the empty grave
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The Empty Grave. John 20:1-18. The Missing Body Jn.20:1-10. v. 1 Mary Magdalene - body was not there v. 2 Tells Peter and John v.3-8 Race to the Grave What they saw Mary - tomb was empty John - The linen clothes Peter - The linen clothes and Napkin. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
v. 1 Mary Magdalene - body was not there
v. 2 Tells Peter and John
v.3-8 Race to the Grave What they saw
Mary - tomb was emptyJohn - The linen clothesPeter - The linen clothes and Napkin
The burial clothes had been abandoned
v. 9 “For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.”
Ps. 16:9-11 “not leave my soul in hell” = sheol
John 2:19-22 “destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Luke 24:5-8 “The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
v. 10 “Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.”
Mary, Mother of Jesus, was at the home of John
John 19:26 Woman, behold thy son !
John 19:27 “Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.”
Mary Magdalene thought it was possible
John 20:15 “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”
Soldiers testified to this - Matt. 28:11-15When they were asleepBribed to tell thisDeath penalty for a guard asleep
Jews accepted this theoryImpossible
Matt. 27:62-66
NoThey wanted it to remain in the TombMatt. 27:62-66
They would later have produced it when the apostles were preaching about His resurrection
NoThey pierced His side - John 19:34Centurion signed death certificate - Mk. 15:44,45
John 2:19-2 “in three days I will raise it up”
John 20 Open tombEmpty graveDiscarded grave clothes
His appearances were conclusive proof
Mary Magdalene Weeping v. 11Angels v. 12,13Jesus v. 14-17Disciples v. 18
Why think His resurrection strange ?
John 1:1-3 - He made the worldsCol. 1:16-17 “all things were created by him”
Gen. 1:6 - He made manGen. 2:7 - “formed man of the dust”
Our resurrection depends upon it1 Cor. 15:20 “firstfruits of them that slept.”
Gospel depends upon it1 Cor. 15:17 ‘if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”1 Cor. 15:3-4
Proof of the deity of Jesus
Rom. 1:4 “And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.”
John 10:17 “Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.”
God’s forgiving our sins
Rom. 4:25 “Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
Basis of Christian Hope
The apostles lost hope at His death – Lk.24:19-21
Regained it at His Resurrection – 1 Pet. 1:3,4 “unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
By which we are saved
“The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ” 1 Pet.3:21
On the first day of the weekJohn 20:1
We remember his death every 1st day of the week 1 Cor. 11:24-25 “this do in remembrance of me.” Acts 20:7 “And upon the first day of the week, when
the disciples came together to break bread.”
No human eye saw the rising of Jesus from the dead.
His disciples and friends saw the empty grave and they saw the resurrected Jesus.
He was the firstfruits of the resurrection – 1 Cor. 15:20The beginningAs he is risen so certainly shall we rise
Romans 6:3-6
“our oldman wascrucified”(6:6)
united togetherin the likeness
of Hisdeath(6:5)
“buried with Him through baptism” (6:4)
“we also shall be in
the likeness of His
resurrection”(6:5)
“raised with Him through
faith” (Col. 2:12)
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning April 8, 2012