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Luke 24:1-12 NASB Luke 24:1-12 NASB But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. {2} And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, {3} but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. {4} And it happened that while they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling apparel; {5} and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? {6} "He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, {7} saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again."

{8} And they remembered His words, {9} and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. {10} Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. {11} And these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. {12} But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at that which had happened.

Luke 24:1-12 NASBLuke 24:1-12 NASB

Some questions to ask about the Some questions to ask about the resurrection of Jesusresurrection of Jesus

1. How important is it?1. How important is it?  

2. What are the implications without 2. What are the implications without it?it?

a. Worldwide Christianity would lose the heart of its message

b. The Bible would become just another book of antiquities

c. There would be no churchd. There would be no changed livese. We would be dead in our sins and

separated from God forever

3. What are the explanations of its 3. What are the explanations of its detractors?detractors?a. They were hallucinatingb. They created a mythc. They were deceiversd. They revived the swooning body of

Jesus

The evidence for the resurrection of The evidence for the resurrection of JesusJesus

1. The eyewitness evidence1. The eyewitness evidencea. Mary Magdalene saw Jesus at the tomb

Mark 16:9; John 20:11-18

b. A group of women saw Jesus early on Sunday

Matt. 28:9-10

c. Cleopas and the other disciple saw Him on the road to Emmaus Luke 24:13-33

d. Peter saw Him in Jerusalem Luke 24:34 1 Cor. 15:5

The evidence for the resurrection of The evidence for the resurrection of JesusJesus

1. The eyewitness evidence1. The eyewitness evidencee. Ten of His disciples saw Him in the upper

room Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25

f. Eleven of His disciples saw Him a week later in the upper room John 20:26-31; 1 Cor. 15:5

g. Seven of His disciples saw Him while fishing one morning John 21:1-23

h. Eleven of His disciples saw Him on a mountain in Galilee Matt. 28:16-20;

Mark 16:15-18

The evidence for the resurrection of The evidence for the resurrection of JesusJesus

1. The eyewitness evidence1. The eyewitness evidencei. Five hundred men saw Him at one time

1 Cor. 15:6

j. James his brother saw Him 1 Cor. 15:7

k. Many saw Him ascend into Heaven Luke 24:44-49 Acts 1:3-8

l. Paul sees Him on the Damascus Road Acts 9:1-19

2. The circumstantial evidence2. The circumstantial evidencea. The tomb is emptyb. The Gospels portray the women as seeing

Him firstc. There is a great variety of people who see

the resurrected Christd. No dead body was produced after the

resurrectione. The Sanhedrin never disproved the

resurrectionf. The cowardly disciples transform into lions

of the faithg. The disciples lived as if the resurrection did

occur

3. The historical evidence3. The historical evidencea. The empty tomb launched a worldwide

movementb. The followers of Jesus died for their faith

regularlyc. Signs and wonders were performed in

the name of this risen Jesusd. The whole missionary movement of

Acts is launchede. The simplicity and authenticity of the

Bible verify the reality of the resurrection

3. The historical evidence3. The historical evidence

f. Jesus’ fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies in dynamic detail give evidence of a powerful consistency in the whole story.

g. Jesus’ fulfillment of His own promise to

rise from the dead is a gigantic verification of the consistency of the story

Your must make a choice about Your must make a choice about the resurrection of Jesusthe resurrection of Jesus

Jesus is a liar Jesus is a liar

of the first magnitudeof the first magnitude

  

Jesus is a raving lunaticJesus is a raving lunatic

  

Jesus is the Lord of allJesus is the Lord of all