Matthew 28:1-10

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(Matthew 28:1-10)

Read Matthew 28:1-10.

If a person values Jesus’s teaching but doesn’t believe he rose from the dead, how will he think of his cross?

Matthew tells us that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to the tomb, but Mark mentions that Salome was with them. Luke says that Joanna and others also went to the tomb. Are these contradictions? Can the different accounts be reconciled?

Before the Sabbath, Nicodemus brought 75 pounds of spices to use in the Jewish burial ritual. So, why did the women bring spices to the tomb after the Sabbath?

Did Jesus need the angel to roll the stone from the tomb before he could come out? If not, why did the angel roll the stone away?

In the Matthew account, we read of one angel. In the Lucan account, we read of two “men.” Mark mentions one “man.” John says that Mary Magdalene saw two angels. Do these different accounts prove that there are errors in the Bible?

Why did the women not shake and pass out like the guards did?

The women looked for Jesus in the wrong place. Do people do something similar today? What are some “wrong places” people look for Jesus?

The angel orders the women to tell Jesus’s disciples that he is going ahead of them into Galilee and will meet them there. Is there a place in your life where you are most likely to meet Jesus? What is it?

Why would God reveal the resurrection first to women, making them witnesses of history’s most important event, when women’s testimony was not accepted in the courts and even the apostles didn’t believe them?

As the women hurried to carry out their assignment (v. 8), Jesus met them. Do you think this fact has something to teach us today?

In verse 10, Jesus calls the disciples his “brothers.” Does this surprise you? Does this have meaning for the rest of us?

Explain why, after 2,000 years, the resurrection of Jesus is still important.