Apr. 05, 2026
What Did You Expect?
1. Return to the Tomb (vs. 1-3)
A. What do you expect when you go to the cemetery?
The tomb from Luke’s account “was fashioned by quarrying into the side of a rock face. Such a tomb might have included a forecourt before a cave, the mouth of which could be covered by a large, disk-shaped stone set in a groove cut into the rock beneath it. The entrance would lead into the burial chamber with a stone step and central pit of sufficient height to allow persons to stand in order to prepare a corpse for internment on one of the stone benches carved into the rock along the sides of the chamber. Joseph’s apparent possession of such a tomb, like his membership in the Jerusalem council, evidences his elite status.” Joel B. Green
B. The Stone is Rolled Away (v. 2)
C. No Body (v. 3)
D. Reaction #1: Perplexed/Uncertainty (v. 4a)
2. An Unexpected Encounter (vs. 4b-7)
A. Angels! (v. 4b)
Angels announced his birth
B. The Question
C. Putting Together What Jesus Said (vs. 6, 7)
3. All These Things (vs. 8-12)
A. They Remembered and Returned (vs. 8-10)
B. A Faithful report
C. Reaction #2: Cynicism
D. Reaction #3: Amazement
Your Reaction:
“A man really ought to say, ‘The Resurrection happened two thousand years ago’ in the same spirit in which he says, ‘I saw a crocus yesterday.’ Because we know what is coming behind the crocus. The spring comes slowly down this way; but the great thing is that the corner has been turned. There is, of course, this difference, that in the natural spring the crocus cannot choose whether it will respond or not. We can. We have the power either of withstanding the spring, and sinking back into the cosmic winter, or of going on into those ‘high mid-summer pomps’ in which our leader, the Son of man, already dwells, and to which He is calling us. It remains with us to follow or not, to die in this winter, or to go on into that spring and that summer.” C.S. Lewis, “The Grand Miracle”
“My memory is nearly gone; but I remember two things: That I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Savior.” John Newton
Reflection:
What is your reaction to the Resurrection of Jesus today?
How does this historical event and the living Savior change your life?
Follow UP in the Word through the Week…
Monday:
Read: Luke 23:50-56
What kind of risk did Joseph take in providing this burial for Jesus?
Tuesday:
Read: Luke 4:43-44
When Jesus mentions the kingdom of God, what was He preaching? The kingdom is a major theme of His ministry.
Wednesday:
Read: Luke 9:43-45
Why was there confusion on what Jesus reported to them and why do you think there was such a delay in their belief that he truly rose from the dead?
Thursday:
Read: 2 Timothy 2:8-12
How would you describe the effect of the Resurrection on Paul?
Friday:
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
How primary to believing in Jesus is the Resurrection? How do you explain that to others?
Saturday:
Read: Philippians 3:10-11
How much do we know of the “power of the Resurrection” in this life? How should this identification with Jesus effect our life according to these verses?
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