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27 lines
951 B
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# Connecting Statement:
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This begins the account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
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# Now late on the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week
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"After the Sabbath ended, as the sun came up on Sunday morning"
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the main storyline. Here Matthew starts to tell a new part of the story.
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# the other Mary
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"the other woman named Mary." This is Mary the mother of James and Joseph. (See: [Matthew 27:56](../27/54.md))
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# Behold
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The word "behold" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows. Your language may have a way of doing this.
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# there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended ... and rolled away the stone
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Possible meanings are 1) the earthquake happened because the angel came down and rolled away the stone or 2) all these events happened at the same time .
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# earthquake
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a sudden and violent shaking of the ground |