16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices(B) so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”(C)4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe(D) sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,(E) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him,(F) just as he told you.’”(G) 8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[a]

~Luke 16:1-8

Mary Magdalene and Mary mother of James had come to tend to their Lord, they had expected Him in the tomb, and even contemplated who would roll away the stone, maybe they had not remembered His words:

"The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise." ~Mark 9:31b

They had come expecting Him dead but found the tomb empty, the stone rolled away. It is here that the Lord told them something I believe to be very important, He said to them:

 “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene,^(E) who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. ⁷ But go, tell his disciples and Peter,  ~Luke 16:6

Go tell his disciples and “Peter”

I think we gloss over that verse only hearing “He is risen.” But I believe this part of the verse is very significant:

“Go tell Peter”

Peter who just a short time ago would deny Him three times, who in His Lords greatest hour would turn away “reject” Him.   

See that’s it the purpose of the Lord’s sacrifice: “RESTORATION”   Jesus in this verse was saying “You are important to me”   Peter I have risen, you can be “RESTORED,”  yes you have fallen, but you too can “RISE” again, you too can experience real “GRACE.”   

Thank you Lord that you rose again, that I have been restored because of you.  Thank you for dying on a cross for me, thank you for the grace that so abounds to me.