The Empty Tomb

Greetings Brethren,
We will consider today the first 10 verses of John 20. These first 10 verses of this chapter should be seen as a single unit, the main subject is that the tomb of Jesus was discovered to be open and empty. This pericope has the basic story form, in that it contains an introduction/setting (vs. 1-2), which introduces the characters and location of the account. Then there is the conflict stage of the narrative unit that involves a "race" between Peter and the beloved disciple, and their responses to what they saw (vs. 3-7). The third part of this short story form is the resolution of the conflict, which the narrator explains to be the "other disciples" having faith in the truth that Jesus had risen from the dead (vs. 8, 9). And then this episode concludes with a brief conclusion/interpretation in which the disciples returned to their homes (v. 10).