Daily Devotions
Mark
Acts 5:18 "And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison." Acts 5:18"
Day 348 – Mark 16
“And laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.” Acts 5:18
THE CHALLENGE OF A COMPLETE TURNAROUND
The women disciples had gone to the garden tomb to see Jesus. Their intent was to perfume the body of their Teacher, whom they had seen crucified to death. The palpable sense of sorrow they had felt in their heartsâ?¦ was that completely gone now? What was in their hearts after they had heard the words of the angel sent from God? The angel had challenged them to believe that Jesus had truly risen from the dead! They had come to see the body of Jesus. Instead they saw an empty tomb. But their trip to the garden tomb was not in vain. The angel gave a message of tremendous hope and joy. Jesus had risen from the dead. Death could not hold Him. He had conquered death by rising from the dead.
A MIXED SET OF EMOTIONS
It seemed altogether too much, too sudden, too stupendous for the women folk to take it all in at that point of time! Mark recorded how the women folk felt as they left the tomb.
“So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb,
for they trembled and were amazed. And they said nothing
to anyone, for they were afraid.”
MARK 16:8
How do we understand this text? How do we equate this text with other Resurrection passages in the other Gospels, which appear to be lots more positive? Let us consider the following thoughts:-