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Of all the apostles, John is singled out as being the Apostle Jesus Loved. He was one of the inner-circle, and is the one that Jesus asked, just before his death, to care for his mother. This may have had something to do with the fact that John was the youngest of the apostles, did not die the death of a martyrs, and that he lived to an old age. Mary may have still been living at the time John wrote this Gospel.
This account of Resurrection Sunday, is the last of the Gospels to have been written, and reflects the resurrection event looking back a number of years later from the view point of John, who also wrote the book of Revelation.
Without the resurrection, there could be no such thing as the church, and the salvation of lost souls. It is not possible to know what the world would be like without the ministry of Christ. This was the final stamp of approval of His divinity and the completion of his work. All that remained to be done were the final proofs to the believers and handing over all into their hands at Pentecost following his ascension back to be with his Father, where he promised to prepare a place for all obedient believers. (John 3:16)
I am partial to that promise in the King James Version where he says, “in my Father’s house are many mansions.” All of Heaven is going to be beyond description.
John 20:1-10 (King James Version)
RESURRECTION SUNDAY
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulcher. (John 20:1-8, Matthew 28:1-8, Mark 16:1-8, Luke 24:1-10John 19:25, John 20:18, Matthew 27:60, Matthew 27:66, Matthew 28:2, Mark 15:46, Mark 16:3, Luke 24:2, John 11:38)
PETER AND JOHN
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. (John 13:23, John 20:13)
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. (Luke 24:12, John 20:3-10)
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher
5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. (John 20:11, John 19:40)
PETER SEES THE GRAVE CLOTHING LYING, BUT NO BODY
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. (John 11:44, John 19:40)
8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. (John 20:4)
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. (Matthew 22:29, John 2:22, Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46)
10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. (Luke 24:12)
We know that the women had witnessed where the body was placed but probably not that a Roman guard was placed there or that it was sealed with the Roman seal. They had seen that it was hurriedly placed there and clearly felt that inadequate spices were used.
Mary Magdalene arrived first, very early. It was she who ran to find Peter and John. John, being much younger, outran Peter, but it was Peter who first entered into the tomb itself.
He would have instantly known that the body had not been removed by man. Men would have taken the wrappings and the napkin along with the body, but they found those still there, not in a heap, but still as they were when they still enclosed the body, and with the napkin neatly folded and lying by itself.
The other accounts give additional information. One was, that Jesus had risen, not been carried away as the Jew’s fabricated story suggests.
He arose, and he still lives to this day. Weeks later, he ascended back to be with the Father and to prepare for the time when all faithful and obedient will follow him to claim the eternal mansion or dwelling place that he has prepared for them.
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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2012
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9th. Monday – Deuteronomy 21, 22, Luke 12:1-30, Psalm 43
10th. Tuesday - Deuteronomy 23, 24, Luke 12:31-59, Proverbs 9:1-12
11th. Wednesday - Deuteronomy 25, 26, 27, Luke 13, Psalm 44:1-12
12th. Thursday - Deuteronomy 28, Luke 14, Psalm 44:13-26
13th. Friday – Deuteronomy 29, 30, 31, Luke 15, Psalm 45:1-9
14th. Saturday - Deuteronomy 32, Luke 16, Proverbs 9:13-18
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