Sermon Tone Analysis

I. Christ’s body was buried with great care.

When the evening was come,” and we need to stop at this point and point out to you that this evening is the early evening of the Jewish day which is 3 P.M. to 6 P.M., the closing out of the day, the Sabbath day will begin around 6 P.M. and run from evening to evening.

And so it is three in the afternoon on Friday evening.

John F. MacArthur Jr., John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Panorama City, CA: Grace to You, 2014).

a.

It was typical to show contempt for the bodies of executed criminals.

Now once this happened the body had to be taken off the cross.

And when taken off the cross it would be thrown into a common criminal’s grave.

And it’s very likely that that would be a pit somewhere where they threw the criminals or it might be Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom, where the city dump in Jerusalem was and they might have just throw the bodies there to be consumed by the always smoldering fire or to be ripped and shredded and eaten by wild animals.

The Romans customarily did nothing more than throw the bodies of criminals into pits to be burned or eaten by scavengers.

John F. MacArthur Jr., John MacArthur Sermon Archive (Panorama City, CA: Grace to You, 2014).

taken off the cross it would be thrown into a common criminal’s grave.

And it’s very likely that that would be a pit somewhere where they threw the criminals or it might be Gehenna, the valley of Hinnom, where the city dump in Jerusalem was and they might have just throw the bodies there to be consumed by the always smoldering fire or to be ripped and shredded and eaten by wild animals.

The Romans customarily did nothing more than throw the bodies of criminals into pits to be burned or eaten by scavengers.

But Isaiah had prophesied about Messiah that although he was destined to be treated as a criminal in his death that he would be buried in a rich mans tomb.

Listen to Isaiah 53:9

Isa 53:9

“They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man’s tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully.”

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b.

Joseph showed compassion for the body of Christ at great personal risk.

b.

Joseph showed compassion for the body of Christ at great personal risk.

tells us that Joseph did not consent to the actions of the Sanhedrin against Jesus.

He not only likely stirred the ire of the other members of the Sanhedrin, but he now is walking into the den of the Roman executioners.

To be associated with one condemned for treason is a dangerous matter.

Joseph is willing to go public with his commitment to Christ no matter the cost or personal risk.

Let me stop here and ask a question;

Are you willing to go public with your commitment to Jesus?

II.

Christ’s tomb was guarded with great caution.

Christ’s tomb was tomb was fortified with great caution.

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a.

The religious leaders display preoccupation .

b.

The Romans provided protection against tampering with Christ’s body.

Preparation Day is the day before the Sabbath.

This was needed because you couldn’t do any work on the Sabbath.

You couldn’t even prepare food.

If you remember when Israel was in the wilderness and God fed them with Manna.

They had to get a double portion on Friday to prepare for the Sabbath.

They are so preoccupied with Jesus that they are doing what would have been unthinkable regarding the Sabbath - Meeting with Roman government officials.

b.

The Romans provided protection .

Sealing the stone Refers to pressing wax or clay between the stone and the tomb entrance and then stamping it with an imperial insignia.

- Tampering with such a seal was a capital offence.

This is a point were everything begins to come into focus!

“We live and die; Christ died and lived!” John Stott

III.

The followers of Jesus receive the resurrection with great joy.

a.

The earth proclaims the resurrection.

Ryken states,

Earthquakes in Scripture are often seen as manifestations of the direct action of God’s power.

b.

The angle proclaims the resurrection.

“As he said” - this was a whopper of a promise!

Babe Ruth - Calls His shot 1932 at Wrigley Field when the Yankees played the Cubs.

It was game three of the World Series.

Two Balls Two strikes - He Calls his shot!

He called his shot!

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The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), .

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said?

The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.

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C. The tomb proclaims the resurrection.

c.

The tomb proclaims the resurrection.

When they got to the tomb and found nothing - they found everything!

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The tomb proclaims the resurrection.

d.

Christ proclaims the resurrection.

Matt 28:8

Joy! Jesus speaks to them.

e.

We must proclaim the resurrection.