The Eleven's Encounter with The Risen Jesus

Luke 24:36–49 CSB

As they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost. “Why are you troubled?” he asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet. But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” So they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence. He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

I. Introduction

II. The Condition

Luke 24:36–37 CSB

As they were saying these things, he himself stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled and terrified and thought they were seeing a ghost.

John 20:19 CSB

When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

A) Startled and terrified (v.37)

B) …thought they were seeing a ghost (v.37)

C) …doors locked…feared the Jews (20.19)

III. The Conversation

Luke 24:38–42 CSB

“Why are you troubled?” he asked them. “And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself! Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” Having said this, he showed them his hands and feet. But while they still were amazed and in disbelief because of their joy, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” So they gave him a piece of a broiled fish,

A) Jesus asked 3 questions

1) Why are you troubled?

2) Why do doubts arise in your heart?

3) Do you have anything here to eat?

B) Jesus calms their fears

1) Invites them to

Look at my hands and my feet

Touch me

Food to eat

IV. The Conformation

Luke 24:44–45 CSB

He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Genesis 3:15 CSB

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

V. The Commission

Luke 24:46–49 CSB

He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and repentance for forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”

A) Jesus told them about His suffering

Luke 9:22 CSB

saying, “It is necessary that the Son of Man suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

Luke 17:25 CSB

But first it is necessary that he suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Luke 22:15 CSB

Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Luke 24:26 CSB

Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

B) Jesus told them about His resurrection

C) Jesus told them to proclaim the gospel in His name

Closing

Psalm 34:8–9 CSB

Taste and see that the Lord is good. How happy is the person who takes refuge in him! You who are his holy ones, fear the Lord, for those who fear him lack nothing.

John 11:25–26 CSB

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”