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Luke 24:2
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The women who prepared spices arrive at the burial site very early on the first day of the week to anoint Jesus' body. They encounter the entrance to the tomb already moved before they can complete their task.
The words — ἀποκεκυλισμένον (apokekulismenon) denotes a stone that has been completely rolled away, while εὗρον (heuron) records their direct discovery of that changed condition.
The thread — The moved stone links to Matthew 27:60 and Mark 15:46, where a heavy stone originally sealed the burial site, and Matthew 28:2, where an angel performs the rolling.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the physical alteration of the tomb's entrance before proceeding to the empty interior. It establishes the displaced stone as the observable starting point for investigating the resurrection claim.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Cross-references
- Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- Matthew 28:2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
- Mark 15:46 So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
- Mark 16:3 They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
- John 20:1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.