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but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.
And he saith unto them, be not affrighted (See Gill on Matthew 28:5), (See Gill on Matthew 28:6), where the same things, and almost in the same words, are said as here.
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But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.
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When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked,
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but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.
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Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.”
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The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened. ---------- [ ] [ ] Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen.