but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
- KJV And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
- BSB But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- NKJV But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
- NASB But he *said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; see, here is the place where they laid Him.
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Quick answer
The angel announces that the crucified Jesus has risen and is not there. This is the heart of the gospel proclamation.
Overview
The messenger identifies the same Jesus who was crucified and declares the central Christian truth: 'He has risen.' He points to the empty place where the body had lain as evidence. Jesus' bodily resurrection vindicates his death as the accepted sacrifice for sin and is the foundation of Christian hope (1 Corinthians 15).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- 1 Cor 15:3–7For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
- John 2:19–22Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
- Matt 28:4–7For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.
- Prov 8:17I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
- Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
- Acts 2:22–23“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,
- Mark 10:34They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
- John 19:19–20Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
- Luke 24:4–8While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
- Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 14:26–27When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.
- Mark 1:24saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”
- Ps 71:20You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
- Mark 9:9–10As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- Luke 24:20–27and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.
- Acts 10:38–40even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
- Ps 105:3–4Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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