Gospels (88) - Matthew 28:9-15, Mark 16:9-13, Luke 24:9-35, John 20:2-18 & 1 Corinthians 15:5

Teacher: Rusty Kennedy
​Series: Gospels

Rusty's Notes

• Group of women left before the Sabbath ended.
• Those women purchased additional spices on the Sabbath to anoint Jesus’ body.
• Mary Magdalene got there first and saw the tomb was empty. She left to report to Peter & John
• The other women showed up at the tomb and saw an angel that told them Jesus was not there and they were to go tell the disciples to meet Jesus in Galilee.
• Refer to Luke 24:9 (back up to vs 1 for context)

 
MATTHEW 28:9-15
9 Just then Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came up, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus told them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”

• Who is them?
• 8 So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples the news.[1] – This is the other women.
• There is time between verse 8 & 9.

THE SOLDIERS BRIBED TO LIE
11 As they were on their way, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After the priests had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money 13 and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’

• The Jewish leaders invented a lie.
• How do they know it was the disciples if they guards were asleep?
• This lie is still believed today.
• This lie would cost the Roman soldiers their lives because the Roman seal was broken.

14 If this reaches the governor’s ears, we will deal with him and keep you out of trouble.”
 - If you lie… we will keep you safe.
15 They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.[2]
 - Believed until the day Matthew penned his book
 - Still believed today.
 - Refer to Mark 16:12
 
Mark 16:9-13
THE LONGER ENDING OF MARK: APPEARANCES OF THE RISEN LORD
9 Early on the first day of the week, after he had risen, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

• He appeared to Mary Magdalen first… not the other women
• Refer to John 20:14

10 She went and reported to those who had been with him, as they were mourning and weeping. 11 Yet, when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

• Refer to Matthew 28:9  

12 After this, he appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.

• Not two of the 12 disciples
• Refer to Luke 24:13

13 And they went and reported it to the rest, who did not believe them either.[3]

• They didn’t believe in a physical resurrection.
• Refer to Luke 24:33

 
Luke 24:1-35
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 3 They went in but did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes. 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’?” 8 And they remembered his words.
9 Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

• Refer to John 20:2 (Read vs 1 for context)

10 Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles these things.

• They were telling these things but they were not together.

11 But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
 - They didn’t believe it…
 - The 9 didn’t believe the women because a women’s testimony in a court of law was not valid in 30 AD.
12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.
 - Peter was listening to Mary Magdalene… not the other 9.
When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he went away, amazed at what had happened.
 - Amazed about the resurrection or that His body was stolen?
 - Refer to John 20:3
 - Peter still did not believe in a physical resurrection at this point. He thought the body was stolen as told by Mary Magdalene.
 - Refer to John 20:11
 
THE EMMAUS DISCIPLES
13 Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 Together they were discussing everything that had taken place. 15 And while they were discussing and arguing, Jesus himself came near and began to walk along with them. 16 But they were prevented from recognizing him. 17 Then he asked them, “What is this dispute that you’re having with each other as you are walking?” And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.
18 The one named Cleopas answered him, “Are you the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked them.
So they said to him, “The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him. 21 But we were hoping that he was the one who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it’s the third day since these things happened.

• 3rd day or 72 hours?
• Jewish perspective allows part of a day to be a whole day.
• It’s still the 3rd day in this conversation.

22 Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb, 23 and when they didn’t find his body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see him.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

• Isaiah spoke of a suffering servant.
• Jesus believed all the prophets and what they spoke.

26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.

• All the Scriptures were true

28 They came near the village where they were going, and he gave the impression that he was going farther. 29 But they urged him, “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 It was as he reclined at the table with them that he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

• This was not communion.
• Jesus told His disciples at the Passover meal that He would not observe this communion until returns in the Messianic Kingdom.

31 Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, but he disappeared from their sight.

• It didn’t say they opened their eyes.
• God opened their eyes.
• It took them awhile to understand who Jesus was.
• Jesus told these men all the Scripture and took them time for it to be revealed to them that it was Jesus.

32 They said to each other, “Weren’t our hearts burning within us while he was talking with us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?” 33 That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem.

• Refer to Mark 16:13

They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together, 34 who said, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”

• The 1st apostle that Jesus appeared to was the apostle who denied Jesus 3 times.
• Refer to 1 Corinthians 15:1-5

35 Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.[4]
 
John 20:1-18
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. 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!”

• She knew the stone was rolled away
• She knew Jesus was not in the tomb
• She believed someone stole Jesus’ body
• She went to report this to Peter & John
• Refer to Luke 24:10

3 At that, Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb.
 - Peter & John based upon what they heard from Mary Magdalene.
4 The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. 5 Stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.
 - John couldn’t believe it. In shock.
6 Then, following him, Simon Peter also came. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there. 7 The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.
 - John saw two separate piles of cloth.
 - Because linen was folded… He believed that Jesus was resurrected.
8 The other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, then also went in, saw, and believed.

• John actually believed at this point that Jesus had physically resurrected… rather than just spiritually.

9 For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead. 10 Then the disciples returned to the place where they were staying.

• Refer to Luke 24:12 (2nd time)

 
MARY MAGDALENE SEES THE RISEN LORD
11 But Mary stood outside the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 She saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’s body had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.
 - This is the first time Mary Magdalene had encountered the angels.
13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“Because they’ve taken away my Lord,” she told them, “and I don’t know where they’ve put him.”

• Refer to Mark 16:9

14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus. 15 “Woman,” Jesus said to her, “why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking?”
Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
Turning around, she said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”—which means “Teacher.”

• When Jesus said Mary… Mary recognized Him.
• When Mary recognized the significance of Jesus calling her by name… she knew Jesus.

17 “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.”

• “Don’t touch Me.”
• He appeared to a woman
• He appeared to a woman who was formerly a harlot.
• 1) “Don’t cling to me” – Mary wanted to grab Him as not to let Him ascend into heaven.
• 2) “Don’t touch Me.” – Jesus had not yet ascended to heaven to offer His blood as a Holy Sacrifice and He would do this before He appears to the disciples.

 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what he had said to her. [5]

• Refer to Mark 16:9-11 (2nd time)

 
1 Corinthians 15:5
1 Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you have taken your stand 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 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]

[1] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 28:8). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[2] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mt 28:9–15). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[3] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Mk 16:9–13). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Lk 24:1–35). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[5] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (Jn 20:2–18). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
[6] Christian Standard Bible. (2017). (1 Co 15:1–5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.