Their first response was not to rejoice and exclaim that the savior had risen as he had promised. Their first response was one of doubt. They had to see it for themselves - perhaps the women had made a mistake and been at the wrong tomb. I'm not sure - what they were thinking.
I do know that even after they had seen the empty tomb they went home and locked themselves in the upper room because they were afraid.
How do we handle the news that Christ is risen? How does it affect our daily lives?
John 20:1–10 (NLT) The Resurrection
20 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. 4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in. 6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, 7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings. 8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed— 9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead. 10 Then they went home.
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