Alive: 21 Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus ChristUkázka

Reason 6: Jesus’ empty tomb was found by women If the historical record of the Bible were fiction and not fact, women would not have been fabricated as the first eyewitnesses to the empty tomb, because their testimony was not as credible in court. Because these women honored their Lord, the Lord honored their testimony: “on the first day of the week [Sunday], at early dawn, they went to the tomb...And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus...it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them...” (Luke 24:1–3, 10). How is it encouraging to you that Jesus had women as a part of his ministry? [IMAGE CONTENT]