2And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? …
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. …
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. …
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)For the proof of Christ’s resurrection, we have here the testimony of the angel , and of Christ himself, concerning his resurrection. Now we may think that it would have been better, if the matter had been so ordered, that a competent number of witnesses should have been present, and have seen the stone rolled away by the angel, and the dead body reviving, as people saw Lazarus come out of the gra…
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