John 20 Observations
John 20:1, 19 A case for a day not beginning at evening. How can this be the same day as in verse 1 if a day begins in the evening?
John 20:2, 8, 9 Information/facts without the truth of YAH’s Word leaves room for fear to drive our perceptions and perspectives.
The truth, indeed, was that YAHUSHA was no longer in the sepulcher (vs. 2). However, because they did not know the Scripture that YAHUSHA would rise from the dead (vs. 9), fear was free to take over and lead them to believe the opinion in Mary Magdalene’s report that their enemies had stolen YAHUSHA’s body from the grave.
John 20:27 It takes faith to believe even when presented with strong, visual evidence. Today, I see this verse contains a great mystery about faith. “O, faithless and perverse generation…”