[Propertalk] Luke 24:1-12 Easter sermon quotes - Part 3

[Joe Parrish]

In the midst of tending to the necessary chores, especially the things that need to be done in the hard times, the women were met by the unexpected experience of God's grace. Sometimes faith means going on and tending to the necessary chores. Prepare the spices, go to the tomb, tell the others, even when they think it an idle tale. Be faithful in the tasks that are ours and do the necessary tasks, for in them we, too, may be bearers of the good news of the day: "he is not here, but has risen!" 

The New Interpreter's Bible IX (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995)
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There is an interesting discussion concerning the theology of "The Grave Clothes" at 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empty_tomb
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Death is real, but it is not final. In Jesus, life gets the last word. 

http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=4/4/2010#

Craig R. Koester, 2010
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Verse 4: "two men in dazzling clothes": In Acts 1:10 (the Ascension) and 10:30 (Cornelius), Luke calls angels men. There are also two at the Transfiguration (see 9:29-30). 

http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/ceasdl.shtml

Chris Haslam
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While, in general, I don't think that Easter Sunday is a time to chide the worshipers, with this text, it may be an appropriate time to talk about our attitudes and actions (ritual and otherwise) concerning Christ. Do we assume that he is dead and just go through the motions of good and right and proper rituals, or do we assume he is alive and active in our lives, in the world, and in our repeated rituals, e.g., liturgy and holy communion?

http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/luke24x1.htm

Brian Stoffregen
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Alone among the four gospels, Luke accents "remembering."  The two men tell the women to "remember" what Jesus had said in Galilee:  "It is necessary (for) the son of man to be delivered into the hands of sinful human beings, and to be crucified, and on the third day to rise?"  (As in Mark and Matthew, Jesus speaks of his death and subsequent resurrection three times during his ministry.  The statement spoken by the two men is a conflation of those three statements.  See 9:22, 44, and 18:32-33.)

http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/progressive_involvement/2010/03/lectionary-blogging-easter-luke-24-112.html

John Petty, 2010
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This lesson contains no resurrection - it is a story of an empty tomb and of remembering what we have already been told would happen.

http://www.holytextures.com/2010/03/luke-24-1-12-year-c-easter-sermon.html

David Ewart, www.holytextures.com
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In my twenty-five years as a pastor of the church where I currently serve, I have heard and preached many Easter sermons. Likewise, I have watched so many persons endure the harsh realities of life. It has often been my prayer for many that they have "an anchor that grips and holds a solid rock," not just for Easter Sundays filled with frocks and bonnets, but for every day. My earnest desire is that more and more people know true resurrection-resurrection from dreary living, resurrection from tormented relationships, resurrection from government policies that are hostile to the poor, resurrection, indeed.

http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/PopupLectionaryReading.asp?LRID=80

William D. Watley, 2009
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So effortless is this connection between springtime and Easter that, unless we are vigilant, we succumb to thinking that resurrection is as natural a thing as grass coming up green, as eggs cracking open to reveal chicks, as butterflies crawling out of cocoons. As beautiful as this coincidence is, there is something deceptive about it too, and we need to remember that there is nothing about resurrection that is natural.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_6_124/ai_n18791386/?tag=content;col1

Theodore J. Wardlaw, 2007
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