In the name of the Risen Lord. Amen.
This
passage from Luke is my favorite of the Resurrection appearances of Jesus and
is one of the longest of the Resurrection appearances and provides no shortage
of material for the preacher, and it is found only in Luke. If you read the
verses immediately before and after this passage, it reads as a cohesive unit-
“But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the
linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened…
while they were talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to
them, ‘Peace be with you.’”
