Today in Passion Week – Sunday
Sunday – Resurrection Day
- Jesus rises from the dead (before dawn) and makes five appearances on the day of His rising:
- To Mary Magdalene [given a message to the disciples]
- To the other women come to the tomb [intending to complete the burial preparation of His body]
- To two disciples on the Road to Emmaus
- To Simon Peter [nowhere recorded, but alluded to in Luke 24:33 and 1 Corinthians 1:5]
- To the astonished disciples [Thomas is absent]
- Mary sees two angels in empty tomb positioned as the cherubim on the Ark of Covenant
- Matthew 28:1 Mark 16:1 Luke 24:1 John 20:1