censure can we trace in the words of these angels. On their errand of faithful love these women would not be greeted thus. It was but a strong, awakening appeal, calling them to consider that, while they had come in the right spirit, they had come on a superfluous mission, and were looking in the wrong place for their Lord. Not there in the tomb among the dead, but breathing the air of a life that would never be laid down, was he whom... read more