Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Jesus declaration of death and resurrection

Mark 9:30–32 (ESV)

They went on from there and passed through Galilee.

And he did not want anyone to know, for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him.

And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”

But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

Jesus made it very clear to the disciples what was to happen to him.

There are numerous times in scripture that Jesus followers did not understand this or believe it.

Resurrection (John 20:1-10)

John describes three post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus.

We will see a change in the life of the disciples (followers of Jesus) after the see the resurrected Jesus.

Outline adapted from: Willmington, H. L. The Outline Bible.

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1999.

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The appearance before Mary Magdalene (20:11–18)

Sorrow

John 20:11–15 (ESV)

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet.

They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?

Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

Weeping - to weep or wail, with emphasis upon the noise accompanying the weeping—‘to weep, to wail, to lament, weeping, crying.’

(Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida.

Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 303.

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She was asked about the reason for her weeping by the Angels (13) and Jesus (15).

She gives the reason for her weeping in the “taking away of Jesus Body”.

John 20:13 (ESV)

They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

John 20:15 (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?

Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

She believed that someone opened the tomb and took Jesus body to another location.

John 20:1–2 (ESV)

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.”

She believed that Jesus body was take to another location, not resurrection.

Joy

John 20:16–18 (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!”

(which means Teacher).

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus makes himself known.

Tenderly saying, “Mary”

Her Joy

Rabboni - my Master, my Teacher

“The title Rabboni is used in only one other place in the Gospels, Mark 10:51 (in the Greek text “Lord” is “Rabboni”).

“Rabbi” and “Rabboni” were equivalent terms of respect.

In later years, the Jews recognized three levels of teachers: rab (the lowest), rabbi, and rabboni (the highest).”

(Wiersbe, Warren W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.

Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996.

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Mary was showing utmost respect and submission to Jesus.

“Do not cling to Me,”

John 20:17 (ESV)

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Cling - The verb, primarily, means to fasten to.

Hence it implies here, not a mere momentary touch, but a clinging to.

(Vincent, Marvin Richardson.

Word Studies in the New Testament.

Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887.

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“‘Do not cling to Me’?

One reason was that she would see Him again because He had not yet ascended to the Father.

He remained on earth for forty days after His resurrection and often appeared to the believers to teach them spiritual truth (Acts 1:1–9).

Mary had no need to panic; this was not her last and final meeting with the Lord.

A second reason is that she had a job to do—to go tell His brethren that He was alive and would ascend to the Father.”

(Wiersbe, Warren W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.

Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1996.

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She went from Sorrowful to Joy.

The appearance before the Ten Disciples (20:19–23)

John 20:19–23 (ESV)

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.

As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Fear

Fear - a state of severe distress, aroused by intense concern for impending pain, danger, evil, etc., or possibly by the illusion of such circumstances—‘fear.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida.

Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 315.

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Jews - Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time (The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016.

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The Disciples were afraid that what the religious leaders did to Jesus would now be after them to stop His followers also.

The religious leaders were able to convince the crowds, leaders and Pilate to crucify Jesus, they could do the same for them.

Courage

Jesus appears to them.

Showed them his hands and side.

There reaction

Glad - to enjoy a state of happiness and well-being—‘to rejoice, to be glad.’