Last week we ended with the death of Jesus on the cross, so we pickup this week with Chapter 23:50 Jesus’ burial in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea and then into Chapter 24 and the resurrected Jesus.

Luke Lesson 44 Study Questions

1.    This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus: Joseph did not serve Jesus in many ways, but he did ______ Him in ways no one else did or could. It was not possible for Peter, James, John, or even the many women who served Jesus to provide a tomb, but Joseph could and did. We must _______ God in whatever way we can.

2.    on the first day of the week, “This became the day of Christian worship (cf. Acts 20:7). The change from the traditional and biblical _______ is in itself a strong evidence of the ____________ because it shows the strength of the disciples’ conviction about what happened on that day.” 

3.    The stone was not rolled away to let Jesus ___. John 20:19 tells us that Jesus, in His resurrection body, could pass through material barriers. The stone was rolled away away so that others could see __ and be persuaded that Jesus Christ was and is risen from the dead.

4.    they were greatly perplexed. They did not expect to find an ______ tomb. This shows that the resurrection accounts cannot be the product of wishful thinking; they were not even __________ that it could happen.

5.    He is not here: These were some of the most beautiful and important words ever spoken by an angel to men. One may look all over Jerusalem and see countless thousands of ______, but one will never find the tomb of _______ – 

6.    Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest: The women who saw the evidence of the ____________ Jesus and remembered His words were excited about what seemed to be the most wonderful news possible – that Jesus was alive and had __________ over death. 

7.    Marveling to himself at what had happened: You can know that Jesus rose from the dead, but unless you _____ His words, it won’t make sense. Without knowing the life and __________ of Jesus:

8.    Jesus Himself drew near and went with them: Jesus came along _____ these disciples, and went with them for a while. Yet for a time they were miraculously __________ from seeing who Jesus was.

9.    What things? In saying this, Jesus skillfully played along with the conversation, encouraging the men to reveal their _______. Even though He knew their _______, there was value in them saying it to Jesus.

10.    Him they did not see. Jesus wanted to know from them what He wants to know from us today: can we ______ without seeing with our own eyes? We can believe and must ________ based on the reliable eyewitness testimony of other people.