Thursday, June 23, 2005
Mark 16:9-13
[[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. (ESV)
by Jo Anne Kandel
Some writers believe that the role of the women in the discovery of the empty tomb illustrates that women in general have a special place in Christian ministry. While these particular women were very special to Jesus, it seems more likely that they were just practicing one of the mundane tasks that women are historically expected to do. In the process of simply caring for the body of Jesus, they were in the right place at the right time to encounter the angel of God and hear the good news.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
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