Gospels (87) - Matthew 27:61-28:8, Mark 15:47-16:8, Luke 23:55-24:8 & John 20:1-2

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

MATTHEW 27:61
61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were seated there, facing the tomb.
 
THE CLOSELY GUARDED TOMB
62 The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate 63 and said, “Sir, we remember that while this deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64 So give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come, steal him, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 “You have a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Go and make it as secure as you know how.” 66 They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guard.
 - Breaking a Roman seal would bring death.

• Matthew 12:40 – “For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.”[1]
• Not 72 hours… but parts of 3 different days.
• Genesis 42:17-20 - So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days. 18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “I fear God—do this and you will live. 19 If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households. 20 Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.” And they consented to this. [2]
• 1 Samuel 30:12-13 - Then they gave him some pressed figs and two clusters of raisins. After he ate he revived, for he hadn’t eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.
• Then David said to him, “Who do you belong to? Where are you from?”

“I’m an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago.[3]

• Matthew 16:21 - From then on Jesus began to point out to his disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.[4]
• Mark 8:31 - Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.[5]
• Contradiction? – After?
• If a Jew considers part of a day a full day.

 
Proving the resurrection:

• 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 - For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. 6 Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one born at the wrong time, he also appeared to me.[6]
• Refer to Mark 15:47

 
RESURRECTION MORNING
MATTHEW 28:1-8
1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week (Sunday) was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb.
 - Refer to Mark 16:1
2 There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow. 4 The guards were so shaken by fear of him that they became like dead men.
Refer to John 20:1
5 The angel told the women, “Don’t be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here. For he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you.”
8 So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples the news.[7]

• The women (minus Mary Magdalene) to the other 9.
• Mary Magdalene went to Peter & John who were running to the grave with a different message.
• End

 
MARK 15:47–16:8
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where he was laid.

• Refer to Luke 23:55

 
RESURRECTION MORNING
MARK 16
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him.

• Conclusion: Women were traveling to grave before the Sabbath was over but couldn’t purchase spices on the Sabbath.
• They bought spices on both Friday & Sunday.
• Luke 24:10 - Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.[8]
• Luke 23:56 - Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes (Friday).
• Refer to Matthew 28:2

2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb at sunrise.

• Mary Magdalene got there before the others because she got there in the dark.
• She saw the stone was rolled away and left.

3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

• They had not seen Mary Magdalene yet.

4 Looking up, they noticed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

• Refer to Luke 24:1
• Did Mary Magdalene do something to open this?
• Refer to Luke 24:2

5 When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; they were alarmed (amazed).

• Angels are always referred to as male in the Bible.
• Possibly the same angel that
• Refer to Luke 24:3

6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he told them. “You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they put him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; you will see him there just as he told you.’”

• The angel told the women to tell the disciples to go to Galilee.
• This is the same instruction Jesus gave them before He died.
• Matthew 26:31 - Then Jesus said to them, “Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written:

I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.,

• But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”[9]

• Refer to Luke 24:4

8 They went out and ran from the tomb, because trembling and astonishment overwhelmed them. And they said nothing to anyone, since they were afraid.[10]
 
LUKE 23:55-24:8
55 The women who had come with him from Galilee followed along and observed the tomb and how his body was placed. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes (Friday). And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

• They saw Jesus laying in the tomb
• They saw how His body was laid in the tomb
• They traveled back and bought spices
• Refer to Matthew 28:1

 
RESURRECTION MORNING
Luke 24
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

• Mary Magdalene has already been there.
• Refer to John 20:1 (2nd time)

2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

• The women without Mary Magdalene
• Refer to Mark 16:5

3 They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

• The women did not find the body… but they did find something.
• Refer to Matthew 28:5

4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.
 - Mary Magdalene is not present.
 - She has no idea Jesus has been raised.
5 So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.
“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men. 6 “He is not here, but he has risen! Remember how he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee, 7 saying, ‘It is necessary that the Son of Man be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day’?”

• The women had come to bring spices believing that Jesus was still there.
• The angel alerted them to what Jesus had taught them.
• The women didn’t get it.
• They were supposed to go tell the disciples to go to Galilee… Did they go? No.
• Refer to Matthew 28:8

8 And they remembered his words. [11]
 
JOHN 20:1-2
1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

• It was dark and couldn’t see the Angel.
• Refer to Mark 16:2

2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve put him!”[12]

• She assumed Jesus’ body had been stolen.

Refer to Mark 16:3 (2nd time)

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 12:40). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Ge 42:17–20). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Sa 30:12–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 16:21). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 8:31). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Co 15:3–8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[7] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 27:61–28:8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[8] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 24:10). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[9] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 26:31–32). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[10] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 15:47–16:8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[11] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 23:55–24:8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[12] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 20:1–2). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.