Lucas 24

Lucas 24

Meyer - Luke 24:7 Crucified, and the third day rise again. These are the two poles of Christian life — Death and Resurrection. That which was true in the history of our Lord must have its counterpart in our own experiences. That Jesus died and rose again is not only the dual basis of justification, but it is the dual basis of sanctification. Did He die? Then we must arm ourselves with the same mind. The crucifixion was not finished on Calvary; it has continued through all ages, and will continue unto the end; not in its mediatorial and atoning aspect, but with the view of each man denying himself and taking up his cross to follow daily. So also we are perpetually leaving the things of time and sense where Christ left his grave-clothes, and are pressing up and on in the wake of his resurrection and ascension. It is a solemn question, how far we are participating in this daily dying and daily rising. “Be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed. Mortify your members which are upon the earth; seek those things which are above. If one died for all, then all died; that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again.” It is not that the old nature dies, but that we die to it. As a matter of experience and walk, the results will be very similar from either of these ways of stating the fact. But it is true to Scripture and experience also to speak of reckoning ourselves to be dead indeed unto sin — that is, the root-principle which so often fruits in sins. Reckon that the grave of Christ lies between thee and the solicitations of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Deem thyself dead to thyself. All this, however, is only possible through the Holy Spirit. Met Around the Sac­red Tomb Luke 24:8 And they remembered His words, they remembered. Jn 2:19-22. Jn 12:16. Jn 14:26. Jn 16:4. Luke 24:1-12 Empty Tomb with an Angelic Explanation - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 Witnessing Women and Doubting Disciples - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 The Foundation for Our Faith - Steven Cole Luke 24 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries MEMORY IS A GOOD GOOD ING NOT TO LOSE They remembered His words - This detail is also unique to Luke's Gospel. The women presumably remembered words like... John 2:19-22 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. John 12:16 These things (Jn 12:12-15) His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Compare also - Mt. 16:21; Mt. 17:22-23; Mt. 20:17-19; Mt 26:2 Mt. 27:63-64; Lk. 9:22; Lk. 13:32; Lk. 18:33; Lk. 24:7; Lk. 24:46 Luke 24:9 and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. Luke 24:22–24. Mt 28:7, 8. Mark 16:7, 8, 10. Luke 24:1-12 Empty Tomb with an Angelic Explanation - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 Witnessing Women and Doubting Disciples - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 The Foundation for Our Faith - Steven Cole Luke 24 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE WOMEN CAME, SAW, WENT AND TOLD And they returned from the tomb and reported - The disciples mention the resurrection announcement of the women in Luke 24:22–24-note. The women returned and reported what they had seen (and what they had not seen - His body - see Matthew 28:5-8 below) because they were commanded to do so and them immediately obeyed the angel's command. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. 7“Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.” 8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. (Matthew 28:5-8) ("Young man" the angel instructed the women) But go, tell His disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.’” They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. (Mk 16:7-8+) The chronology of the events of Sunday morning can be somewhat confusing if we forget that Mary Magdalene had been the first to arrive at the Tomb and had also been the first to report to Peter and John that Jesus' body was missing. John records this detail... Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. (Ed: The other women were not with her at this time.) So she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.” So Peter and the other disciple (John) went forth, and they were going to the tomb. (John 20:1-3) Tomb (3419)(mnemeion from mneme = memory, remembrance) literally means a memorial and then a monument to commemorate the dead (Mt 23:29), but most often referred to a tomb, grave or sepulcher. Most uses refer to the tomb in which Jesus' dead body was laid - Mt 27:60; Mt 28:8; Mk 15:46; 16:2, 3, 5, 8; Lk 23:55; 24:1, 2, 9, 12, 22, 24; John 19:42; 20:1-4, 6, 8, 11 Acts 13:29. The first NT use describes "demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs" (Mt 8:28), the second Jesus' rebuke of the Jewish religious leaders who were "hypocrites" building "the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous" who they would have willingly murdered,(Mt 23:29, 30), the third describes the tombs opened and dead rising when Jesus died (Mt 27:52, 53), the fourth describes Jesus' burial tomb (Mt 27:60). Mnemeion - 40x in 36v - Usage: monuments(1), tomb(30), tombs(7). Matt. 8:28; Matt. 23:29; Matt. 27:52; Matt. 27:53; Matt. 27:60; Matt. 28:8; Mk. 5:2; Mk. 6:29; Mk. 15:46; Mk. 16:2; Mk. 16:3; Mk. 16:5; Mk. 16:8; Lk. 11:44; Lk. 11:47; Lk. 23:55; Lk. 24:2; Lk. 24:9; Lk. 24:12; Lk. 24:22; Lk. 24:24; Jn. 5:28; Jn. 11:17; Jn. 11:31; Jn. 11:38; Jn. 12:17; Jn. 19:41; Jn. 19:42; Jn. 20:1; Jn. 20:2; Jn. 20:3; Jn. 20:4; Jn. 20:6; Jn. 20:8; Jn. 20:11; Acts 13:29 Mnemeion - 13x in the Septuagint - Ge 23:6; Ge 23:9; Ge 35:20; Ge 49:30; Ge 50:5; G. 50:13; Neh. 2:3; 2:5; Isa. 22:16;26:19; Ezek. 39:11 HE IS NOT THERE! Robertson on reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest - It was a wonderful proclamation. Luke does not separate the story of Mary Magdalene from that of the other women as John does (John 20:2–18). Reported (declared, announced, proclaimed) (518)(apaggello from apó = from + aggéllo = tell, declare from aggelos = messenger, one who speaks in place of one who has sent him) means to bring a message from any person or place. To bring tidings from a person or thing. The eleven - Judas had departed leaving eleven (Lk 24:33, Mt 28:16, Acts 1:26) To all the rest - "I.e., other disciples, mostly from Galilee, who were in Jerusalem for the Passover." (MacArthur) This would appear to include includes the two disciples of Luke 24:13–25 and possibly the 120 of Acts 1:15. John MacArthur fills in some of the details contemporaneous with the women's return - Meanwhile, Peter and John were en route to the tomb to investigate Mary Magdalene’s report that Christ’s body had been stolen by grave robbers (John 20:1-3). When the rest of the women returned, they confirmed Mary’s report that the tomb was empty, and also filled in the details that she was unaware of. Mary did not look into the tomb, and did not see either the grave clothes or the angels. The other women reported the words of the angels to the nine apostles (Peter and John still had not returned) that the Lord had indeed risen, as He had said He would. They also related their encounter with the risen Lord, whom they had met on the way back from the tomb (Matt. 28:9-10). (See Luke Commentary) Luke 24:10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. Mary Magdalene. Lk 8:2, 3. Mk 15:40, 41. 16:9-11. Jn 20:11-18. Joanna. Lk 8:2, 3. Mary. Mt 27:56. Mk 15:40, 41. Luke 24:1-12 Empty Tomb with an Angelic Explanation - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 Witnessing Women and Doubting Disciples - John MacArthur Luke 24:1-12 The Foundation for Our Faith - Steven Cole Luke 24 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Deuteronomy 19:15 “A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. TESTIMONY OF THE WOMEN John MacArthur on Mary Magdalene - Her name probably derives from the Galilean town of Magdala. Some believe she is the woman described in Lk 7:37–50, but it seems highly unlikely that Luke would introduce her here by name for the first time if she were the main figure in the account he just completed. Also, while it is clear that she had suffered at the hands of “demons,” there is no reason whatsoever to think that she had ever been a prostitute....She was the first to see Jesus alive (Mk 16:9; Jn 20:11–18).(Borrow The MacArthur Study Bible)