Sermon Tone Analysis

He Appeared

Communion Service:

Jesus appeared -

Brothers and sisters at the same time

Most are still living

The Promise -

I would have been just exhausted if I went through a brutal bearing that lead to death, and going through a resurrection.

Yet, Jesus made numerous appearances following the resurrection.

appeared to Cephas,

then the twelve

more than 5 hundred

appeared to James

then to all the apostles

Last he appeared to Paul

God will not accept any worship, no matter how costly, sincere, or fervent, that is not according to the Scriptures.

Most of that which men call worship today is an abomination to God.

Our Lord said, ‘In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men’ (Matt.

15:9).

That which is not according to the Scriptures Paul calls ‘a show of wisdom in will worship …, to the satisfying of the flesh’ (Col.

2:23).

The Women enter the tomb

Going ahead of you into Galilee

Women Report to the Apostles and Peter and John visit the tomb

“When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.

But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb.

Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.”

(Luke 24:9–12, NIV)

Luke 24:9-12

Five appearances are given as occurring on the day of his resurrection, and five subsequently during the forty days.

The five appearances on this day were (1) to Mary Magdalene (John and Mark); (2) to other women (Matthew); (3) to the two going to Emmaus; (4) to Simon Peter (Luke 24:34); (5) to ten apostles and others.

Robertson, A. T. (2009).

A Harmony of the Gospels (Jn 20:2–10).

Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene and the Message to the Disciples

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene and the Message to the Disciples

[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

The New International Version.

(2011).

(Mk 16:8).

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

“When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.

She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping.

When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country.

These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”

After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.”

(Mark 16:9–20, NIV)

John 20:11-18

Jesus appears to the other women

Jerusalem.

Sunday the first day of the week

Jesus appears to the other women

The Guard reports to the Jewish rulers

The Guard reports to the Jewish rulers

Appearance to two disciples on the road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13-32

[The earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnesses do not have verses 9–20.]

The New International Version.

(2011).

(Mk 16:8).

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

The Report of the two disciples and the news of the appearance to Simon Peter

Luke 24:33-35

Jerusalem, Sunday Evening

Appeared to the disciples (without Thomas)

Luke 24:36-43

John 20:19-25

Appeared to the disciples the next Sunday Night with Thomas

1 Cor 15:5

Appeared to seven disciples beside the sea of Galilee (date uncertain - after the resurrection and before ascension).

Appearance to about 5 hundred on an appointed mountain in Galilee, and a commission given

Mark 16:15-18

Matthew 28:16-20

The meeting attended by so large a number as stated by Paul was most probably that which Jesus had appointed.

Appeared to James the Brother of Jesus

Appeared to the Disciples with Another commission

Luke 24:44-49

Last Appearance and the ascension

Location: on Olivet between Jerusalem and Bethany

Luke 24:5-53

Acts 1:9-12

Did Jesus of Nazareth, they ask, really rise from the dead?

Whether or not they realize it, they join a different throng on a different pilgrimage:

I am, of course, aware that for over two hundred years scholars have laboured to keep history and theology, or history and faith, at arm’s length from one another.

There is a good intention behind this move: each of these disciplines has its own proper shape and logic, and cannot simply be turned into a branch of the other.

Yet here of all places—with Christian origins in general, and the resurrection in particular—they are inevitably intertwined.

The shape of the book is thus determined by the two main sub-questions into which the principal question divides: what did the early Christians think had happened to Jesus, and what can we say about the plausibility of those beliefs?