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“Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him” (Mark 16:6).
As we have seen in our verses the past few days, resurrection is a wonderful thing, and it began with the Lord Jesus. He suffered for us on Friday, and was buried that day by Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus. During all of the next day, the Jewish Sabbath, He lay in the grave. But then, on the first day of the week, He rose from the dead. That is why Christians gather together on the Lord’s day, and not on the Sabbath, as did the Jews. That is why we remember the Lord on His day—the day of His resurrection.
The women to whom the angel spoke in our verse had come to embalm the Lord with spices, and it is nice to see their desire, but those spices were not necessary. The Lord had risen from the dead, and instead of being sad, they could now rejoice.
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