Day 10
Sunday Morning
Events
Jesus rose from the dead sometime before the women arrive at the tomb. There are witnesses to the opening of the tomb but none to the resurrection itself. Jesus is already gone before daylight on the first day of the week.
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week??tt 28:1
When the Sabbath was over??y early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise??rk 16:1
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. On the first day of the week, very early in the morning??ke 23:55
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark??ohn 20:1
Does this verse prove a Sunday Resurrection?
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week??ark 16:9
Does "early" mean as the day begins at sunset or the next morning? Since there were no witnesses to the actual resurrection, only God himself knows the exact time Jesus rose from the dead. If our chronology is correct to date, he could legally have come out of the tomb anytime after sunset Saturday evening. Given that there were no witnesses. Mark 16:9 was most likely not intended as proof for of against a resurrection on Sunday morning.
However you interpret Mark 16:9, the primary message of the death, burial and resurrection is that Jesus fulfilled the "shadow pictures" contained in the Passover Feast in every detail. He was in the tomb at least 3 days and nights and rose on the third day. By "keeping the Feast" we are blessed with a deeper understanding of our Lord's mission and message when we remember and understand the prophecies he fulfilled.
"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!" John 1:29
Chronology:
The timing of the Sunday morning events is complicated by the fact that both Matthew & Luke have summarized one or more chronological events general "broad brush" event statements. They did a similar type of thing earlier when Matthew & Luke tell of Sunday's triumphal entry and Monday's Temple cleansing but give no indication when we moved forward to the next day. I separated these events by contrasting them with John's account. On the surface, John's account appears to be "different" and Mary's thinking in John's account suggests that much of it must have occurred before the testimony by angels and the appearance of Jesus in Matthew and Luke. Again we will assume the text is always accurate so we make our story match the Gospels and not the other way around.
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