Easter
Sunday
The
Forty Days after the Resurrection
April 4, 2010
I After the
Crucifixion of Jesus a “dead body”
was placed in a tomb
Matthew
27:57-60 mark the word “body”
Mark 15:43-45 note
that word again
Mark 16:6 mark the word
“body” again
Luke 23:50-56 “the
body”
John 19:38-42 “the body”
Luke 24:1-3 “found
not the
body”
John 20:1-10
“taken away my Lord”… She
found an empty tomb.
Ask
some Christians(?) if they believe in the
resurrection, they will say “yes”
Ask
the same persons, if they believe the tomb was empty, they say “no”
II After the resurrection we read of a “live body” being seen
Acts 1:3 He shewed Himself alive for forty days.
Mark 16:9-11 Mary said “Jesus is alive” cf a type in Genesis 45:28
Luke 24:34-43 he
showed his hands
III Luke 24:`3-27 Walking to Emmaus, after
His resurrection
Verse 27 expounded
the Scriptures
Verse 32 hearts
burned as He opened the Scriptures
Verses 44-48 He opened their
understanding, they
witnesses
1 John 1:1-3 during
the forty days
IV John 21:15-17 His kind words to
Peter
Here
is evidence of a 2nd chance for service
He
does not mention Peter’s failures
V Luke 24:49 He promised to send the Holy Spirit
John
16:7-11 When He is come
VI Mark 16:15 He commissioned them
to preach
John 17:18 “ as Thou hast sent me, so …”