their tracks by a greeting: “Good morning!” (verse 9, MSG). They hear a welcome in the greeting and fall to their knees before the resurrected Jesus. Their first response to the risen Christ was to kneel in awed reverence. There was also an element of intimacy in that reverence, for they dared to touch and hold on to his feet: They “worshiped him” (verse 9). The two elements together became worship. Falling to our knees before Jesus—an act of reverence—is not in itself resurrection worship. Touching