Sunday, April 17, 2022

ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES

1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-8

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE THE EVENT

 

1. Reported by Matthew

-27:60 Solid Rock Tomb

-27:60 Stone “Door”

-27:62-65 Roman Guard

-27:66 Roman Seal

 

2. Reported by Mark

-15:42-45 Jesus was Definitely Dead

 

3. Reported by John

-19:38-40 Jewish burial Customs

-20:19 Disciples were Frightened

 

II. THE FACTS AFTER THE EVENT

 

1. The Tomb was Empty [Lk. 24:1-3]

 

2. The Stone was Moved

-Lk. 24:2 apokulio, to roll away

-Mt. 28:2 “rolled back the stone from” apokulio- lithos;  apo "off," i.e. away (from something near),

-Mk. 16:3-4 apokulio ek; a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out

-Jn. 20:1 airo ek - a primary root; to lift up; by implication, to take up or away

 

3. The Guard was AWOL [Mt. 28:4]

 

4. The Grave clothes were Folded [Jn. 20:3-9]

 

5. The Lord was Appearing [Acts 1:1-3, 1 Cor. 15:1-8]

 

III. THE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE EVENT

 

1. The Disciples Stole the Body [Mt. 28:11-15]

 

2. The Unbelieving Jews Stole the Body

 

3. The Wrong Tomb

 

4. The Swoon Theory

 

5. The Resurrection [Jn. 20:24-31, Romans 1:4]

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