Have You Seen the Empty Tomb?

Have You Seen the Empty Tomb?

[John 20:1-10]

John 20:1-2 1

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been 2 taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."

John 20:3-5 3

So Peter went out with the other disciple, 4 and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb 5 first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

John 20:6-7 6

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths 7 lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

John 20:8-10 8

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and 9 believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the 10 dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Mark 15:46 And Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Luke 23:55-56 55

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how 56 his body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Luke 8:1-3 1

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And the twelve were with [Jesus], and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had 3 gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

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John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

John 20:2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him."

Have You Seen the Empty Tomb? • Observing from the Outside (v. 1-5)

John 20:3-4 3

So Peter went out with the other disciple, 4 and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

John 20:3-5 5

And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

Have You Seen the Empty Tomb?

• Observing from the Outside (v. 1-5) • Noticing on the Inside (v. 6-7)

John 20:6-7 6

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths 7 lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself.

Luke 24:12 Peter saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

Have You Seen the Empty Tomb?

• Observing from the Outside (v. 1-5) • Noticing on the Inside (v. 6-7) • Seeing by Faith (v. 8-10)

John 20:8 8

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;

John 20:31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 19:35 He who saw it has borne witness- his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth- that you also may believe.

John 20:8-9 8

Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and 9 believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

John 2:19-21 19

"Destroy this temple, and in three days I 20 will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and 21 will you raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

John 2:22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

John 20:8-10 1

she saw that the stone had been taken away 5

he saw the linen cloths lying there

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he saw the linen cloths lying there

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he saw and believed

Seeing By Faith 1. Accepting the Resurrection as True (Acts 2:24)

Acts 2:24 God raised him up, loosing the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Seeing By Faith 1. Accepting the Resurrection as True (Acts 2:24) 2. Acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God (Rom. 1:4)

Romans 1:4 He was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Seeing By Faith 1. Accepting the Resurrection as True (Acts 2:24) 2. Acknowledging that Jesus is the Son of God (Rom. 1:4)

3. Depending on Christ Alone (Rom. 10:9)

Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.