Mary Magdalene discovered Jesus' tomb was empty and told the disciples. Peter and another disciple went to the tomb and found the burial cloths but Jesus was gone. Jesus later appeared to Mary Magdalene, the disciples without Thomas, and then the disciples with Thomas. He was also seen by over 500 people at once. The eyewitness testimony and empty tomb provide evidence that Jesus rose from the dead as he promised and said he would, demonstrating the power of God over life and death.

2. 1 Now on the first day of the week Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb early, while
it was still dark, and saw that the stone
had been taken away from the tomb.
John 20:1-10

3. 2 Then 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.”
John 20:1-10

4. 3 Peter therefore went out, and the other
disciple, and were going to the tomb. 4 So
they both ran together, and the other
disciple outran Peter and came to the
tomb first. 5 And he, stooping down and
looking in, saw the linen cloths lying
there; yet he did not go in.
John 20:1-10

5. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him,
and went into the tomb; and he saw the
linen cloths lying there, 7 and the
handkerchief that had been around His
head, not lying with the linen cloths, but
folded together in a place by itself.
John 20:1-10

6. 8 Then the other disciple, who came to
the tomb first, went in also; and he saw
and believed. 9 For as yet they did not
know the Scripture, that He must rise
again from the dead. 10 Then the
disciples went away again to their own
homes.
John 20:1-10

7. The Power
of the
Resurrection

8.  Importance of the resurrection
Jesus is who He said He was!
The Power of the Resurrection

9. 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the
resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he
shall live. 26 And whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never die. Do you
believe this?”
John 11:25,26

10. 38 Then some of the scribes and
Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we
want to see a sign from You.”39 But He
answered and said to them, “An evil and
adulterous generation seeks after a sign,
and no sign will be given to it except the
sign of the prophet Jonah.
Matthew 12:38-40

11. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three
nights in the belly of the great fish, so
will the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:38-40

12. And He began to teach them that the
Son of Man must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again.
Mark 8:41

13. 18 So the Jews answered and said to Him,
“What sign do You show to us, since You
do these things?” 19 Jesus answered and
said to them, “Destroy this temple, and
in three days I will raise it up.”
John 2:18-22

14. 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken 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.
John 2:18-22

15. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the
dead, His disciples remembered that He
had said this to them; and they believed
the Scripture and the word which Jesus
had said.
John 2:18-22

16.  Importance of the resurrection
Jesus is who He said He was!
God has power over life AND death
The Power of the Resurrection

17. Jesus answered and said to them, “You
are mistaken, not knowing the
Scriptures nor the power of God.
Matthew 22:29

18. And God both raised up the Lord and
will also raise us up by His power.
1Corinthians 6:14

19. Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ,
called to be an apostle, separated to
the gospel of God 2 which He promised
before through His prophets in the
Holy Scriptures,
Romans 1:1-4

20. 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our
Lord, who was born of the seed of
David according to the flesh, 4 and
declared to be the Son of God with
power according to the Spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead.
Romans 1:1-4

22.  Importance of the resurrection
Jesus is who He said He was!
God has power over life AND death
 What is evidence of His resurrection?
The Power of the Resurrection

23.  Practical evidence
The stone, sealed and guarded by
Romans soldiers was rolled away.
The body was removed – was it stolen?
By Romans?
By Jews?
By Christians?
Evidence of the Resurrection

24.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
Mary Magdalene
Evidence of the Resurrection

25. 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned
and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is
to say, Teacher).
John 20:16-18

26. 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to
Me, for I have not yet ascended to My
Father; but go to My brethren and say
to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father
and your Father, and to My God and
your God.’”
John 20:16-18

27. 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and that He had spoken these things to
her.
John 20:16-18

28.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
Mary Magdalene
Apostles w/o Thomas
Evidence of the Resurrection

29. 19 Then, the same day at evening, being
the first day of the week, when the
doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled, for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in the midst, and
said to them, “Peace be with you.”
John 20:19,20

30. 20 When He had said this, He showed
them His hands and His side. Then the
disciples were glad when they saw the
Lord.
John 20:19,20

31.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
Mary Magdalene
Apostles w/o Thomas
Apostles incl. Thomas
Evidence of the Resurrection

32. 26 And after eight days His disciples were
again inside, and Thomas with them.
Jesus came, the doors being shut, and
stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to
you!”
John 20:26-28

33. 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your
finger here, and look at My hands; and
reach your hand here, and put it into My
side. Do not be unbelieving, but
believing.” 28 And Thomas answered and
said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
John 20:26-28

34.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
Mary Magdalene
Apostles w/o Thomas
Apostles incl. Thomas
500+ brethren at once
Evidence of the Resurrection

35. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that
which I also received: that Christ died for
our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and
that He was buried, and that He rose
again the third day according to the
Scriptures,
1Corinthians 15:3-8

36. 5 and that He was seen by Cephas, then
by the twelve. 6 After that He was seen
by over five hundred brethren at once, of
whom the greater part remain to the
present, but some have fallen asleep.
1Corinthians 15:3-8

37. 7 After that He was seen by James, then
by all the apostles. 8 Then last of all He
was seen by me also, as by one born out
of due time.
1Corinthians 15:3-8

38.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
Mary Magdalene
Apostles w/o Thomas
Apostles incl. Thomas
500+ brethren at once
WERE THEY LIARS, FRAUDS, DECEIVERS?
Evidence of the Resurrection

39.  Practical evidence
 Eyewitness Testimony
 What is the real power of the
resurrection?
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Evidence of the Resurrection