Luke 24:5

‘And as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”'

The appearance of the men was such that the women were afraid, and ‘bowed down their faces' before the men. This may have been because of the brightness of the light, or simply because they were filled with awe. But the men gently asked them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” Given what follows it was a clear indication that the reason why Jesus' body was not here was because He was alive, and that that was because He had ‘risen'. The words are a gentle rebuke. The suggestion is that the women should not have been looking for Jesus in the tomb on the third day, for Jesus had told them that by then He would have risen from the dead. The thought is that had they been spiritually aware they would have known.