The Acts of the Apostles is Luke’s second book to Theophilus, the first being the Gospel of Luke.
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The women feel this way because Jesus is gone, replaced by two angels.
On Sunday morning, the women find the tomb empty, and they return to the disciples and tell them what the angels had told them.
The women have gone to the tomb to make an offering to this person for whom they had a very special appreciation.
I remember when we went to the US Consulate in Juarez, Chihuahua, MX.
The women who went to Jesus’ tomb were surprised to find the big stone covering the entrance.
The women went very early one Sunday morning to the tomb where they knew the body of Jesus was, with the purpose of anointing it with some aromatic spices they had obtained.
Jews traditionally leave their dead in a rock-hewn tomb for a year.
They also said, “Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest!” thus proclaiming that Jesus was the king promised to David, who would bring stable and lasting peace to his people.
Hosanna is a Hebrew term, a shout of praise or a prayer of salvation.