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Gospel Luke Bible Study #49
Luke 23:50-56, 24:1-12 The empty tomb

1. Do you believe that the dead will come back to life? ( ) yes ( ) no
Who should have taken care of the dead body of Jesus?
=family, disciples
=Romans: they dispose the bodies
Whom did God use to bury the body of Jesus?
=Joseph Arimathea
=rich, powerful and faithful person
What kind of man was Joseph? 23:50,51
=a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action.
=he is a hidden disciple of Jesus
What did he decide to do? 23:52
=going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body
How much time did he have to bury Jesus? 23:53,54
=Jesus died at 3pm. From 6pm, Sabbath starts.
=He had 3 hours.
Who watched when Joseph buried Jesus? 23:49,55; 24:10
=the women who had followed him from Galilee
=Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others
What did the women do after they saw the tomb?
=they went home and prepared spices and perfumes
Why did they prepare spices and perfumes?
=more care for Jesus body
How do you think they had spent their time from Friday sunset till they returned to the tomb?
=sorrow, painful, weeping

2. When did the women go back to the tomb? 24:1
=On the first day of week, very early in the morning
What was their concern on the way to the tomb? Mk.16:2
=who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb.
=3 or 4 men can roll the stone
Why did they continue going to the tomb even though they knew they couldn’t roll the stone?
=strong desire
What did they find on arrival? 24:2 Who took care of the problem of rolling the stone?
=They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.
=angels, God
As they entered the tomb, what didn’t they expect? 24:3,4a
=the body of Jesus
=they couldn’t find the wounded body of Jesus

3. Suddenly whom did they see in the tomb? 24:4
=two men in clothes that gleamed like lighting stood beside them
In their fright what did the women do? 24:5a
=bowed down with their faces
What did the angels say to them? 24:5b,6,7
=Why do you look for the living among the dead?
=He is not here; he has risen!
What was the reason that they could not find the body of Jesus? 24:6a
=he has risen
What words of Jesus did the angels study with the women? 24:7,
=The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.
How many times did Jesus teach the disciples about his death and resurrection? 9:22, 9:44, 18:32,33
=at least three times
After studying with the angels what did the women remember? 24:8
=they remembered his words
What might the women have felt the moment they truly believed that Jesus was alive?
=sorrow turned to joy

4. To whom did the women tell the news of the resurrection of Jesus? 24:9
=Eleven and to all the others
What were the apostles doing when the women reported them for seeing Jesus alive? Jn.20:19
=with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,
Why did they think the witnessing of the women nonsense? 24:11
=But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense
Why did they neither understand nor believe the resurrection of Jesus?
=medically impossible
=Jesus’ teaching: resurrection and eternal life
=Disciples: listen what they want to listen
=suffering after resurrection
=Disciples: they were blind
What was Peter doing after he denied Jesus and Jesus died?
=Peter made major mistake.
=other apostles embraced Peter.
What did Peter find from the tomb of Jesus? 24:12, Why didn’t his investigation reach the resurrection?
=Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering
to himself what had happened.
=He did not remember the words of Jesus
=He did not look at the event through the words of Jesus
=Priest: stolen
=Mary M.: they took away
=Peter: wondering
=Angel: the words

5. To whom did risen Jesus appear?
Jn.20:14; Mt.28:9,10 ; Lk.24:13-35; Lk.24:36; Jn.20:26; Jn.21:4; Acts1:9
=Mary M
=the Women
=two disciples on the way to Emmaus
=11 apostles
=Thomas
=7 disciples
=disciples before ascending

6. How long was Jesus dead?
=3 days. Less than 36 hours
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you?
=1) I die, but I will rise and live forever
=2) Jesus is first, I am next
=3) life changes with resurrection, my hope is in eternity
=4) with resurrection, we live with the power of resurrection
=5) without resurrection, we live with the fear of death
=Modern church dies without the resurrection
=I am the witness of Jesus’ resurrection
=I live with the power of Jesus’ resurrection