Luke 24:3
“They entered in, and didn’t find the Lord Jesus’ body.”
What does Luke 24:3 mean?
Early on Easter morning, the women who had watched Jesus die came to his tomb expecting to anoint his body according to Jewish burial custom. Instead, they found the stone rolled away and stepped inside to discover the tomb completely empty. This moment marks the beginning of the resurrection accounts in all four gospels, and it's crucial because it shows that something extraordinary had happened, not just a spiritual or symbolic event, but something that affected Jesus's actual physical body in a tangible way. What follows in Luke's account are angelic messengers explaining that Jesus has risen, which transforms the women's confusion and grief into the foundation of Christian faith and hope.