Dig Deeper - Week 12: What Did They See?

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The episode explores what John and Peter witnessed at Jesus' grave and their reactions to the resurrection.

Dig Deeper - Week 12 - What did they see? Today we take a look at what John and Peter saw when the got to Jesus' grave. John 20:3-7 ESV tells us, "So Peter went out with the other disciples, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths 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." Note: the linen cloths were "lying there" undisturbed. We continue with John 20:8-9 "Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead." When Peter saw the cloths lying as they were, his reaction was something dramatic has happened! John on the other hand, he believed. What did John believe? He accepted what the women had told them that the angel had said that the Lord was risen! Later they saw Jesus. The disciples' stories of Christ's…

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Host: Awake Us Now Ministries

Topics covered

• resurrection
• faith
• scripture
• disciples
• belief

Keywords

• resurrection
• John
• Peter
• tomb
• linen cloths
• belief
• disciples

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