Resurrection & Ascension
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I. A borrowed tomb. John 19:38-42
I. A borrowed tomb. John 19:38-42
A. When the soldiers were completed with their gruesome work, our Lord’s friends took over; and from that point on, no unbelievers touched the body of Jesus.
1. Burial in the middle east usually takes place within twenty-four hours after death.
2. The body of Jesus would probably have been flung into a common pit with the bodies of the two other victims.
3. Jesus had no estate of his own from which to pay for his burial, and his relatives were either too poor or too afraid of the authorities to assume responsibility for it.
B. God had prepared two high-ranking men to prepare His body for burial and to place it in a proper tomb.
1. Had Joseph and Nicodemus not been there, it is likely that the body of Jesus would have been carried off to some obscured ditch.
2. If the friends of any victims appeared, the Romans were only too happy to give them the bodies and get them off their hands.
3. Joseph and Nicodemus were secret disciple whose faith grew slowly.
4. Most pious Jews wanted to be buried in the Holy City, but a rich man like Joseph could certainly afford a better site for his final resting place.
a. Imagine his relatives coming to pay their respects and having to listen to the curses and cries of criminals on crosses not far away.
II. The Tomb Watchers
II. The Tomb Watchers
A. No mourning was permitted for those executed under Roman law.
1. In addition to Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, the women saw Jesus buried.
a. Matthew noted that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sat across from the tomb, no doubt in mourning.
2. Matthew noted that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sat across from the tomb, no doubt in mourning.
B. Matthew noted that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sat across from the tomb, no doubt in mourning.
b. Interestingly these women accompanied Jesus’ body right up to the minute it was buried, whereas Jesus’ disciples had all abandoned Him.
2. This verse explains how they know where to go on Sunday morning and should refute all allegations that they went to the wrong tomb!
B. It is a little surprising that a group of unbelievers would remember Jesus’ prediction that He would rise again on the third day, while the believing disciples seemingly forgot.
B. It is a little surprising that a group of unbelievers would remember Jesus’ prediction that He would rise again on the third day, while the believing disciples seemingly forgot.
B. It is a little surprising that a group of unbelievers would remember Jesus’ prediction that He would rise again on the third day, while the believing disciples seemingly forgot.
1. The zeal of the enemy actually gives a confirmation of Jesus’ resurrection!
a. It is a little surprising that a group of unbelievers would remember Jesus’ prediction that He would rise again on the third day, while the believing disciples seemingly forgot.
b. The very next day after His death, that is, on the Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate and informed him of Jesus’ words.
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2. If they had gone off and left that tomb as it was, their later explanation for the tomb’s being empty might be plausible.
2. If they had gone off and left that tomb as it was, their later explanation for the tomb’s being empty might be plausible.
2. If they had gone off and left that tomb as it was, their later explanation for the tomb’s being empty might be plausible.
3. They sealed the tomb and place Roman guard around to guard it, their claim that the apostles stole the body of Jesus sounds pretty silly.(vs.62)
II. The Empty Tomb , ,
II. The Empty Tomb , ,
A. News of the resurrection comes early on Sunday morning when the two Marys come to the tomb to continue their vigil.
1. All four Gospels agree that very early on Sunday morning a group of women headed for the tomb.
2. Verse 1 should read toward the end of the sabbath.
a. This could cause some confusion to the day was it late Saturday or early Sunday Morning.
b. has it, “very early in the morning”—properly, “at the first appearance of daybreak.
c. A day to the Jewish people was from sun rise to sun rise. Genesis 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
d. A day to the Jewish people was from sun rise to sun rise. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
d I believe the woman started out early enough to qualify it as Saturday and arrived at the tomb early Sunday morning.
B. The women who had lingered at the cross came early to the tomb, bringing spices that they might anoint His body.
1. They thought He was dead. In fact, they wondered how they would move the huge stone that blocked the entrance to the tomb.
a. We must admire these women for their devotion to Christ.
1. God rewarded their love by allowing them to see the empty tomb
2. They allow to hear the message of the Resurrection from the angel.
b. The stone was not rolled away to allow Christ to come out; it was rolled away to allow men to look in and see that He was gone!
1. The true Easter message is “Come and see … Go and tell!”
2. Every Sunday is resurrection day for the believer.
c. In verses 8–10 the women’s joy, expressed in their running, shows that they believe the angel’s words even before Jesus confronts them.
2. The world believes that Jesus died, but the world does not believe that He arose from the dead.
2. The world believes that Jesus died, but the world does not believe that He arose from the dead.
2. The world believes that Jesus died, but the world does not believe that He arose from the dead.
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 104). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary (Vol. 1, p. 104). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.