Matthew 28 -- I Am With You To The End

1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. What a great picture. On Friday there was this midnight monkey trial, convicting Jesus, then 9am he is flogged. That is highly unusual, but the authorities were trying to placate the mob. Then this mob of protesters and counter protesters, the Jews screaming for his crucifixion and the disciples all march through the streets to Golgotha where He is crucified, pierced, and buried. This is completed just in time for the Sabbath and for 24 hours everyone has to go settle down. This was done in Jerusalem during the Passover so everyone in Israel saw this happen. But at dawn on the first day of the week there is a stunning contrast. Instead of the chaos of the mob you have Mary at a tomb at dawn. It is quiet, it is peaceful.