Easter
Sunday
Witnesses
of Christ’s Resurrection -I
Introduction
Acts 1:3 after the resurrection He was seen for 40 days
Luke
24:37-39 spirits are not seen.
It was a bodily resurrection.
Matthew
27:57-61 Joseph begged for the body, Pilate delivered the body
Matthew
28:11-15 the enemies of Christ testify that the
body was missing.
Mark 16:1-6
his friends found not his body
I
Seen first by Mary Magdalene out of whom He had cast seven devils
Mark 16:9 note
the words ‘appeared” and ‘first’
also verses 12,14
John
20:1-18 what details are here
Note also verse 20 “saw” verse 25
“seen” and verse 29 “seen’
What grace is seen in this story. Mary was the
worst was to see Him first
II Seen by a
company of women
Luke
Mary of Bethany was not there Luke
John 12:1-7 Mary had anointed him before his burial. She knew he would
Rise from the dead.
Matthew
28:1,5-10 go tell his disciples
Mark 16:7 and Peter Did Peter think he was no longer a disciple?
Where were the men? John 20:19
III Seen by Peter
Luke
24:33,34 Lord
hath appeared to Simon (Peter)
1
Corinthians 15:5 seen of Cephas (Peter)
The first man to see the resurrected
Christ was the man who had failed
IV Seen by two on
the road to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-32
their sad hearts (vs 17) were
made glad (vs 32)
Mark
V
Seen by the Twelve
1
Corinthians 15:5 then of the twelve
John
Matthew 27:5 he had hanged himself
John
How then twelve?
Luke
24:33-45 the two joined the eleven
John
20:24-25- Thomas must have left because of his unbelief, thus leaving ten
to joined by the two who
walked the road to Emmaus