His broken body was tenderly wrapped, then hidden away in a tomb. Three days later, the women found him, lead by the woman he loved. When they came to the tomb, the stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. There are many ways of explaining the empty tomb.
Cynics say the tomb was visited by robbers or dogs.
True believers say He rose to Heaven. There is another possibility. The resurrection begins in an empty tomb. The empty tomb, the empty tea cup, the empty back of the monk all point to a destination ever near at hand.