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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-The women go to tell the apostles about what they found at the tomb.
-
 # the eleven and all the rest
 
 "the eleven apostles and all the rest of the disciples who were with them"
 
 # the eleven
 
-This is Luke's first reference to the "eleven" because there had always been twelve before. But Judas left the twelve and betrayed Jesus.
+This is the first time Luke refers to the apostles as "the eleven." There had been twelve apostles before, but Judas left them and betrayed Jesus.