Mateus 28

Mateus 28

Trapp - The earth shook both at Christ’s passion and at his resurrection; then, to show that it could not bear his suffering; now, to show that it could not hinder his rising. Cornelius Lapide says it this way - "The earth, which trembled with sorrow at the Death of Christ as it were leaped for joy at His Resurrection." For (gar) an angel (aggelos/angelos) of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it - Notice for (gar) is a term of explanation, so Matthew is explaining that the severe earthquake was associated with an angel of the Lord descending from heaven and rolling away the stone. Be sure to distinguish this angel of the Lord from the OT Angel of the LORD, because the angel in Matthew is not God Himself as some writers have proposed. An angel of the Lord - 11x in the NT - Matt. 1:20; Matt. 2:13; Matt. 2:19; Matt. 28:2; Lk. 1:11; Lk. 2:9; Jn. 5:4; Acts 5:19; Acts 8:26; Acts 12:7; Acts 12:23 Mark 16:3+ describes the problem the women were discussing as they approached the tomb "They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” When they arrived, their problem had been solved by an angel of the Lord. Of course, rolling away the stone was not to let Jesus out but to let the witnesses in. Leon Morris on an angel of the Lord - It is not easy to be clear on just what happened when the women came to the tomb. Matthew has one angel, Mark speaks of a young man sitting on the right-hand side (Stendahl [BORROW Peake's Commentary on the Bible - page 798] thinks that he is the angel in Matthew, for “angels had no wings in the 1st cent.”), Luke has two men in dazzling clothes, while John refers to two angels in white. It seems clear that all these are references to angels; the small differences should not disconcert us unduly. Each of the Evangelists is saying in his own way that when the women came to the tomb they encountered an angelic visitation. It is not surprising that they speak of what happened in slightly different ways, for different people may well have had different perceptions. The important thing is that there were unusual angelic visitations and what the angels said concerned Jesus’ rising from the dead. (SEE The Gospel According To Matthew - Google Book or BORROW The Gospel According To Matthew - PAGE 734) Henry Morris on an angel - Angels were present at the Lord's birth (Lk 2:9), strengthened Him in the wilderness temptation (Mt 4:11) and the passion in Gethsemane (Lk 22:43), and rolled away the stone at His resurrection (not to release Him from the tomb but to allow the disciples to see that it was empty). However, He was all alone on the cross. (Mt 27:46) (Borrow The Defender's Study Bible) Behold (2400) idou is the second person singular aorist middle imperative of eidon which means to see, perceive, look at. In the NT idou is used as a demonstrative particle that draws attention to what follows. Idou in the middle voice means "you yourself look, see, perceive!" The aorist imperative is a command emphasizing "Do it now! Don't delay!"In 2Cor 5:17 Paul uses idou, to get his reader's attention as he introduces the truth that the one who in now in Christ is a qualitatively new person. (see also notes above on "behold")