#BACKING UP MY NOTES ON BIBLE DISCOVERY PROFESSIONAL#

John 20:19 tells us that Jesus, in His resurrection body, could pass through material barriers. Come, see the place where the Lord lay: The stone was not rolled away to let Jesus out. As He said reminded these women – and all the disciples – that they should have expected this. You can see the tomb of Rebekka, the tomb of David, the tomb of Absalom – but you won’t find the tomb of Jesus anywhere. In Israel, one may see many graves and tombs – there is an ocean of tombs on the Mount of Olives, and vast sea of graves outside the eastern wall of the temple mount. He ascended into heaven and continues to reign as resurrected man, still fully man and fully God. We should also say that Jesus still is risen. Jesus was not the first one brought back from the dead, but He was the first one resurrected. Resurrection isn’t just living again it is living again in a new body, based on our old body, perfectly suited for life in eternity. Each of them was raised in the same body they died in, and raised from the dead to eventually die again. Each of these was resuscitated from death, but none of them were resurrected. There are several examples in the Bible of people being resuscitated before this, such as the widow’s son in the days of Elijah (1 Kings 17:17-24) and Lazarus (John 11:38-44). They heard that Jesus was not in the tomb, but risen to resurrection life. He is not here, for He is risen: For the first time, the followers of Jesus – these faithful women – heard what they did not expect to hear. “The resurrection of Christ is a subject of terror to the servants of sin, and a subject of consolation to the sons of God because it is a proof of the resurrection of both, the one to shame and everlasting contempt-the other to eternal glory and joy.” (Clarke)ī. “He does not appear to have drawn a flaming sword, nor even to have spoken to the keepers but the presence of perfect purity overawed these rough legionaries.” (Spurgeon)

#BACKING UP MY NOTES ON BIBLE DISCOVERY PROFESSIONAL#

The angelic presence made these professional soldiers tremble and faint.

And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men: The Roman soldiers responsible for guarding the tomb were terrified. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”Ī. He is not here for He is risen, as He said. But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. (4-6) The angel’s message.Īnd the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. Now it became a place of rest, as the angel sat on it. The stone that enclosed the body of Jesus in the tomb had been like the gate of a prison cell, trapping the body of Jesus in the grave. “Indeed there needed not any angel at all to remove the stone, if this had been all he had come down for He that was quickened by the Spirit, could by the same power have rolled away the stone but as it was fit that the angels, who had been witnesses of his passion, should also be witnesses of his resurrection.” (Poole) An angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it: When the women came to the tomb, they saw the stone rolled away and an angel sitting on the stone. All this had taken place before the women reached the sepulcher.” (Clarke)Ĭ. “Seismov, a shaking or commotion of any kind: probably the word means no more than the confusion caused among the guards by the angel’s appearance. Some think this was not a normal earthquake, but refers to the disturbance of the guards at the tomb (Matthew 28:4). “The earth shook both at Christ’s passion and at his resurrection then, to show that it could not bear his suffering now, to show that it could not hinder his rising.” (Trapp) The earthquake did not cause the stone to be rolled away if anything, the angelic rolling of the stone prompted the earthquake. There was a great earthquake: Matthew alone notes this earthquake. So after the Sabbath on Sunday ( the first day of the week), they came to the tomb – fully expecting to find the dead body of Jesus.ī. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb: They came to finish the preparation of Jesus’ body, which was cut short by the Sabbath (Luke 24:1-3). His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.Ī. And behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. (1-3) Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany find an angel at the tomb. Matthew 28 – A Risen Lord Jesus and His Commission A.

Backing up my notes on bible discovery