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For Further Study:  a. Why did the Christ have to die and rise (see Acts 17:3)? See Leviticus 16:15-17, 20-23; Isaiah 53:1-12; Romans 6:1-14; Hebrews 9:11–10:18.  Leviticus 16:15-17, Blood/death alone atones for sin (cf. Gen 9:4) 20-23; the scapegoat expiated sin, the sacrificial goat propitiated sin Isaiah 53:1-12; to fulfil this very specific prophecy: that it was God's will to kill him and to have him bear the sin of many. He must die.  Romans 6:1-14; we are united in Christ in his death and in his life. Hebrews 9:11–10:18.  He completely and forever fulfils the requirement of the Law. With no substitutionary death, there is no life. And without Resurrection, there is no evidence that the atonement was accepted It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. (Ro 4:25) b. Why did the Jews find the idea of a killed and raised Christ so repugnant? It did not...

1. How does 23:50-56 fulfill Isaiah's prophecy in Is 53:9? What is significant about this? Jesus fulfils OT prophecy. Jesus' humiliation ends with death. Thereafter he is exalted (in the spices (Jn 19:39) and the tomb.   2. What did the women find when they went to Jesus' tomb at down on Sunday (24:2-8)? At least 5 women were present (24:10) The stone was rolled away The body was gone Two men were there, 3. What did the "men" say to the women at the tomb (24:5-7)?   They announced the Resurrection and reminded them of Jesus' words.   4. How did the apostles respond to the women's report?  With incredulity. They were not superstitious peasants who were primed to believe what they wished to be true. Only Peter ran ahead. His heart would have been trying to be close to the Lord that he denied. He ran toward Jesus despite his denial, not away from Hi.  John's Gospel tells of John also accompanying Peter, and seeing and believing at the layout of the gra...

  The parable of the tenants sparked off opposition to Jesus, but in view of the people’s attitude violence was risky. It might provoke a riot and no-one could tell where a riot would end. The Romans would intervene and the privileged might lose their privileges. So Jesus’ enemies chose another method: they tried to discredit him. (Morris)   "so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor." (v.20) would relieve the Jewish leaders of the responsibility of getting rid of Jesus.  7. What was Jesus saying about our obligations to God and the secular government in 20:23-25? 'lawful' (v.22), i.e. in accord with the law of God. It was obviously in accordance with the law of Caesar. All three Synoptists make it clear that the reply confounded the critics. It left no room for an accusation of disloyalty to Caesar, but also stressed loyalty to God. Jesus is saying that we are citizens of heaven and earth at the same time. This does not mean dividing l...

We looked today at the gospel writers' accounts of the empty tomb and noted that they differed slightly but were not in direct conflict with one another. So the first verses of Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20 all have details that differ, but which are not impossible to harmonize. So the number of women who went in the early morning is different and the number of angels was different. But 3 gospels (except Matthew) make it clear that the stone was rolled away by the time the women arrived. They rushed back to tell Peter, who ran with John to the tomb. When the 2 men left, Jesus then appeared to Mary Magdalene, who had stayed behind. The gospels often differ in details, for many possible reasons. These include the fact that eyewitnesses to the same event may pick up different details, the different target readers of the  4 writers, and the fact that Jesus was an itinerant preacher who would almost certainly have repeated slightly different variations of the same teaching...