Happy Easter: “He is not here, but is risen!” Happy Easter: “He is not here, but is risen!” At this time of year when new life is bursting forth, we celebrate that great Easter morning when the angel declared: “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen” (Luke 24:3-6). Gospel of Luke 24 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, while they were perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel: 5 and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third ...