Sermon Tone Analysis

Jesus is Risen!

He is Risen Indeed!

May His Life Be In You!

A Sequence Sealed in Time

Beginning at The Upper Room Seder

Washing the Disciples’ Feet

Predicting the Betrayal

Sharing the Supper

Jesus’ New Command

Jesus’ Last Teachings

Jesus Prays for Us

Prayer in the Garden

Arrest by the Temple Guard

Jesus is In Control of These Things

Peter’s Denials

Sentenced by Jewish Priests

Sent to Pilate

Questioned by Pilate

Discussed Jesus’ Kingdom

Acquitted by Pilate

Barabbas Redeemed

Flogged and Mocked by Soldiers

The Beaten King Presented

Crucify!

Crucify! is the Demand

Jesus is Still In Control

Jesus Surrendered for Crucifixion

He Carried His Cross

“They Crucified Him”

Titled by Pilate:

He Accepts our Sins

He Willingly Surrenders His Life

Buried by Nicodemus and Joseph

The Tomb is Sealed

The Disciples Hide and Grieve

Having suffered the betrayal of their friend, the arrest of their leader, the injustice of the trial, the rejection of the Temple leaders and the horror of the Crucifixion.

the disciples had holed up and hid, feeling alone, afraid, saddened and confused.

Some of them had the memories of Jesus’ teachings running through their heads, and some could barely remember his face.

Peter and John, who had followed Jesus to the High Priest’s home and to the judgement pavement of Pilate, were together since that terrible day when they witnessed Jesus’ Crucifixion and death.

Mary, the mother of Jesus was in the house too, since John was given care of her.

It was the day of preparation for the Passover feast when Jesus died.

In fact, it was at the time when so many passover lambs were being slaughtered in preparation for the oldest celebration in the Jewish calendar; when the destroyer passed over the homes that were marked with the blood of the sacrifice, and the firstborn were spared.

It was a only a shadow, an ancient sign of what was accomplished on the cross, as the blood of Jesus, spilled through flogging and the drain of the cross, and the spear into his heart, became the atonement for our sins—you, me.

and every human who looks to God for forgiveness in the name of His son, no matter when they live.

Seeing the blood of Jesus, God passes over our sin instead of leaving us to die because of our guilt.

They had spent that first night after the Crucifixion with some crumbs of a passover shared after dark.

Then there was the second day, the Passover Sabbath.

Then there was the third day, the weekly Sabbath.

All the while waiting, wondering, hoping, planning what’s next, commiserating and keeping away from the public.

But the women were not about to leave Jesus’ body unwashed and uncared for now that Sabbath was ending.

Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus had cast 7 demons, was first to arrive,

Before the Day Dawns

The day had begun at sundown the night before.

While the others might have been waiting for first light, that was too late for Mary.

So John tells us what she found.

Still dark, but some early glow in the sky, at least enough to tell that the stone, meant to keep out the curious and the scavengers, wasn’t there.

What could this mean?

What would it mean to you?

The Tomb is Open and Empty!

A Race to the Tomb

What Is There

What Isn’t There

To Home Without Answers

Mary Needs to Know

God’s Messengers Meet Mary

Jesus Meets Mary

Mary Sees Jesus

Mary Tells the Disciples

Jesus Greets the Disciples

The Disciples See Jesus