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Why the Women Believed Jesus Was Alive
April 2, 2018 by Barbara Rainey
I know Easter was yesterday. But let’s not leave the scene so quickly. Questions linger, specifically about all the women who were at the tomb at first light.
Without a doubt, Mary Magdalene was present. All four gospel authors include her. Also noted by the Spirit-inspired pen were: Mary, the mother of James; the other Mary; Salome; Joanna; and more other women. Why were there no men?
Was it typically the woman’s duty to care for the bodies of the departed? Or were the men kept away by the facts: Jesus was dead and everyone knows death is final. End of story.
What had God created specifically in women that drove these six or more that Sunday morning to be near Jesus, to desire to anoint His body, which is obviously an expression of deep love? Mark records, “That they might anoint Him, very early on the first day of the week” (Mark 16:1-2).
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