Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.
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… John's account of it goes like this in chapter 20. 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. Now the other disciple is John, the one who's writing this firsthand account of what happened. And he went to the other disciple also. She went to the other disciple also. And then he kind of clarifies the one Jesus loved and said to them, they've taken the Lord out of the tomb and we do not know where they have laid him. So Peter went out with the other disciple, John, the one writing this, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. Check. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen clothes lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb, he saw the linen clothes lying there and the face cloth which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself. …
… read verse 11 through 18 and the Lord has a word for you today I pray that you will receive it in faith the Bible says in John chapter 20 verse 1 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. So Peter and John go and check it out. They run back home. Verse 11. 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? …
… If you read the second verse and on we go. The Bible says now in the first day of the week, that means Sunday, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. Then she ran and gave his son to Peter, and to the other disciple, who Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and did not know where they were. Peter, therefore, went out, and the other disciple, that is John, the author of this particular gospel, and were going to the tomb. So they both ran together, and the other side of Father and Peter, and he did the two first. John's very big on telling everybody that he's the faster of the two. And he, stooping down, looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in. This is important, everyone. And the handkerchief that had been around his head, Jesus' head, not lined with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. …
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. I'd like you to have a seat. so on holy thursday we talked about how everything was given that jesus gave everything and on good friday so we talked about how everything was taken so we have these these two everything is given everything is taken the question is what what happens next what happens after everything is given what happens after everything is taken so years ago there's a man his name is lee uh Lee Strobel. He was a journalist, investigative journalist in Chicago, and he was an atheist. And he was fine being an atheist. He and his wife, they had a decent life. Not great. There were some rocks in their marriage. There were some pains in their lives, but he thought they were doing just fine. At one point, she went to church, and he was like, that's fine as long as you don't bring your church home. Unfortunately, she brought church home. And so she kept asking him, inviting him to come with her to mass, or not to mass, but to church. And he said no, said no and then he finally said this he said okay listen if I can prove to you that this isn't true if I can prove to you that Christianity isn't true if I can prove to you that Jesus didn't rise from the dead will you stop going to church and kind of this agreement so so he sets out and he does this he's an investigative journalist and so he does what investigative journalists do he …
Lean close, my friends. Let us listen together to the story of the first Easter as recorded in the Gospel according to John, chapter 20, beginning with the first verse. Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed 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've laid him. Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. …