The Gospel According to
Matthew 28
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The Resurrection
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
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Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.
He has risen, just as He said!
Matthew 28:6
So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him. “Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”
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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain
Question
Quick question
On the road from the tomb, the women ran straight into the One they had come to mourn.
What did the women do when Jesus met them?
The Report of the Guards
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
The council
and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’ If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
Two reports
Whiteboard
Two groups left the same empty tomb that morning. The women ran with joy to tell the truth. The guards were paid to say the disciples came by night. Both stories start from a tomb with no body in it.
Reflect
Which report will you carry?
The women ran “to tell His disciples.” The guards “took the money and did as they were instructed.” Both had seen the same morning. What makes it hard for you to tell what Jesus has done? What would help you run like the women did?
The Great Commission
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Where it happened
Back to Galilee
The angel said it, and then Jesus said it again: go to Galilee. So the eleven walked north from Jerusalem, back to the hills and the lake where it all began, “to the mountain Jesus had designated.”
Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.
go and make disciples of all nations
Matthew 28:19
I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Pray
With you always
Jesus sends ordinary, doubting, worshiping people to “make disciples of all nations,” and He promises, “I am with you always.” Pray for one person you could help to follow Jesus. Then thank Him that you will never go anywhere without Him.
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A verse to carry with you
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19–20
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