Welcome to the table! Who's ready to gather around the empty tomb? We finally get to talk about the resurrection. Mary Magdalene is my favorite woman in scripture. Well, at least the New Testament. She was a woman with a broken heart coming to serve Jesus. She needed to be near Jesus. I don't believe she was expecting to encounter her Risen Lord.
Love brought Mary to the tomb. Jesus rewarded her with being the first person to get to announce the resurrection. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. When He says her name...well cue the tears, I'm undone by His kindness.
My friend Susan makes her podcast debut. She was a fabulous co-host bringing many great insights. I'm glad you get to meet another one of the women who regularly join me at the many tables of life. You will love her tender heart. She's cut from the same clay that Mary was cut from.
John 20:1-18
1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Jeremiah 29:13-14
Commissioning a woman to announce the resurrection was a table flipping move.
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The Greek word is saudarion, which comes from a Latin word for “sweat.” It can refer to a towel for wiping sweat from one’s face. It is used in the Greek to denote a towel or cloth, but not specifically a table napkin.
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Two Bible translations use the word folded (NIV84, NKJV). Others translate the word as “rolled up” (NASB, ASV, RSV) or “wrapped together” (KJV). The Greek word is entulisso, which is from words that may mean “to twist” or “to entwine.”
NIV 2009 says, “The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.”
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