John - After the Sabbath

Hey, how are you?  Yes, I'm in a good mood, life is wonderful!  I didn't see you yesterday because so much happened that I didn't have the time to come to you.  To explain, some of the women went to the tomb to finish the burial. You know, those spices that are usually put on the body.  Anyway, when they got there, they found the stone rolled away, and when they checked, the body was gone. Mary Magdalene came and told Peter and I that the body was gone. We went to the tomb, and found things as she had said. We wondered.

Later Mary Magdalene came and told us that she had seen Jesus alive and well and that He had talked  to her, telling her to come tell us that He had risen. Of course, we didn't believe her.  After all, who believes anything much that a woman says? But later yesterday evening, Jesus appeared to us.  Now, we were in a room, with the doors locked, but there He was, without opening any doors! He greeted us, and ate a bite.  He also showed us the places where the nails had pierced His flesh and where the spear had gone in. Of course, it was Jesus, risen as He had said that He would!  He even showed us that the prophets had said that this would happen! But let us celebrate, for Jesus has risen from the dead, and life now has meaning!