The Empty Tomb

The Empty Tomb

“He has been raised from the dead. . . .
Come, see where his body was lying.”

Matthew 28:6 NLT

Following Christ demands faith, but not blind faith. “Come and see,” the angel invites. Shall we?

Take a look at the vacated tomb. Did you know the opponents of Christ never challenged its vacancy? No Pharisee or Roman soldier ever led a contingent back to the burial site and declared, “The angel was wrong. The body is here. It was all a rumor.”

They would have if they could have. Within weeks disciples occupied every Jerusalem street corner, announcing a risen Christ. What quicker way for the enemies of the church to shut them up than to produce a cold and lifeless body? But they had no cadaver to display.

Helps explain the Jerusalem revival. When the apostles argued for the empty tomb, the people looked to the Pharisees for a rebuttal. But they had none to give. As A. M. Fairbairn put it long ago, “The silence of the Jews is as eloquent as the speech of the Christians!”

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