The women, leaving the tomb at once with fear and great joy, ran to tell the disciples.
This verse describes the first response to the news of the resurrection: a mingling of fear and joy. The women, who had come only moments earlier in sorrow, are now filled with divine gladness. Their “fear” signifies reverence and sacred trembling before the encounter, while the “great joy” is the birth of faith, when the heart recognizes the living Lord. Their quick running shows that true faith is never passive: it moves, bears witness, and spreads the news. The tomb of Jesus was no longer a place of grief, but the beginning of joy.