In one of my New Testament Greek classes, we translated the book of Luke. At the last class meeting of the semester, we translated Luke 24. The professor, Dr. Bob “Bob” Williams, tried to explain the white, bright clothing. He said with a straight face that their clothing was bright because they had just come from a concert. And at the concert there were these glow sticks that all the kids wave now days. One of those busted. It got all over their clothes and that was the reason behind the bright clothing. He proceeded on an talks about how the stone had been rolled away. Then we arrived at 24:5, where he says, “Why do you search for the living among the dead?” Everyone asked their exegetical questions concerning this verse. After everyone else asked their question, I raised my hand to asked a question. The professor recognized my hand and buried his head in his Greek New Testament because he knew that this question was going to be exceptional. I asked, “Here it has them looking for Jesus among the dead.” This concert… do you think it was a Rolling Stones concert or the Grateful Dead?” He paused for a second, looked up, and smiled. He responded, “I prefer to think that it was a Rolling Stones concert.
I consider this my greatest contribution to classroom lecture. I doesn’t matter if the scholars differ whether it was a concert of the Stones or the Dead. We should never forget how the Christ Event rocked the world!
Luckily, a video of the two men who met the women at the tomb has surfaced! This is rare footage of the night before while they are preparing for the next day.
