Holy Week: What Happened on Easter Sunday

Justin Taylor’s helpful series of posts summarizes what happened on Wednesday of Holy Week.

With help from Craig Blomberg’s excellent Jesus and the Gospels, here’s a reconstruction of events on Easter Sunday. This is my final installment in the Holy Week series.


Some women arrive at Jesus’ tomb near dawn, probably with Mary Magdalene arriving first.

Matthew 28:1

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. . .

Be sure and read the rest here!!