1-2. Ingilosi yabatjela kutsini bafati lebebasethuneni laJesu, futsi ngusiphi sicondziso Jesu labanika sona?

BEKUSEKUSENI kakhulu, ngaNisani 16, 33 C.E ngesikhatsi bafati labesaba Nkulunkulu futsi lebebeva buhlungu baya ethuneni ngemuva kwema-awa langu-36 sidvumbu saJesu singcwatjiwe. Nabefika emathuneni, bebafuna kugcobisa sidvumbu saJesu ngemakha nangemafutsa lanuka kahle, kodvwa bamangala nabakhandza kute lutfo ethuneni. Ingilosi yatjela labafati kutsi Jesu uvukile kulabafile, yachubeka yatsi: “Usendleleni uya eGalile; nitamkhandza khona.”—Mat. 28:1-7; Luk. 23:56; 24:10.

⁴ Jesu ufuna kutsi bonkhe balandzeli bakhe bashumayele. Lomyalo akazange awunike baphostoli bakhe labangu-11 lebebatsembekile kuphela. Sikwati njani loko? Ngesikhatsi Jesu akhipha umyalo wekutsi kwentiwe bafundzi, bekangakahlali nebaphostoli kuphela entsabeni eGalile. Khumbula kutsi ingilosi yatsi kulabafati, ‘nitamkhandza eGalile.’ Ngako-ke, kungenteka kutsi nebafati lebebatsembekile bebakhona kulomhlangano. Akusiko loko kuphela ngobe nemphostoli Pawula waveta kutsi Jesu “wabonakala ngesikhatsi sinye kubazalwane labangetulu kwemakhulu lasihlanu.” (1 Khor. 15:6) Bebahlangene kuphi labazalwane labangetulu kwemakhulu lasihlanu?