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household. We shall all be young some day when we are clothed upon with that house from heaven.—Parker. v. 6 . Was crucified. The angel who pro claims His resurrection, calls Him “Jesus who was crucified.” See Rev. 1:18; 5:6.— Henry. Who is this who cometh from the tomb with dyed garments from the bed of death? It, is the Prince, O Zion. Christian, it is your Lord. As the first born from the womb of nature, He meets the morn of His resurrection. He arises a conqueror •from the grave. He brings salvation to the sons of men. Never did the returning sun usher in a day so glori ous.—Douglas. He is risen. The resurrection is one of the best attested facts in history. It depends for its support on the same kind of evidence as any event in the life of Julius Caesar.—Moody. An empty tomb proved that what had been buried was that which had been raised—namely a crucified corpse. It was not the rising of the spirit of Christ, for it had never been in the tomb at all.—Panton. The enemies of the Gospel at the outset were as keen and com petent as ever they have been since. And they had the advantage over their succes sors, that had it been possible to discredit the preaching, as by showing that Jesus had actually lived after His supposed death or by producing His dead body, or by pointing to His known grave, they assur edly would have done so.—Hogg. Mary came expecting to find a great stone between her and the object of her affec tions, but instead, she found Jesus risen between her and the dreaded difficulty. Sins, sorrows and burdens all vanish when we find ourselves in the presence of a liv ing Lord.—McIntosh. Now that Christ has risen, He has cleared a way from the very bottom of the grave right up to the throne of God and left the door of every cell open.—Moody. ' Why cannot any man be a true Christian believer who rejects the literal resurrection of Christ? Because, it is the foundation fact on which the
Christian creed rests. How do we know Jesus was the promised Messiah, the Son of God, the world’s Saviour by whose blood men were to be redeemed? Because He rose from the dead. The sign He gave to an unbelieving generation in proof that He came from God was that He would raise the temple of His body from the dead. It is impossible to admire some of His best attested words, if His resurrec tion be denied.—Liddon. He is not here. The gladdest message the old world ever heard.—Torrey. If one is “in Christ,” there are no “have-beens.” Life is life forever. The dead and living are not names of two classes which exclude each other. The dead are the living. The grave has a door on the inner side. It is not a house, but a vestibule.—Maclaren. v. 7. Go, tell disciples. Better news can not be brought to disciples in tears than to tell them of Christ’s resurrection.— Henry. Our Lord was careful to show Himself after His resurrection, to those who, having known Him, would be able unflinchingly to answer for the identity of His person. To put the matter beyond controversy, He appears many times and to numerous companies.—Spurgeon . And Peter. The Lord loves to manifest peculiar tenderness toward those who have been brought low, even though it may have been through their own folly.—R. C. Chapman. It will be good news to him, more wel come than to any of them, for he is in sorrow for sin and no tidings can be more welcome to true penitents; He arose for their justification.—Henry. A s He said. It -has been a mystery to me that every disciple of Christ every where near Jerusalem was not at the sepul chre. Over and over again He told them He would arise. It was the last thing He said to them. His enemies had better memories. The Jews went to Pilate and wanted the tomb, because, they said, “We remember that that deceiver said he would rise again.”—Moody.
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