The Gospels agree that the tomb was empty and told stories of supernatural appearances by angels (Mark 16:5) and the risen Jesus himself (John 20:14). As a story, the resurrection is less ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is a place of profound beauty and reverence, with an empty tomb representing the good news and bad news of the Resurrection.

Three days later, Jesus’ tomb was found empty. ... For in dying with Him, our sins are atoned for and we are able to share in the victory of His Resurrection.

Attempts to speak of it are met with disbelief, amazement and fear — disciples running back and forth between the empty tomb and a safe house, bewildered, uncertain, uncomprehending.

Also, without the resurrection of Christ, the Christian’s faith is futile, and there is no forgiveness of sins, as supported by 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. Jesus’s resurrection also brings disruption.

Let us straighten out our memories of the four accounts. In Matthew there is one angel (with clothing white as snow) who sat on the stone; in Mark one young man sitting inside the tomb, in a white ...

Over the last several articles, we have looked at the popularity of hallucination theories as a possible explanation of what happened to Jesus after the crucifixion. We began the entire ...

Jesus’ Resurrection is not an isolated event, a one-off, personal reward to him. (“You did good, Jesus, now get out of that tomb!”) No, Jesus’ Resurrection is proof of his divine credentials.

For Easter Sunday, Rev. Jeremiah Johnston, Ph.D., reflects on the Road to Emmaus and the hope offered by the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ after his death on the cross.

Running to the Empty Tomb . Eugène Burnand, Peter and John Running to the Tomb, 1898, ... T he Gospel of John contains an amusing detail about Jesus’s Resurrection not found in the other gospels.