{"id":144464,"date":"2026-04-07T12:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144464"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:17:56","slug":"ch-spurgeon-for-easter-weep-when-ye-see-the-tomb-of-christ-but-rejoice-because-it-is-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144464","title":{"rendered":"CH Spurgeon for Easter\u2013\u2018Weep, when ye see the tomb of Christ, but rejoice because it is empty\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Now. Christian, change thy note a moment. \u201cCome, see the place where the Lord lay,\u201d with joy and gladness. He does not lie there now. Weep, when ye see the tomb of Christ, but rejoice because it is empty. Thy sin slew him, but his divinity raised him up. Thy guilt hath murdered him, but his righteousness hath restored him. Oh! he hath burst the bonds of death; he hath ungirt the cerements of the tomb, and hath come out more than conqueror, crushing death beneath his feet. Rejoice, O Christian, for he is not there \u2014 he is risen. \u201cCome, see the place where the Lord lay.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spurgeon.org\/resource-library\/sermons\/the-tomb-of-jesus-2\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Easter Sunday <br><br>&quot;O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are overthrown. Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigns.&quot; &#8211; St. John Chrysostom <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AnTEP951Rm\">pic.twitter.com\/AnTEP951Rm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Memento Mori (@TempusFugit4016) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TempusFugit4016\/status\/2040611824345780414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now. Christian, change thy note a moment. \u201cCome, see the place where the Lord lay,\u201d with joy and gladness. He does not lie there now. Weep, when ye see the tomb of Christ, but rejoice because it is empty. Thy<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=144464\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,186,178,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christology","category-church-history","category-eschatology","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144466,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144464\/revisions\/144466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}