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 So, Isaiah 53, we'll be starting at verse 7.

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 And we're speaking about, it's speaking about Jesus, of course.

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 He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,

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 and like a sheep that before its shearer is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

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 By oppression and judgment he was taken away, and as for his generation who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living,

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 stricken for the transgression of my people.

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 And they made his grave with the wicked and with the rich man in his death,

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 although he had done no violence and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him.

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 He has put him to grief.

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 When his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring.

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 He shall prolong his days.

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 The will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

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 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied.

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 By his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous,

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 and he shall bear their iniquities.

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 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,

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 and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,

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 because he poured out his soul to death,

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 and he was numbered with the transgressors.

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 Yet he bore the sin of many,

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 and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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 So now from John 19 from verse 38.

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 After these things, Joseph of Arimathea,

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 who was a disciple of Jesus,

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 but secretly for the fears of the Jews,

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 asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus,

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 and Pilate gave him permission.

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 So he came and took away his body.

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 Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night,

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 came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,

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 about 75 pounds in weight.

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 So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,

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 as is the burial custom of the Jews.

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 Now in the place where he was crucified,

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 there was a garden,

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 and in the garden a new tomb,

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 in which no one had yet been laid.

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 So because of the Jewish day of preparation,

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 since the tomb was close at hand,

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 they laid Jesus there.

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 Well, on a Sunday morning,

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 exactly 1,993 years ago,

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 the 5th of April, A.D. 33,

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 the body of Jesus disappeared from his tomb.

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 And Jesus' first disciples spent that day trying to understand what had happened,

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 trying to piece together what had occurred from the clues that they saw.

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 Now, of course, we know what happened,

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 because it is the foundational event of Christian faith.

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 We know why the early Christians came to refer to Sunday as the Lord's Day.

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 We know why churches have traditionally gathered on Sundays for corporate worship.

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 There's no way really for us to recapture the confusion and the surprise of that day.

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 But the eyewitness account we're going to follow in the Gospel of John,

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 it doesn't give us the explanation up front.

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 It invites us into sort of follow the footsteps of the disciples.

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 It takes us through that day as it unfolded for the disciples.

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 Now, you all know the saying that seeing is believing.

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 And yet Christian faith involves believing what we haven't seen.

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 How can we do that?

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 How can we believe something that we haven't seen?

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 Now, of course, you could answer that question,

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 how can we believe something we haven't seen?

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 You could answer that question by saying that in reality,

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 that's true of any event in history.

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 There are all kinds of things we believe, even though we haven't seen them.

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 Any historical event, we haven't witnessed ourselves.

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 That's how history works.

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 In history, you need other reasons for believing than seeing.

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 And often what you need are reports of those who did see eyewitness accounts.

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 Well, this morning, we're going to hear the eyewitness accounts of those who were there,

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 those who did get to see, of the eyewitness accounts of Peter, John and Mary,

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 which could almost be a folk band.

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 In particular, it's the account of John, the author of John's Gospel,

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 but he's with Peter, and twice in this account,

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 Mary immediately relates her own testimony to John and the other disciples.

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 And so John incorporates Mary's testimony within his own testimony.

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 And the way this narrative unfolds, as I said,

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 is that it invites us to follow the eyewitnesses,

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 to see through their eyes,

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 as they piece together the clues of what took place that Sunday morning.

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 So first, let's take in the setting,

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 which we had in the second of those readings that Joe just did for us

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 at the end of John chapter 19.

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 After Jesus' cry on the cross of,

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 it is finished, he gave up his spirit and died.

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 And sometime later, a soldier confirmed he was dead

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 by piercing his side with a spear.

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 And then two secret disciples,

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 as in they weren't following Jesus openly, but secretly,

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 Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus,

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 they requested the body of Jesus.

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 They prepared Jesus' body for burial

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 by binding Jesus' body in linen cloths,

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 along with a significant quantity of costly spices.

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 And then in John chapter 19, verse 41,

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 we read,

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 Now in the place where he was crucified,

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 there was a garden,

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 and in the garden a new tomb,

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 in which no one had yet been laid.

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 So they placed Jesus there,

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 because it's nearby,

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 and the day of the Sabbath day,

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 which began with sundown on Friday,

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 the Sabbath day was approaching,

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 they placed Jesus there.

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 It's a new tomb, John tells us.

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 Jesus is the only one who's been laid there,

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 so that everything that subsequently took place

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 in and around that tomb must concern Jesus' body

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 and no one else's.

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 There's no possibility of confusion here.

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 So the next day was a Sabbath,

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 the day of rest,

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 and on the third day,

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 the first to arrive at this garden tomb

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 was Mary Magdalene.

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 So John tells us,

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 John chapter 20, verse 1,

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 Now on the first day of the week,

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 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early,

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 while it was still dark,

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 and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

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 Now before we think about what Mary saw,

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 let's just pause to ponder for a moment

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 the symbolism of the setting.

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 It's the first day of the week.

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 It's a beginning.

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 It's early.

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 There's darkness.

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 There's a garden.

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 But in the garden was a tomb.

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 The place of life had become a place of death.

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 Can you feel the meaning just in the setting here?

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 Can you hear the echoes of another beginning?

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 Of another darkness upon which light was about to break?

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 Of another garden?

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 Mary came to this place,

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 and what did she see?

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 She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

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 The stone which sealed the tomb had been removed.

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 The tomb had been broken open.

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 Now I wonder, have you ever come home

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 to find one of the doors of your house,

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 which you left closed,

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 standing wide open?

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 If you have experienced that,

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 it's quite an unsettling sight.

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 You come home,

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 you close the door,

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 there it is,

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 it's open.

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 If you have experienced that,

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 you probably immediately thought

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 something similar to what Mary thought at this moment.

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 Verse 2,

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 So she ran and went to Simon Peter

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 and the other disciple,

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 this is the one whom Jesus loved,

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 that's John,

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 and said to them,

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 they have taken the Lord out of the tomb,

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 and we do not know where they've laid him.

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 She immediately jumps to the conclusion

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 that Jesus' body has been taken away,

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 someone's stolen it,

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 based on the clues she had seen.

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 Now, it seems that Mary didn't enter the tomb

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 before running to alert Peter and John.

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 I wonder what you would have done

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 if you were in Mary's shoes.

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 Would you have entered the tomb?

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 If you,

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 particularly perhaps if you're a woman

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 and you come home

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 and you find that the door to your house

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 which you left closed is open,

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 are you going in?

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 What about if it's not a house

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 but it's actually a dark tomb

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 where you need to stoop down

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 in order to get into it?

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 Are you going in?

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 You probably do what Mary did.

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 But based on the clues she had seen,

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 she formed what seemed to be

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 the obvious conclusion

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 and she took what seemed to be

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 the prudent course of action.

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 She ran to fetch others.

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 Notice in passing Mary's words

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 to the disciples,

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 in verse 2,

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 they've taken the Lord out of the tomb

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 and we do not know

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 where they've laid him.

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 There's a little hint

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 that there were other women

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 present with Mary at the tomb.

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 Perhaps they ran with Mary

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 to Peter and John also.

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 Perhaps they're still at the tomb.

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 John, this account doesn't tell us.

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 But I just draw attention

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 to it in passing

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 because it's one of those points

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 at which an apparent discrepancy

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 between the four Gospels,

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 the other three Gospels

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 have multiple women at the tomb.

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 John, at first appearance,

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 seems to have just Mary.

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 An apparent discrepancy

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 is not a discrepancy at all.

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 It's just different ways

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 of telling the same story.

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 The same event being reported.

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 For whatever reason,

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 the other Gospels focus

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 on a group of women.

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 John chooses to focus

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 on one woman,

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 Mary Magdalene.

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 We'll return to Mary shortly,

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 but for now the narrative passes

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 from what Mary saw

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 to what Peter and John saw.

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 Verse 3.

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 So Peter went out

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 with the other disciple

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 and they were going

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 toward the tomb.

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 Both of them were running together,

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 but the other disciple,

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 that's John,

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 who's writing this account,

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 the other disciple,

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 outran Peter

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 and reached the tomb first.

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 Now given Mary's

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 startling announcement,

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 it isn't that surprising

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 that they ran to the tomb.

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 That's not a surprise

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 to find them running.

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 Now I like running.

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 I like running enough.

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 I'm slowing down

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 as I get older,

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 but I like running enough

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 that I still kind of

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 keep track of times

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 and try to beat

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 my previous times

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 and so on.

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 And so I can appreciate

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 verses 3 to 4.

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 It must have been nice

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 for John while honestly

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 and accurately reporting

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 what took place that day

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 just to drop into the account

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 that he ran faster

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 than his friend.

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 I mean, I'm not bragging,

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 I'm just telling what happened.

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 John reached the tomb first.

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 What did John see

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 and Peter after him?

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 And stooping down to look in,

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 he saw the linen cloths

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 lying there,

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 but he did not go in.

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 Then Simon Peter came,

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 following him,

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 and went into the tomb.

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 He saw the linen cloths

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 lying there

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 and the face cloth,

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 which had been on Jesus' head,

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 not lying with the linen cloths,

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 but folded up

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 in a place by itself.

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 Notice the careful attention

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 to detail here.

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 John doesn't tell us

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 why he didn't barge

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 right into the tomb.

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 You know, maybe it was fear,

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 maybe he was being respectful,

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 he doesn't tell us

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 why he didn't go in,

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 but I think I'd probably

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 be with John here.

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 You know, a bit of caution

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 doesn't go astray.

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 But there's no holding Peter back,

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 which is kind of in keeping

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 with what we know

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 of Peter's temperament

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 from other events

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 in the Gospels.

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 Peter arrived

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 and he just goes straight in.

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 From outside the tomb,

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 peering in,

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 bending down and peering in,

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 John could see

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 the linen cloths

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 lying there.

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 These are the cloths

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 that Jesus' body

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 had been wrapped in.

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 What's implied

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 is that the cloths

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 are there,

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 but the body isn't.

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 If the body of Jesus

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 had been there,

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 the linen cloths

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 would have been

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 wrapped around the body,

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 not just lying there.

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 I think it's also implied

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 that the spices

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 are still there,

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 although they're not

00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.680
 directly visible,

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 but the spices

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 which had been bound up

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 between layers of cloth

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 as Joseph and Nicodemus

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 had prepared Jesus' body.

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 So that's what John sees

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 inside the tomb

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 when Peter enters.

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 He can see another detail.

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 The face cloth

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 folded up

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 in a place by itself.

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 Well, emboldened

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 by Peter's example,

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 John enters the tomb

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 and he's able to take in

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 this additional detail

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 and he tells us

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 his state of mind

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 at the time.

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 Remember,

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 it's written in the third person,

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 but this is John's

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 personal testimony

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 in this account.

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 Verse 8,

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 then the other disciple,

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 John,

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 who had reached

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 the tomb first,

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 let's just drop that in again,

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 he also went in

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 and he saw

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 and believed.

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 He saw

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 and believed.

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 What did he see?

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 Now he saw

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 the whole scene

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 just as Peter

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 had,

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 nobody,

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 the linen cloths,

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 the face cloth

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 folded up

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 in a separate place

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 by itself.

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 He took in

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 these things,

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 he saw

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 these clues

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 and he believed.

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 John is,

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 he's drawing

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 connection,

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 now in his account,

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 John is

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 intentionally drawing

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 a connection

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 between seeing

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 and believing.

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 He saw

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 and he believed,

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 he believed

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 because he saw.

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 But what did he believe?

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 It seems to me

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 that what we're

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 supposed to understand

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 by this

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 is that

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 John

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 at this moment

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 believed

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 that Jesus

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 had risen

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 from the dead.

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 Now why do I say that?

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 Well,

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 have a look at verse 9.

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 Verse 8,

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 he saw

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 and believed

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 for as yet

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 they did not

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 understand

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 the scripture

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 that he must

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 rise from

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 the dead.

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 Now notice

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 the start of verse 9,

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 it says,

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 he saw

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 and believed

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 for as yet

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 they did not

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 understand,

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 he's explaining,

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 verse 9,

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 the for is explaining

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 something about

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 the verse 8.

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 What's it explaining?

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 It doesn't

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 explain

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 why he believed

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 because verse 9

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 is about something

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 they didn't understand.

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 It doesn't even

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.759
 explain

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.759
 really

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 what

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 he believed.

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 I think

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 what it does

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.740
 explain

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.299
 is

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.299
 why

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 John

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 had to

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 see

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.579
 before

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.640
 he believed.

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 That's what it

00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.700
 explains,

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 why he had to

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.039
 see before

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.759
 he believed.

00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:02.420
 Why?

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.819
 He saw

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.680
 and believed

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.619
 for as yet

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.160
 they did not

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.579
 understand

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.039
 the scripture.

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 Now John

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:10.700
 doesn't tell us

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.599
 whether Peter

00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.339
 also believed

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.940
 at this point,

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:14.059
 maybe he did,

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 maybe he didn't.

00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.359
 But John

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.119
 isn't bragging

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.420
 about,

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.279
 he's not boasting

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.980
 about believing

00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.200
 here,

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 if anything

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.200
 he's saying,

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 I should have

00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:24.799
 believed earlier,

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 I should have

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.960
 already known

00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:28.440
 this,

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:29.940
 that Jesus

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.480
 would rise

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.099
 from the dead,

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 I should have

00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.279
 known this

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 would happen

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 because the

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.259
 scripture said

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.640
 so.

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 Of course,

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 not only

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 did scriptures

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.299
 like Isaiah

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 53,

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 which Joe

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 read for us

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.640
 in Psalm

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 16,

00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.259
 prophesy,

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.000
 predict this

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.440
 event,

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:45.579
 that the

00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:45.960
 Messiah,

00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.460
 the Christ

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.220
 would rise,

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.039
 but Jesus

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.059
 himself had

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.559
 told his

00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.039
 disciples

00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.119
 multiple times

00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.960
 that he

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 would rise

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.059
 after three

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.500
 days.

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.319
 Perhaps

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:56.680
 Jesus'

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.379
 words are

00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:57.680
 there in

00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:57.960
 the back

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.420
 of John's

00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:58.740
 mind

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.259
 somewhere.

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.619
 But why

00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.119
 is it that

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:02.779
 seeing these

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.140
 things in

00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:03.380
 particular,

00:19:03.520 --> 00:19:03.960
 seeing the

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.600
 linen cloth,

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.100
 seeing the

00:19:05.100 --> 00:19:05.600
 folded up

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:05.980
 face cloth,

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.640
 why is it

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.160
 that seeing

00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:08.220
 these things

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.240
 would prompt

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.780
 John to

00:19:09.780 --> 00:19:10.500
 believe that

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.020
 Jesus was

00:19:11.020 --> 00:19:11.480
 alive?

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.880
 You might

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.360
 say it's a

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.140
 hasty conclusion,

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.000
 it goes beyond

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.720
 the evidence.

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.000
 But it's,

00:19:20.820 --> 00:19:21.720
 I think it is,

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.120
 if you think

00:19:22.120 --> 00:19:22.460
 about it,

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:22.860
 if you reflect

00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.240
 on it,

00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:23.880
 it is,

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:26.400
 what John

00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.480
 saw did

00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:28.320
 make other

00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:29.240
 conclusions

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.440
 less likely.

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:33.279
 intrinsically

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.900
 less likely.

00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.200
 So let's

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.680
 consider some

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:35.860
 other

00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.340
 conclusions.

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.759
 Conclusion

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:36.940
 one,

00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:38.519
 someone took

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.059
 the body,

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.120
 someone stole

00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.440
 Jesus'

00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:40.820
 body.

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.480
 Well,

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.019
 if someone

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.860
 broke into

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.360
 the tomb

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.039
 and took

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.460
 Jesus'

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:45.980
 body,

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.600
 it's very

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.559
 unlikely that

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:48.940
 they would

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:50.700
 have removed

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.440
 the cloths

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:51.920
 first.

00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.700
 They'd just

00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.460
 grab the

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.860
 body with

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.539
 the cloths,

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:55.980
 the only

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.340
 body in

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:56.779
 the tomb.

00:19:56.779 --> 00:20:00.200
 on the

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.539
 other hand,

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.279
 if it were

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.920
 grave robbers,

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.160
 I mean,

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.660
 it's not like

00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.299
 Jesus wasn't

00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:04.420
 buried with a

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:04.920
 chest of

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.399
 treasure or

00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:05.639
 anything,

00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.619
 but if it was

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.319
 grave robbers,

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.759
 what would

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.079
 they have

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.319
 done?

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:08.960
 They would

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.619
 have left

00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:11.119
 the body

00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:12.539
 and taken

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.940
 the linen

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.740
 cloths,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.759
 because they

00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:14.960
 were the

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.259
 only thing

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.779
 of value.

00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:19.639
 So either

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.599
 the body

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.319
 and cloths

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.720
 are gone

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.180
 together,

00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.099
 or the

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.599
 cloths are

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:24.980
 gone and

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.480
 the body's

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.920
 left,

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.920
 but who

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.299
 would take

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:28.660
 just the

00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:28.900
 body?

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.500
 And whoever

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.620
 they were,

00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:34.279
 you know,

00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:34.839
 if they're

00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.279
 coming in,

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.700
 they're breaking

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.059
 into the

00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.420
 tomb and

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.240
 taking something

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.779
 or someone,

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.240
 or if they're

00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:39.680
 up to no

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:39.920
 good,

00:20:39.980 --> 00:20:40.240
 they would

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.519
 have just

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.000
 snatched what

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.360
 they wanted

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.740
 and left.

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.079
 They wouldn't

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.339
 have gone

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:42.539
 to the

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.000
 effort of

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.860
 neatly

00:20:43.860 --> 00:20:44.640
 folding up

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.380
 the face

00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.740
 cloth.

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:48.940
 No,

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.160
 John seems

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.799
 to reach the

00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:52.539
 conclusion here

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.079
 that the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.480
 burial cloths

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.000
 are left

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.359
 in the

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.799
 tomb

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.680
 because

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.039
 Jesus

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.460
 had no

00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:58.799
 need of

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:58.920
 them

00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.299
 anymore.

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.859
 For that

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.160
 simple

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.579
 reason.

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.460
 Of course,

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:05.740
 at this

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.059
 stage,

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.420
 John's

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.119
 belief may

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.480
 have only

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.720
 been

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.140
 hesitant,

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.819
 uncertain,

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.579
 incomplete.

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.960
 There are

00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:11.440
 more things

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.960
 John will

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.440
 see in

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:12.859
 time.

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:15.059
 But John,

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.099
 as he tells

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.579
 his account,

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.319
 he wants

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.660
 us to

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:20.220
 know that

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.099
 his belief

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.200
 was based

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.759
 on what

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.380
 he saw.

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.620
 He saw

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:26.019
 and believed.

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.700
 His belief

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.039
 was not

00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.460
 based on

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:27.720
 what he

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.380
 expected,

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.279
 he didn't

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.880
 yet understand

00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.380
 the scriptures,

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.799
 it was

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.279
 based on

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.720
 what he

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.559
 saw.

00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:35.740
 Well,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.240
 having seen

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.900
 and believed,

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.799
 verse 10,

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.160
 then the

00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:38.900
 disciples went

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.259
 back to

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.860
 their homes.

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.319
 And now

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.000
 we return

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.400
 to the

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:42.740
 one with

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.100
 whom this

00:21:43.100 --> 00:21:43.680
 day began,

00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.700
 Mary Magdalene,

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.120
 and what

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:47.140
 Mary saw

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.740
 next.

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:51.500
 Mary had

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.579
 not seen

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.120
 what Peter

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.559
 and John

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:53.859
 saw.

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 I mean,

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.400
 perhaps,

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.240
 I think it's

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.819
 likely she

00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.319
 was still

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.680
 on her

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.180
 way back

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.519
 to the

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.440
 tomb when

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.000
 they reached

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.500
 the tomb.

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.440
 But verse

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.200
 11 leads

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.839
 with Mary's

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.720
 emotional state,

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.559
 but Mary

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:06.319
 stood weeping

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:07.579
 outside the

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:07.960
 tomb,

00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.279
 and as she

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.579
 wept,

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.599
 she stooped

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:11.160
 to look

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.900
 into the

00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.240
 tomb.

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.839
 Notice

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.440
 that Mary's

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.099
 weeping is

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:16.079
 mentioned twice

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.620
 in this

00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.019
 verse.

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.700
 She's

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.079
 weeping

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.440
 because

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:20.160
 Jesus,

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.859
 her Lord,

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.839
 her friend,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.900
 had been

00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:24.620
 cruelly put

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.180
 to death.

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.620
 She's

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.019
 weeping

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.460
 because,

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.359
 as best

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.759
 she could

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.200
 judge,

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.019
 his tomb

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.359
 had been

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.259
 broken open

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.640
 and his

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:31.940
 body

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.440
 taken.

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.940
 She's

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.400
 weeping,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.740
 she's

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.160
 grieving

00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.000
 over death

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.859
 and loss,

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.819
 and she

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.279
 stooped

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.559
 to look

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:41.920
 into the

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.180
 tomb,

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.859
 as John

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.460
 had done

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.859
 when he

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.519
 first arrived

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:44.799
 at the

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.099
 tomb,

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:46.620
 and we

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.220
 expect her

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.559
 to see

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.100
 what John

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.519
 saw.

00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:50.380
 But instead,

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.480
 she sees

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.240
 something else.

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:53.640
 Verse 12,

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.620
 and she

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:57.559
 saw two

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.860
 angels in

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.339
 white,

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.019
 sitting where

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.539
 the body

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.120
 of Jesus

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.960
 had lain,

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.299
 one at

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.900
 the head

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:06.059
 and one

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.420
 at the

00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.759
 feet.

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.880
 Now,

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.299
 presumably,

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.759
 the linen

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.279
 cloths are

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.819
 still there,

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.720
 although perhaps

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.299
 Peter and

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.700
 John took

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:12.860
 them,

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.140
 I don't

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.420
 know.

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:15.200
 but the

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.120
 surprise for

00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.600
 Mary is,

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.200
 I mean,

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.580
 again,

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.120
 Jesus'

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.720
 body isn't

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:18.920
 there,

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.340
 but she

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.759
 sees these

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.420
 two angels

00:23:20.420 --> 00:23:21.019
 dressed in

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.360
 white.

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.300
 They are

00:23:23.300 --> 00:23:23.519
 there,

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.080
 but Jesus

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.560
 is not.

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:24.900
 They're

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:26.019
 sitting where

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.460
 Jesus'

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.880
 body had

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.500
 lain.

00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:31.000
 Now,

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.220
 the thing

00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:32.019
 about angels,

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.100
 the whole

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.519
 thing about

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:34.779
 angels,

00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.180
 their whole

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.480
 shtick,

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:35.860
 really,

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.840
 is that

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:38.140
 angels are

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.759
 messengers,

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:38.759


00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.420
 They deliver

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:39.920
 messages.

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.300
 In fact,

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:40.740
 the word

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.539
 angel can,

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.680
 in other

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:42.920
 contexts,

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.240
 just be

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.019
 translated as

00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:44.420
 messenger.

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.440
 In the

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.160
 other gospels,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.500
 Matthew,

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:47.980
 Mark and

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.220
 Luke,

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.860
 these angels

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.740
 deliver a

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.300
 message to

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.660
 the women

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.060
 at the

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.380
 tomb.

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.640
 But here

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.060
 in John,

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.620
 they simply

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.960
 ask Mary

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.779
 a question.

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.440
 Verse 13,

00:23:59.519 --> 00:23:59.900
 they said

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:00.400
 to her,

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.519
 Woman,

00:24:02.560 --> 00:24:03.860
 why are

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:04.680
 you weeping?

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.400
 We've been

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:08.240
 told twice in

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.380
 verse 11 that

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.260
 Mary was

00:24:10.260 --> 00:24:10.680
 weeping,

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.600
 and now

00:24:11.600 --> 00:24:12.520
 the angels

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:13.100
 ask her,

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.600
 why are

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.000
 you weeping?

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.260
 And the

00:24:14.260 --> 00:24:14.580
 question,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.000
 I think it

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.480
 strikes us

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.800
 as a bit

00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.120
 odd,

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.980
 doesn't it?

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.700
 I mean,

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.180
 maybe even

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.440
 a bit

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:18.940
 callous.

00:24:19.020 --> 00:24:20.380
 If you

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.340
 went to

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.100
 a funeral

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.900
 and you

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.940
 turned to

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.520
 someone who

00:24:25.520 --> 00:24:27.120
 was crying

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.900
 next to you

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.360
 and said,

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.420
 Woman,

00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:30.220
 why are

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.860
 you weeping?

00:24:32.020 --> 00:24:33.000
 I think

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.780
 they'd

00:24:33.780 --> 00:24:34.060
 probably

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.520
 throw you

00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:34.820
 out.

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:39.519
 I mean,

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.000
 Mary's

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.339
 weeping

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.779
 really

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.220
 shouldn't

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.779
 require an

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.279
 explanation.

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.539
 Weeping's

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.700
 what one

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.179
 does at

00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:46.619
 a tomb.

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.319
 Jesus

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.799
 wept at

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.139
 the tomb

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.980
 of Lazarus,

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.740
 Mary weeps

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.200
 at the tomb

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.740
 of Jesus.

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.740
 So,

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.019
 what are

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.519
 these angels

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.240
 saying by

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.939
 their question?

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.179
 Woman,

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.659
 why are

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.220
 you weeping?

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.480
 Verse 13

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.740
 again,

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.420
 she said

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.880
 to them,

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.779
 they have

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.880
 taken away

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.859
 my Lord

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:06.279
 and I

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.819
 do not

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.319
 know where

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.680
 they have

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.240
 laid him.

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.259
 Now,

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.660
 it may

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.400
 in part

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.740
 be an

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.200
 answer to

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.720
 the angel's

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.059
 question.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.359
 This is

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.740
 one of the

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.299
 reasons she's

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.960
 crying because

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.960
 she doesn't

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.299
 know where

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.559
 Jesus'

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.180
 body is.

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.400
 She's

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.980
 distressed.

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.299
 But it

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.000
 also shows

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.579
 she's still

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:22.880
 in the

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.259
 same

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.900
 frame of

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.660
 mind as

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.200
 when she

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:28.059
 first went

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.440
 to Peter

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.819
 and John

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.220
 back in

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.779
 verse 2.

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.240
 She thinks

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.680
 someone's

00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.059
 taken,

00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.299
 people have

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.940
 taken Jesus'

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.660
 body away.

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.480
 But in

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:37.940
 verse 2,

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.339
 she said

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.799
 to Peter

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.519
 and John,

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.859
 the Lord

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:44.039
 and we

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.620
 do not

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.000
 know.

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.220
 Now,

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.660
 she says

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:46.940
 to the

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:47.279
 angels,

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:49.380
 my Lord

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.259
 and I

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.720
 do not

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.099
 know.

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.880
 In her

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.299
 grief,

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.099
 her world

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:56.259
 has shrunk

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.240
 just to

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.980
 her Lord

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.220
 and her

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.720
 confusion.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.700
 the

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.059
 angels

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.380
 don't

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.700
 answer.

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:03.920
 In

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.160
 fact,

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.259
 that's

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.519
 all we

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:05.799
 hear of

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:05.920
 the

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.200
 angels

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.420
 in

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.700
 John's

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.000
 Gospel.

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.500
 Still in

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.000
 despair and

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.480
 confusion,

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.359
 Mary turns

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.799
 away from

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.240
 the tomb

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.880
 and she

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.240
 sees

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.599
 something

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.059
 else.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.660
 Verse 14,

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.640
 having said

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:15.880
 this,

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.559
 she turned

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.640
 around and

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.359
 saw

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.859
 Jesus

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:21.460
 standing,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.519
 but

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.960
 she did

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.480
 not know

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.779
 that it

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:25.940
 was

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.480
 Jesus.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.259
 Jesus

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.860
 said to

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.180
 her,

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:33.980
 woman,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.099
 why are

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.360
 you

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:36.900
 weeping?

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.779
 Whom

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.440
 are you

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.880
 seeking?

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.259
 She

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.599
 sees

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:42.819
 Jesus,

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.200
 she doesn't

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.519
 realise

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.759
 it's

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.079
 Jesus.

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.000
 This

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.339
 new

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.620
 man

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.000
 asks

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.120
 her

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.319
 the

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.640
 same

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.039
 question

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.180
 as

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.339
 the

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.640
 angels

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:47.860
 and

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.019
 then

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.200
 a

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.440
 second

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.000
 question.

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.119
 But now

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.380
 these

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.819
 questions

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.500
 take on

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.400
 new

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.819
 meaning,

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.140
 don't

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.420
 they?

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.019
 Jesus'

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.799
 questions

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.700
 to

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:00.960
 Mary

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.460
 are not

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.799
 to

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.500
 belittle

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:04.359
 or mock

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.319
 her grief.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.660
 Rather,

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.059
 Jesus'

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.640
 questions

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.660
 are to

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.819
 answer

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.960
 Mary's

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.359
 grief.

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.640
 Why

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:15.220
 are you

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.720
 weeping?

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.599
 There's

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.079
 no need

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.759
 for tears.

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.720
 whom

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.259
 are you

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.619
 seeking?

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.220
 I'm

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.640
 standing

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:23.960
 right

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.339
 here.

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.880
 It was

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.460
 right for

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.079
 Jesus to

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.500
 weep at

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.880
 the tomb

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.059
 of

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.640
 Lazarus

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.319
 when

00:27:30.319 --> 00:27:30.859
 Lazarus

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.259
 was still

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.539
 in the

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:31.880
 tomb.

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.960
 But why

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.259
 should

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.619
 Mary

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.519
 weep at

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.880
 the tomb

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.519
 of Jesus

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.720
 when the

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.059
 tomb

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.680
 was empty?

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:40.799
 But

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.200
 Mary's

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.579
 not there

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.880
 yet.

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.140
 She

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.359
 hasn't

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.599
 caught

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:43.920
 up.

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.700
 Verse

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.220
 15,

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.059
 supposing

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.440
 him to

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.799
 be the

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.299
 gardener,

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.460
 she

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.900
 said to

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.100
 him,

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.640
 sir,

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.280
 if you

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.540
 have

00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:50.920
 carried

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.400
 him away,

00:27:51.580 --> 00:27:52.080
 tell me

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.500
 where you

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.900
 have laid

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.540
 him and

00:27:53.540 --> 00:27:53.980
 I will

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.460
 take him

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:54.840
 away.

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.440
 I mean,

00:27:58.560 --> 00:27:59.420
 supposing him

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.860
 to be the

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.220
 gardener,

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.820
 we're reminded

00:28:00.820 --> 00:28:01.480
 again of

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.519
 the garden

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:04.120
 and perhaps

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:05.800
 of another

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.240
 garden.

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.400
 Remember

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.820
 that at

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.360
 creation,

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.740
 the first

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.340
 man was

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:12.040
 placed in

00:28:12.040 --> 00:28:12.600
 Eden to

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:12.960
 be a

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.420
 gardener,

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.120
 and so

00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.580
 now at

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.259
 the dawn

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.559
 of a

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.759
 new

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.259
 creation,

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:16.519
 the

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.859
 last

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.220
 man

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.099
 appears

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.779
 as a

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.220
 gardener

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.400
 at

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.900
 first.

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.759
 Verse

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.119
 16,

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.519
 Jesus

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.079
 said to

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.440
 her,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.460
 Mary,

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.579
 and she

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.180
 turned and

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.579
 said to

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.960
 him in

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.599
 Aramaic,

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.400
 Rabboni,

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.839
 which means

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:35.079
 teacher.

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.400
 Jesus

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:37.379
 speaks her

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.759
 name.

00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.539
 And we're

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.160
 told again

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.660
 that Mary

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.140
 turned,

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.779
 perhaps she

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.299
 hadn't looked

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.960
 directly at

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.259
 Jesus

00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:45.000
 previously,

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.579
 but now

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.259
 she faces

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.599
 him directly

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.259
 full on.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.059
 She hears

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.619
 his voice,

00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.779
 she recognises

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.539
 his call,

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.419
 she turns

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.940
 to him and

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.399
 she says

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.940
 Rabboni,

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.180
 and this

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.519
 is one of

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.720
 those few

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.339
 times in

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.159
 the Gospels,

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.059
 which the

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.480
 Gospels were

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.899
 written in

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.259
 Greek,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.879
 but one of

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.240
 those few

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.619
 times in

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.079
 the Gospels

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.519
 where we're

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.919
 given the

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:04.220
 exact Aramaic

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.940
 word which

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.500
 was spoken

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.119
 at that

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.519
 moment.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.559
 It draws

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.259
 us in as

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.019
 readers even

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.879
 closer to

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:12.180
 this precise

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.680
 moment.

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.819
 As we

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.259
 hear the

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.700
 word she

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.079
 said.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.460
 We can

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.919
 picture at

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.419
 this moment

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.339
 Mary falling

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.839
 to her

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.379
 knees,

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.399
 clinging

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.159
 onto Jesus'

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:25.059
 feet as

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.519
 joy,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.319
 relief and

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.240
 amazement and

00:29:27.240 --> 00:29:28.579
 awe wash

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.240
 over her.

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.639
 But Jesus'

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.339
 resurrection

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:36.440
 was not merely

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.259
 a return to

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.200
 life as it

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.659
 had been

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.180
 before,

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.940
 nor was it

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.460
 for Mary

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.059
 alone.

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.779
 So verse

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.419
 17,

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:47.659
 Jesus said

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.079
 to her,

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.460
 do not

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:49.980
 cling to

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.319
 me,

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.759
 for I

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.359
 have not

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:53.279
 yet ascended

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.700
 to the

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.099
 Father,

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.799
 but go

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.299
 to my

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.819
 brothers and

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.299
 say to

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.579
 them,

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.539
 I am

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.559
 ascending to

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.240
 my Father

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:01.779
 and your

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.240
 Father,

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.359
 to my

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.839
 God

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.940
 and your

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.359
 God.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.759
 Now there's

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.259
 an awful lot

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.859
 we could unpack

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.460
 here in these

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.059
 words of Jesus

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.839
 in verse 17,

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.359
 more than we

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.199
 have time

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.839
 for today.

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.539
 Briefly to

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.039
 touch on a

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.559
 few things,

00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.199
 Jesus says

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.539
 he would

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.779
 soon ascend

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.719
 to the

00:30:18.719 --> 00:30:19.299
 Father as

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.659
 he'd already

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.119
 promised,

00:30:20.959 --> 00:30:21.459
 but Jesus'

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.399
 ascension to

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:22.979
 the Father is

00:30:22.979 --> 00:30:23.519
 more than a

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.039
 return,

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.659
 it's also an

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.259
 elevation.

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.479
 Jesus would

00:30:28.479 --> 00:30:30.279
 ascend to

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.979
 his position

00:30:30.979 --> 00:30:31.619
 of authority

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.279
 with the

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.019
 Father in

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.500
 glory.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.740
 He would

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.019
 not,

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.679
 Jesus says,

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.179
 at this

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:38.359
 time remain

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.299
 bodily with

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.039
 his disciples.

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.399
 Instead he

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.619
 would,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.099
 as he'd

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.500
 previously

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.839
 taught,

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.159
 he would

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.700
 send forth

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.019
 another

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.759
 counsellor.

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.279
 For the

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.980
 next stage

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.460
 of God's

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.960
 plan that

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.379
 was about

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:50.180
 to unfold,

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:50.919
 Jesus'

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.839
 presence with

00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:52.559
 his disciples

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.119
 would be

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.440
 in the

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.940
 person of

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.099
 the

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.559
 Spirit.

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.039
 He says,

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.359
 I've not

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.000
 yet ascended

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.359
 to the

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.700
 Father.

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:00.960
 This is

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.339
 the first

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.740
 time that

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.099
 Jesus,

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.940
 in John's

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.240
 Gospel,

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.839
 we see it

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.599
 also in Luke,

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.059
 this is the

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.779
 first time in

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.379
 John's

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:08.599
 Gospel,

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.160
 that Jesus

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.920
 calls his

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.399
 followers,

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.059
 my

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.059
 brothers,

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.119
 my

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.720
 brothers.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.759
 A new

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.339
 family had

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.180
 been established

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.599
 by Jesus'

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.039
 death and

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.480
 resurrection.

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.579
 A new

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.160
 family in

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.680
 which we,

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.399
 as Jesus,

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.039
 call on

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:25.399
 God as

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.740
 Father,

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.180
 and yet

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.500
 Jesus'

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.119
 relationship

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.480
 with the

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.940
 Father is

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.339
 distinct

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.019
 from ours.

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.660
 Jesus

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.960
 says,

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.420
 he's my

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.079
 Father and

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.299
 your

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.619
 Father,

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.099
 he's my

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.440
 God and

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.639
 your

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.039
 God.

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.599
 There's a

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.799
 sense in

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.099
 which

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.419
 the

00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:38.919
 Father

00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:40.079
 is

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.659
 Jesus'

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.059
 God,

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.259
 the

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.679
 sense in

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:41.839
 which

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:42.699
 the

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:42.980
 Father

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.179
 is

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.480
 Jesus'

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:43.980
 Father

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.819
 is

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.539
 distinct

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.839
 from the

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:46.119
 sense in

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.399
 which he's

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.599
 our

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.819
 Father.

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.019
 The

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.379
 sense in

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.579
 which

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.019
 God

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.159
 the

00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:48.379
 Father

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.539
 is

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.819
 Jesus'

00:31:48.959 --> 00:31:49.119
 God

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.319
 is

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.839
 distinct

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.159
 from the

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:50.480
 sense in

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.959
 which he

00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:51.079
 is

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.279
 our

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.619
 God.

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:52.919
 There's

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.119
 some

00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:53.939
 deep

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.500
 Trinitarian

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.980
 reflection

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.319
 we could

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.559
 do on

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.699
 this

00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:55.980
 verse,

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.199
 but

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.639
 we'll

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:56.859
 move

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.099
 on.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.000
 I

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.119
 want

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.219
 to

00:31:59.219 --> 00:31:59.439
 close

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.599
 with

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.839
 two

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.279
 thoughts.

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.279
 First,

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.679
 Mary's

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:05.219
 announcement,

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:08.920
 weeping,

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.860
 verse 18,

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.100
 Mary Magdalene

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:13.620
 went and

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.240
 announced to

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.360
 the

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.880
 disciples,

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.480
 I have

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.420
 seen the

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:17.920
 Lord,

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.180
 and that

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:19.480
 he had

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.019
 said these

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.660
 things to

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.900
 her.

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.480
 I've seen

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.960
 the Lord.

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:23.779
 I mean,

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:24.019
 again,

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.539
 we've got that

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.299
 key verb

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.700
 that's been

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.360
 throughout this

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.720
 account,

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.319
 seen,

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.860
 I have

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:29.120
 seen the

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.600
 Lord.

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.980
 just as

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.719
 John saw

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.480
 and believed,

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.299
 Mary had

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.919
 now seen

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:34.359
 and she

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.919
 believed.

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.339
 The next

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.639
 verses,

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.019
 the rest

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.240
 of the

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.539
 chapter,

00:32:38.659 --> 00:32:39.159
 would relate

00:32:39.159 --> 00:32:40.359
 how the

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.579
 other

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.480
 disciples also

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.259
 came to

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.779
 see Jesus

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.639
 and believe,

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.740
 including

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.059
 John and

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.359
 Peter.

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:53.619
 why all

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:53.779
 this

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.159
 emphasis

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.699
 on what

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:55.259
 Mary and

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.379
 the

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.819
 disciples

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.500
 saw?

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.000
 Well,

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.599
 the Bible

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.479
 records this,

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.619
 it's for

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.019
 us,

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.519
 it's for

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.099
 our sake.

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.699
 Jesus

00:33:06.699 --> 00:33:07.259
 would soon

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.699
 say to

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:07.859
 his

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.379
 disciples,

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:10.199
 because you

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.740
 have seen

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.059
 me,

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.019
 you have

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.639
 believed,

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.559
 blessed are

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:16.279
 those who

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.159
 have not

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.759
 seen and

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.220
 yet have

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.800
 believed.

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.880
 Jesus is

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.380
 talking about

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.800
 us.

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.800
 We haven't

00:33:24.800 --> 00:33:25.560
 seen Jesus,

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.620
 but God

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:28.580
 wants everyone

00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:29.300
 to know

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:30.779
 that Jesus

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.340
 rose from

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:31.779
 the dead,

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:33.519
 even those,

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:35.200
 the thousands,

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.740
 the millions,

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.279
 the billions

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.660
 that would

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.120
 follow,

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.360
 to know that

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:39.100
 Jesus rose from

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.279
 the dead,

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.920
 even though we

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.240
 have not

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.580
 seen.

00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:43.120
 God wants

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.720
 everyone to

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.100
 know that

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.640
 Jesus is

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.340
 alive and

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.940
 that he is

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.460
 Lord.

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.840
 And because

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.400
 God wants

00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.320
 us all to

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:49.779
 know this

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.100
 too,

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.060
 the disciples

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.720
 wrote this

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.360
 down so

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:52.800
 that we

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.320
 could in

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:53.800
 a sense

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:54.440
 see what

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.060
 they see,

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.640
 what they

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.000
 saw.

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.340
 They wrote

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:58.779
 down what

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.380
 they saw,

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.400
 the stone

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.920
 rolled away

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.259
 from the

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.580
 tomb,

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.560
 the linen

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.380
 cloths lying

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.700
 in the

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.040
 tomb,

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.800
 the wrapping

00:34:04.800 --> 00:34:05.360
 for Jesus'

00:34:05.560 --> 00:34:06.200
 head folded

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.779
 in a separate

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.259
 place,

00:34:07.540 --> 00:34:08.159
 two angels

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.559
 at the

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:08.920
 tomb,

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.860
 and finally

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.740
 Jesus himself,

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.220
 they wrote

00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.639
 down what

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.300
 they saw,

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.039
 so that even

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.579
 though we

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.220
 haven't seen

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.739
 Jesus,

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:16.799
 we too

00:34:16.799 --> 00:34:17.579
 could believe

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.339
 that he

00:34:18.339 --> 00:34:18.959
 is alive.

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.480
 That that

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.480
 Jesus bodily

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.159
 rose from

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.579
 the dead

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.959
 on the

00:34:24.959 --> 00:34:25.500
 third day

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.079
 after his

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.759
 crucifixion

00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.719
 is absolutely

00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.599
 foundational

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.500
 to faith.

00:34:30.939 --> 00:34:31.399
 Christian

00:34:31.399 --> 00:34:32.239
 faith is

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.959
 resurrection

00:34:32.959 --> 00:34:33.639
 faith.

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:35.579
 Paul,

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:36.579
 that enemy

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.799
 of the

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.259
 church

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:38.839
 turned

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.299
 apostle,

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.459
 he is

00:34:40.459 --> 00:34:41.059
 another who

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.920
 believed

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.179
 because he

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.539
 saw.

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.099
 He wrote

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.599
 that Jesus'

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.179
 resurrection

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.699
 is of

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.679
 first importance.

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:49.739
 If Christ

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.119
 has not

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.739
 been raised,

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.259
 Paul wrote,

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.739
 our faith

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.579
 is futile.

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.420
 The

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.840
 resurrection

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.019
 of Jesus

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:58.119
 means first

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.799
 that he

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.779
 is Lord.

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.380
 He has

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.139
 conquered sin,

00:35:02.259 --> 00:35:02.799
 he's conquered

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.159
 death,

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.679
 he's conquered

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.139
 the devil,

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.039
 he's victorious

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.840
 over all of

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.460
 God's enemies,

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.539
 he's exalted,

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:08.380
 he's appointed

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.199
 by God the

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.759
 Father as

00:35:09.759 --> 00:35:10.539
 Lord of all,

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.159
 as ruler

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.000
 and judge

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.679
 of all.

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:13.920
 And so

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.420
 in Romans

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.139
 10 verse

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.719
 9 Paul

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.019
 says,

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.500
 if you

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.259
 confess with

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.860
 your mouth

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.699
 that Jesus

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.420
 is Lord

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.219
 and believe

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.599
 in your

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.179
 heart that

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.880
 God raised

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.159
 him from

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.539
 the dead,

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.340
 you will

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.239
 be saved.

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.099
 That is

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.279
 the,

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.980
 that's what

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.699
 we confess,

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.000
 that's what

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.360
 we believe,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.860
 those two

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.639
 belong together,

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.759
 confessing

00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.159
 that Jesus

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.639
 is Lord,

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.300
 believing that

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.800
 God raised

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.039
 him from

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.519
 the dead,

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.519
 that is

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.940
 Christian

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.420
 faith.

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.920
 If the

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.400
 body of

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.720
 Jesus

00:35:40.720 --> 00:35:41.420
 remained in

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.980
 the tomb,

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.659
 if he's

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.200
 still buried

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.579
 there,

00:35:44.740 --> 00:35:45.200
 he might

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.500
 be an

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.039
 inspiring

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.619
 example,

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.500
 he might

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.780
 be a

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.119
 noble

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.619
 martyr,

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.460
 but if

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.059
 the tomb

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.920
 is empty,

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:52.960
 he is

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.639
 Lord,

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:56.099
 the living

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.639
 Lord.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.440
 We can

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.980
 say with

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.420
 Mary,

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.099
 Jesus is

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:03.559
 Lord,

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.639
 indeed each

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.300
 of us must

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.760
 say with

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:06.320
 Mary,

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.019
 not only that

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:07.679
 Jesus is

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.519
 the Lord,

00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.219
 but that

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:10.219
 Jesus is

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:12.079
 my Lord.

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.780
 The one

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.360
 who conquered

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.900
 death has

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.619
 all authority,

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.340
 there's nothing

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.420
 beyond his

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.159
 rule and

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.599
 power,

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.219
 and now it

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.980
 just remains

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.539
 for the world

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.380
 to hear this.

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:25.519
 Mary Magdalene's

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.259
 initial

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.960
 announcement

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.300
 must be

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.900
 carried to

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.559
 all nations.

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.980
 Think of

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.340
 the most

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.139
 dark and

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.559
 dismal

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.340
 situations

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.900
 in our

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.699
 world today.

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:37.960
 there is

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.460
 none,

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.119
 no matter

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.219
 how grim,

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.879
 that could

00:36:41.879 --> 00:36:42.399
 not be

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:43.119
 transformed

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.819
 by the

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.519
 news that

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.439
 Jesus rose

00:36:45.439 --> 00:36:45.799
 from the

00:36:45.799 --> 00:36:46.099
 dead.

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.819
 With

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.639
 our church

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.179
 small group

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:53.579
 last week,

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.239
 we had

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:56.319
 a social

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:56.759
 where

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.199
 Catherine

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.519
 Gibbons

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.859
 took us

00:36:57.859 --> 00:36:58.219
 through some

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.939
 slides of

00:36:58.939 --> 00:36:59.359
 her recent

00:36:59.359 --> 00:36:59.980
 holiday in

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.179
 West

00:37:00.179 --> 00:37:00.579
 Papua,

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:01.639
 where she

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.119
 visited a

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.599
 number of

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.980
 small villages

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:05.699
 during a

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.219
 cruise around

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.679
 parts of

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:07.159
 West Papua.

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.039
 Catherine

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.519
 showed us a

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.860
 bunch of

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.440
 churches and

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.740
 so on,

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:14.079
 and told us

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.840
 how openly

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.740
 the people of

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.280
 West Papua were

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.900
 speaking about

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.079
 this,

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.740
 that once a

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.099
 year,

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.440
 people will

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.119
 come together

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.840
 for a service

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.719
 of celebration

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.800
 and thanksgiving,

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:24.000
 thanking God

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.360
 for the

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.760
 Christian

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.599
 missionaries

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.559
 who first

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.119
 came to

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:27.980
 tell Papuans

00:37:27.980 --> 00:37:28.740
 that Jesus

00:37:28.740 --> 00:37:29.360
 is the risen

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.800
 Lord of

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.059
 all.

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:32.219
 And they

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:32.840
 relate how

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.519
 before they

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.219
 knew Jesus

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.960
 their lives

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.659
 were brutal

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.340
 and full of

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.119
 violence and

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.460
 death,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.519
 tribe warring

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.480
 against tribe,

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.539
 but the

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:42.059
 gospel has

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.860
 brought peace

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.679
 and life

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.440
 and love

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.860
 and transformed

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.980
 their society.

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:50.039
 Max

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.219
 Stiles tells

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:51.699
 in his book

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.199
 The Marks of

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.639
 the Messenger

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.980
 of how the

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.599
 day after

00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:55.539
 September 11,

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.199
 the terrorist

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:57.719
 attack on the

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.179
 World Trade

00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.480
 Centre,

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.119
 the day

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.820
 after September

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.199
 11,

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.099
 he banged

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:01.860
 a for sale

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.699
 sign in the

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.199
 front yard

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.460
 of his

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.880
 house and

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.519
 prepared to

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.960
 move with

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.420
 his family

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:07.539
 to Dubai

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:09.500
 because he

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.179
 was convinced

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.400
 that the

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.880
 church's

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.579
 response to

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.019
 the horrific

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.880
 events of

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:15.079
 September 11

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:16.699
 must be

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.539
 missionary,

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:19.980
 not military.

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.099
 I'm not

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.500
 making a

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.179
 political comment

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.480
 here,

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:24.760
 I'm speaking

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.139
 to the

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.599
 church.

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:25.659
 church.

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.219
 The

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.239
 Middle East

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:30.480
 needs

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.239
 Christian

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.779
 mission

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.699
 now more

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.139
 than ever.

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.299
 The main

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.739
 problem in

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.039
 the Middle

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.559
 East is not

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.179
 oil or

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.900
 nuclear weapons

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.539
 or oppressive

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.059
 government,

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.920
 the problem

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.779
 is that too

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.719
 few people

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.900
 know that

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.739
 Jesus rose

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.079
 from the

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.619
 dead and

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.980
 that he

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:47.400
 is Lord

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.860
 of all.

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:52.720
 The

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.079
 resurrection

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.620
 of Jesus

00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:54.160
 means that

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:54.420
 he is

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.840
 Lord and

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.059
 if the

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.320
 resurrection

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.680
 of Jesus

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.079
 means that

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.300
 he is

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.500
 Lord,

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.900
 it also

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.360
 means that

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.660
 he is

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:58.220
 the life

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.579
 giver.

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.980
 He's the

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.660
 life giver.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.000
 He's overcome

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.640
 death and

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.200
 there's life

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:04.700
 with him and

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.320
 so we have

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.780
 hope.

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.220
 Jesus'

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:08.019
 resurrection is

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.480
 the pattern

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:10.660
 for the

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.220
 resurrection of

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:11.840
 all of God's

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.220
 people.

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.220
 Paul says

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:13.559
 in 1

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.860
 Corinthians

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.420
 15,

00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.360
 Christ has

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:15.960
 been raised

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.320
 from the

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:16.539
 dead,

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.239
 the first

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:17.719
 fruits of

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.159
 those who

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.460
 have fallen

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.019
 asleep.

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:20.679
 As in

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.139
 Adam all

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.500
 die,

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.019
 so in

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.860
 Christ all

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.199
 shall be

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.960
 made alive,

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.639
 but each

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.099
 in his own

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:25.320
 order,

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:25.960
 Christ the

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.519
 first fruits

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.059
 and then at

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:27.639
 his coming

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.460
 those who

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.300
 belong to

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.779
 Christ.

00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:32.440
 That's our

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.820
 hope,

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.940
 that we

00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:34.340
 will be

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.960
 raised as

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.340
 he was

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.639
 raised,

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.199
 that death

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.539
 is not

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.860
 the end.

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.400
 You see

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.860
 this hope

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.199
 at the

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.699
 funerals

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:39.320
 of believers,

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.500
 a real

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.920
 hope.

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:43.940
 Peter,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.480
 the Apostle

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.019
 Peter called

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:45.719
 it a living

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.219
 hope.

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.179
 A hope

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.579
 that has

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.259
 a foundation,

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.860
 a hope

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:50.079
 that is

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.579
 based in

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:50.980
 a real

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.519
 event that

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.099
 took place

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.739
 in history.

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.759
 Those who

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.559
 die in

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.679
 Christ will

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:57.739
 rise again

00:39:57.739 --> 00:39:59.279
 because he

00:39:59.279 --> 00:39:59.800
 rose.

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.159
 I've read

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.719
 some tragic

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.360
 stories over

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.800
 the past

00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:05.380
 week of

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.559
 young people

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:08.659
 who have

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:10.039
 chosen for

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.860
 themselves

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.659
 voluntary

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.420
 assisted

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.320
 dying,

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.119
 euthanasia.

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.579
 Young people,

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:15.960
 people in their

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.400
 twenties,

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:19.420
 because of

00:40:19.420 --> 00:40:20.179
 the depression

00:40:20.179 --> 00:40:21.300
 they're experiencing

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.119
 or the pain

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:22.519
 or the

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.300
 suffering that

00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:23.639
 they no

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.099
 longer want

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.559
 to bear.

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.900
 The law

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:29.280
 and the

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.220
 medical system

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.940
 should have

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:31.920
 prevented this.

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.179
 Instead,

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:34.980
 the law

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:36.940
 and doctors

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:38.480
 facilitated it.

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:40.480
 need to

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.019
 hope.

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.320
 These poor

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:41.920
 people had

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.619
 no hope

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.659
 and those

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:44.219
 around them

00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:44.800
 failed to

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:45.300
 give them

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.699
 hope.

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:49.300
 That's where

00:40:49.300 --> 00:40:50.260
 nihilism and

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:51.639
 atheism lead,

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.960
 to a culture

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.579
 of death,

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:56.099
 to a world

00:40:56.099 --> 00:40:56.820
 without hope.

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:56.880
 death.

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.120
 But Jesus

00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:00.660
 said to

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.000
 Mary,

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.660
 woman,

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.620
 why are you

00:41:04.620 --> 00:41:05.019
 weeping?

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.640
 Jesus

00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.600
 showed Mary

00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:09.760
 the answer

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.820
 to tears

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:12.180
 is not

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.720
 death,

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.519
 but life.

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.480
 Jesus

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.100
 might ask

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:18.440
 you,

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:20.039
 why are you

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.480
 weeping?

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:22.840
 Of course,

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.539
 we do

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.940
 weep,

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.380
 and we

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.639
 should

00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:25.019
 weep,

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:25.980
 for there

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.320
 are many

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.740
 terrible

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.240
 things in

00:41:27.240 --> 00:41:27.840
 our world.

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:30.059
 But our

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:30.740
 tears are

00:41:30.740 --> 00:41:31.300
 temporary.

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.340
 Tears do

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.800
 not have

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.300
 the last

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.760
 word.

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.619
 And there

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.079
 is no

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.619
 suffering,

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.340
 no pain,

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.099
 no grief

00:41:39.099 --> 00:41:39.659
 that cannot

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.519
 be transformed

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.260
 by the

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:41.740
 resurrection

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.340
 of Jesus

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.900
 Christ.

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:45.320
 Jesus

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.139
 endured

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.800
 betrayal

00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:47.920
 and deception

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:49.059
 and abandonment.

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:49.579
 Jesus

00:41:49.579 --> 00:41:50.139
 endured

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.819
 scourging

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.420
 and spitting

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.960
 and mocking.

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.379
 Jesus

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:52.819
 endured

00:41:52.819 --> 00:41:53.359
 the nails

00:41:53.359 --> 00:41:53.739
 and the

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:53.980
 cross.

00:41:54.319 --> 00:41:54.519
 Jesus

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.960
 endured

00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:55.619
 the judgment

00:41:55.619 --> 00:41:56.279
 and wrath

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:56.739
 of God,

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.440
 the full

00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:57.960
 penalty

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.619
 of divine

00:41:58.619 --> 00:42:00.000
 punishment

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.799
 due to the

00:42:00.799 --> 00:42:01.099
 sins of

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.599
 the world.

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.179
 Jesus

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:04.819
 endured

00:42:04.819 --> 00:42:05.219
 death

00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:05.519
 and the

00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:06.019
 grave.

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:07.719
 He

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:08.279
 endured

00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:09.940
 for the

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.900
 joy that

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.980
 lay before

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.319
 him.

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:13.799
 He

00:42:13.799 --> 00:42:14.279
 endured

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.719
 knowing

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.059
 that,

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:15.579
 as we

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.859
 read in

00:42:15.859 --> 00:42:16.619
 Isaiah 53,

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.619
 when his

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.239
 soul makes

00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.639
 an offering

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.279
 for guilt,

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.640
 he shall

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:21.320
 see his

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.740
 offspring,

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.260
 he shall

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:23.860
 prolong

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.940
 his days.

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.000
 Out of

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.460
 the anguish

00:42:27.460 --> 00:42:27.840
 of his

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.100
 soul,

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.600
 he shall

00:42:28.600 --> 00:42:29.380
 see and

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.180
 be satisfied.

00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:34.180
 Exactly

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:36.019
 1,993

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.660
 years ago

00:42:36.660 --> 00:42:37.180
 today,

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.940
 death was

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.400
 defeated

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:39.000
 and hope

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.720
 was born.

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.900
 Christ

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.440
 rose

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.960
 that we

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.860
 might rise.

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.159
 Christ

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.700
 rose

00:42:47.700 --> 00:42:48.480
 that tears

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:49.000
 might give

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.380
 way to

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.760
 laughter.

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.280
 Christ

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:50.639
 rose

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.579
 that despair

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.200
 might give

00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:52.639
 way to

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.099
 gladness.

00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:53.539
 Christ

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:53.860
 rose

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:54.519
 that grief

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.000
 might give

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.740
 way to

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.159
 joy.

00:42:57.760 --> 00:42:58.400
 This

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:59.179
 is our

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.599
 day.

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.300
 This is

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:01.940
 the Lord's

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:02.240
 day,

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:02.940
 the day

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.460
 of Jesus

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.260
 Christ,

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.900
 Lord and

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.659
 life giver

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.440
 who rose

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.940
 from the

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.280
 dead.

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:10.700
 all glory

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.820
 and honour

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:13.040
 and power

00:43:13.040 --> 00:43:14.140
 be to

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:14.600
 our

00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:15.180
 risen

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.700
 Lord.

00:43:16.580 --> 00:43:16.940
 Amen.