John 20:1-10 (A)
1. 1) Who found the empty tomb of Jesus? (Mark 16:1)
2) Why did they go to the tomb? (v. 1)
3) How was their emotional condition?
2. 1) What did Mary Magdalene do when she saw the empty tomb? (v. 2)
2) Who is ‘the other disciple, the one Jesus loved’? (v. 2, John 13:23)
3) What does it tell you from the scene that Peter ran towards the tomb?
4) How did Peter follow up the procession of Jesus’ crucifixion, although he was not with Jesus?
5) How did Mary Magdalene know the place Peter had stayed?
3. 1) Couldn’t Jesus get out of the tomb without rolling away the stone blocking its entrance?
2) Why did God allow the stone to be rolled away?
3) What is certain about the empty tomb to the unbelievers?
4) What is uncertain about the empty tomb to the unbelievers?
4. 1) Can you think of the possibilities to explain how Jesus’ body disappeared?
2) What was the possibility that Jesus pretended dead and then later escaped from the tomb?
3) What was the possibility that Jesus first passed out, lost consciousness, then later regained consciousness and escaped?
4) What was the possibility that the disciples stole Jesus’ body?
5) What did Pharisees and high priests worry about after Jesus’ death? (Matthew 27:62-64)
6) What did Pilate order to prevent Jesus from getting out of the tomb? (Matthew 27:65-66)
5. 1) Who would oppose to the theory that Jesus had escaped by himself or the theory that His body was stolen?
2) As the result, how did Pharisees, high priest, and Pilate indirectly help the belief of Jesus’ resurrection?
3) How does God use enemies opposing the Gospel to help the spread of the Gospel? (Philippians 1:12-18)
6. 1) What did Peter and John observe in the empty tomb? (v. 6-7)
2) Where was the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head? How was it placed? (v. 7)
3) What does this observation tell you?
4) Where were the strips of linen? How was it placed? (v. 6)
5) What does this observation tell you? (John 11:44)
6) What did John believe in verse 8?
7) Did Peter and John understand the meaning of the observation at that moment? (V.9)
7. 1) Have you heard about “
2) What do you think of it, is it real or fake as it has been claimed to be?
3) Will the outcome of the proof affect your faith in Jesus?
Prayer:
Dear heavenly Father, thank you that Jesus’ body is no longer kept in the dark tomb of death like the other religious founders. Instead He is alive with glorified body. Thank you for giving us hope in Jesus that all the Christian’s tombs will be emptied following our resurrection at the second coming of Jesus Christ in the air. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!