Mark 15:40-16:8, Behold the Resurrected Christ

In this closing chapter of Mark, the gospel writer specifically draws attention to the fact that a group of women who followed Jesus were witnesses to everything that had happened. They had witnessed Jesus’ death on the cross. They had witnessed his body being placed in the tomb. And when they came to the tomb on that Sunday morning, they had been witness this his body was not there. They were witnesses in two senses to his resurrection. Not only did they personally witness that Jesus was no longer dead, but they also had the task to witness - to go and tell others about what Jesus had done.