Jesus could have appeared to anyone after his resurrection, but he chose to reveal himself first to women.§ Having women as the first ones to discover that his body was missing and to report it is highly unusual. The Scriptures tell how the resurrected Jesus commissioned them (women) to be the ones to tell the other disciples he was alive. According to Jewish law, women were not allowed to bear legal witness. Yet Jesus gave them the honorable task of being the very first to see him resurrected and the very first to tell others about it.
