"Les disciples Pierre et Jean courant au sepulcre le matin de la Resurrection"

  

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still

dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and

saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other

disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them,

"They have taken our Lord out of the tomb, and we

do not know where they have laid him."

Then Peter and the other disciple set out and 

went toward the tomb. The two were running together,

but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there,

but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him,

and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there,

and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying

with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.

Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, 

also went in, and he saw and believed; 

for as yet they did not understand the scripture, 

that he must rise from the dead.

John 20:1-9

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I love the expressions on the faces of the disciples in this painting.
Their emotions have been so wonderfully captured on canvas and
their story is truly written all over their faces, anxious about the
news that they have just received concerning the Lord.
Their love for their friend and Savior, Jesus Christ, sends
them running to the tomb -- they saw and believed!




This is a picture of an oil on canvas by Eugene Burnand
(1850-1921)
that now is on display in France in the
Musee d'Orsay, Paris.
The translation of the title of the painting is:
"The disciples Peter and John running to the sepulcher
the morning of the Resurrection"
Thanks to my wonderful husband, Todd,
I had the unique opportunity to see this painting on my trip
to Paris in February of 1995.

**By viewing this image in an enlarged format you can better study the faces of the disciples.**