They were expecting to see a dead body. They were met by a live angel. But that was not the biggest surprise for them. Amazingly, their Saviour and Lord was alive; but they were innocently looking for Him in the wrong place, with the wrong expectations. In another place, others were facing up to unfulfilled expectations about Christ, until the living Lord met them and explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures. Then they saw His nail-pierced hands, and it all became real (Luke 24:30-31). He is alive! With burning hearts, they hastened to tell others. The Scriptures are full of Christ; let us seek there not a dead religion but a living Saviour.
