And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
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Gill's Exposition
He is not here, but is risen,.... So in Mat 28:6 see the note there:
remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee; for these women that followed him from Galilee were along with the…
Adam Clarke
Why seek ye the living among the dead? - This was a common form of speech among the Jews, and seems to be applied to those who were foolishly, impertinently, or absurdly employed. As places of burial…
The manner of the re-uniting of Christ's soul and body in his resurrection is a mystery, one of the secret things that belong not to us; but the infallible proofs of his resurrection, that he did…
Cambridge Bible
Why seek ye the living among the dead? Comp. Act 1:11. The expression "the living" is probably used on the lips of the angels with something of its true mystic depth. Joh 1:4; Joh 5:26; Joh 11:25; Joh…
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