Today is traditionally called Holy Saturday, Joyous Saturday, Great Saturday or Black Saturday.
Jesus is dead, buried, gone. His body lays motionless in a guarded tomb. God is mute, as Pete Greig said in his book. There is silence. Confusion. Fear.
A strange sense of nothingness permeates those who were close to Jesus and put their hope in Him. The disciples must be asking, “What happened?” Nothing made sense. No answers to their countless questions. Images of Jesus on the cross haunt them. According to the Gospel of Matthew, even Judas had killed himself before they could interrogate him.
For those who followed Jesus, there was no activity in the temple, in the courts, or on Golgotha.
It was just … quiet. Silent Saturday.
