The Empty Tomb Is an Empty Story
Let’s Talk about an Empty Tomb, Shall We??
9 min readDec 3, 2024
Me and Advanced Google Gemini go at it here!
I had a thought or two about the resurrection of Jesus. I just read an article by someone wrestling with the details presented in the bible. When is the empty tomb mentioned — which books?
Absolutely! Let’s explore the scriptural accounts of Jesus’s empty tomb:
The Empty Tomb in the Bible
The empty tomb is a pivotal element of the resurrection narratives in all four canonical Gospels:
- Matthew 28:1–8:
- “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go…