Matthew 28

The angel does his duty

5 Now the angel spoke up and said to the women:*Comparing this account with Mark 16:5-7 we conclude that the women did not see the angel outside on the stone—he only appeared to them inside the tomb. And if a shining angel had been on the stone Magdalene would not have assumed that the body had been stolen (John 20:2). If I had been one of those guards I think I would have converted on the spot—surely some of them believed and later they gave their eyewitness account to the Christian community. "Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for the Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, because He is risen, just like He said! Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.*Perhaps 0.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "the Lord" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).