Unless it’s Easter morning. Because in the empty tomb, Christians encounter the miracle of our faith: that after three agonizing days, Jesus has been raised from the dead. Need a break?

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 robe; in Luke two men in dazzling clothes, standing ...

The angel spoke to the women: “You must not be afraid, I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here, He has been raised, just as He said. Come here and see the place where ...

In 2016, a conservation team from the National Technical University of Athens uncovered a limestone burial slab inside the tomb of Jesus that had been covered by layers of marbles since at least 1555.

The Gospel of John contains an amusing detail about Jesus’s Resurrection not found in the other gospels. Informed by Mary Magdalene that His tomb was empty following His crucifixion, Peter and ...

The activity helps the children understand the reality of Jesus’s empty tomb. You make a sweet treat. One of the most complicated things to explain to children is how an empty tomb on Easter ...

Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into ... back the stone of an already empty grave." The announcement that ...

The drama of Good Friday—the tragic excitement of the Passion—has passed. Lash and spear still sting in the memory of His Body, but only hazily, faintly. Something numbs the senses. The joy of ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — An ancient tomb traditionally associated with Jesus’ midwife is being excavated anew by archaeologists in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the Israeli antiquities authority ...