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MARK 15:42-47
LESSON #25
THE IMPORTANT INTERVAL OF THE THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE TOMB

• MEMORY VERSE: HEB 9:24

• WITH THE CRUCIFIXION OVER, JESUS’ BODY MUST BE BURIED THE SAME DAY ACCORDING TO JEWISH LAW (DEU 21:22-23). ALSO, IT MUST BE BURIED BEFORE THE SPECIAL PASSOVER SABBATH ON THURSDAY EVENING. (THE PASSOVER SABBATH WAS FROM THURSDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING THAT YEAR.) THEN THE REGULAR WEEKLY SABBATH WAS FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY EVENING. THIS HURRIED THE TIME SEQUENCE, TO CORRESPOND WITH THE KEEPING OF THE JEWISH SABBATHS. THIS TIME SEQUENCE IS VERY IMPORTANT AND EXPLAINS A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT FULFILL PROPHECY.
• THE HURRIED TIME SEQUENCE EXPLAINS WHY THE SOLDIERS WOULD BREAK THE LEGS OF A PERSON HANGING ON THE CROSS, SO AS TO HURRY THE DEATH PROCESS BEFORE THE SABBATH BEGAN.
• WITH BROKEN LEGS, A PERSON COULD NOT PUSH HIS BODY UPWARD TO CATCH HIS BREATH.
• BECAUSE JESUS WAS ALREADY DEAD, THEY DID NOT BREAK HIS LEGS.
• THE PROPHECY IS IN PSA 34:20.
• THE HURRIED TIME SEQUENCE EXPLAINS WHY HE WAS BURIED BEFORE HIS BODY WAS ANOINTED FOR BURIAL AS WAS THE JEWISH CUSTOM. THIS IS WHY WOMEN COME TO THE TOMB ON SUNDAY MORNING AFTER THE REGULAR SABBATH TO ANOINT HIS BODY.
• REMEMBER THAT MARY ANOINTED JESUS’ BODY BEFORE THE CRUCIFIXION IN MAR 14:3 BECAUSE JESUS KNEW THAT THE TIMING OF THE CRUCIFIXION WOULD NOT PERMIT THE ANOINTING AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION AND BEFORE HIS BURIAL.

• READ MAR 15:42-47 THE BURIAL
• USUALLY A FAMILY MEMBER WOULD CLAIM THE BODY OF A DECEASED PERSON. HOWEVER, MANY CRUCIFIED CRIMINALS WERE NOT CLAIMED BY THE FAMILY BECAUSE IT WAS A SOCIAL DISGRACE TO HAVE A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY CONVICTED AND CRUCIFIED. IF A BODY WAS UNCLAIMED, IT WAS THROWN IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE, RAVAGED BY THE WILD DOGS OF THE CITY.
• THE WOMEN WHO LINGERED AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS, INCLUDING HIS MOTHER, MARY, DID NOT CLAIM JESUS’ BODY DESPITE THEIR COURAGE AND LOVE FOR HIM.
• WHY DO THINK JESUS’ MOTHER, MARY, DID NOT CLAIM JESUS’ BODY?
• NONE OF JESUS’ IMMEDIATE FAMILY WAS RICH ENOUGH TO POSSESS A TOMB IN JERUSALEM, MUCH LESS A TOMB READY FOR BURIAL THAT SAME DAY.
• REMEMBER THAT MARY’S HOME WAS NOT IN JERUSALEM BUT IN NAZARETH.
• THEY COULD NOT TRAVEL ON THE SABBATH, AND THEY MUST BURY THE BODY THE SAME DAY.
• JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA CLAIMS JESUS’ BODY.
• NOTICE THAT PILATE IS SURPRISED THAT JESUS IS ALREADY DEAD. PRISONERS OFTEN LINGERED ON THE CROSS FOR DAYS BEFORE DEATH CAME.
• THIS STATEMENT IN MARK TELLS US FOR A FACT THAT JESUS WAS TRULY DEAD. BOTH THE SOLDIER AND PILATE WERE SURE OF IT.
• THERE IS A FALSE THEORY THAT JESUS DID NOT REALLY DIE BUT JUST APPEARED TO BE DEAD.
• WHO WAS THIS JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA THAT CLAIMED JESUS’ BODY?
• HE WAS A RICH JEW WHO WAS A BELIEVER IN JESUS AS THE MESSIAH. HOWEVER, HE HAD NEVER MADE ANY PUBLIC SHOWING OF HIS FAITH OUT OF FEAR. (JOH 19:38)
• HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN (LUK 23:51-52), BUT, LIKE NICODEMUS, HE DID NOT VOTE FOR JESUS’ GUILT AND CRUCIFIXION. (LUK 23:50-51)
• THERE IS A LEGEND THAT SAYS THAT JOSEPH WAS MARY’S UNCLE, BUT IT IS NOT CONFIRMED BY SCRIPTURE.
• A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA, MARY, AND JESUS WOULD EXPLAIN WHY PILATE SO READILY RELEASED THE BODY TO JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA.
• HE POSSESSED A WEALTHY MAN’S TOMB, READY FOR BURIAL, THERE IN JERUSALEM. IT WAS A NEW TOMB, NEVER USED.
• JESUS’ BURIAL IN THIS TOMB FULFILLS THE PROPHECY IN ISA 53:9.
• IT TOOK A GREAT DEAL OF COURAGE FOR JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA TO COME FORWARD TO CLAIM JESUS’ BODY.
• BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF SANHEDRIN MEMBERS WERE AGAINST JESUS, IT TOOK COURAGE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THEM IN SPITE OF THE DANGER TO DO SO. AS NOTED HE PREVIOUSLY STAYED IN THE BACKGROUND.
• BECAUSE IT WAS A SOCIAL BLIGHT TO CLAIM ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH A CRUCIFIED PERSON, IT TOOK COURAGE TO OPENLY DISPLAY HIS LOVE.
• JOSEPH’S REQUEST FOR THE BODY OF JESUS:
• WHEN JOSEPH REQUESTED THE BODY, HE USED THE GREEK WORD, soma. BUT WHEN PILATE GAVE HIM THE BODY, PILATE USED THE GREEK WORD, ptoma.
• Soma MEANS = THE TOTAL PERSONALITY. IT REFERS TO JOSEPH’S LOVE AND TENDER CARE FOR JESUS’ BODY.
• Ptoma MEANS = THE CORPSE OR THE CARCASS. PILATE HAD NO LOVE OR CONCERN FOR JESUS’ BODY.
• A COMPARISON BETWEEN PETER AND JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA:

PETER	JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA
HE OPENLY AND BOLDLY EXPRESSED HIS LOVE FOR JESUS.	HE HID HIS LOVE FOR JESUS.
HE PROMISED TO STAY BY JESUS EVEN TO THE DEATH.	HE VOTED AGAINST CONDEMNING JESUS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN.
HE DENIED JESUS THREE TIMES	HE CLAIMED JESUS’ BODY FROM PILATE.

• THE SECURITY OF THE TOMB:
• IT IS INTERESTING THAT MANY NON-BELIEVERS INVENT MANY SCENARIOS AS TO WHY JESUS NEVER REALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. HOWEVER, WE SEE IN THE GOSPELS THAT GOD USED NON-BELIEVERS TO INSURE THE SECURITY OF THE TOMB SO THERE WOULD BE NO DOUBT OF THE REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION.
• IN FACT, MANY BOOKS AND ARTICLES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY LAWYERS FAMILIAR WITH THE BODY OF LEGAL PROOF THAT IS NECESSARY TO VALIDATE THE CERTAINTY OF THE RESURRECTION. THEY CONCUR THAT THE RESURRECTION IS AN ESTABLISHED FACT. FOR EXAMPLE:
• THERE WAS A LARGE ROUND STONE THAT SEALED THE TOMB.
• IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE OR EVEN TWO PEOPLE TO MOVE THIS STONE.
• THERE WAS A LEGAL SEAL ON THE STONE. BECAUSE IT WAS A LEGAL SEAL, THE BREAKING OF IT WAS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
• THERE WERE ROMAN SOLDIERS THAT GUARDED THE TOMB. IF A SOLDIER WAS CAUGHT SLEEPING ON DUTY, HE WAS SUBJECT TO DEATH.

• THE GOSPELS DO NOT TELL US ABOUT THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE TOMB BECAUSE THEY ONLY GIVE US THE OBSERVABLE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT OCCUR.
• HOWEVER, THE APOSTLE PAUL DOES GIVE US SOME OF THESE DETAILS ABOUT THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS BECAUSE PAUL DEALS MORE WITH THE EXPLANATION OF DOCTRINE.
• AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF DOCTRINE.
• FROM THE BURIAL TO THE RESURRECTION:
• READ EPH 4:8-10
• READ 1PET 3:18-22
• READ HEB 9:24

THE EVENTS:	THE EXPLANATION OF THE EVENTS:
THE CRUCIFIXION	JESUS BECAME SIN FOR US ON THE CROSS (2COR 5:21) WHEN JESUS DIED, THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE THAT RAISED MANY FROM THE DEAD. (MAT 27:52)
HE “FIRST DESCENDED INTO THE LOWER PARTS OF THE EARTH” (EPH 4:9)	BECAUSE THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH (ROM 6:23), JESUS HAD TO GO TO HELL (HADES OR SHEOL). HE WENT TO HADES (SHEOL) WHICH WAS THE OLD TESTAMENT PLACE OF DEPARTED SPIRITS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, WITH A GULF BETWEEN (LUK 16:19-31). THE GOOD SIDE OF HADES (SHEOL) WAS CALLED ABRAHAM’S BOSOM (LUK 16:22) WHERE BELIEVING DEAD WENT. THE PLACE WHERE NON-BELIEVING DEAD WENT WAS A PLACE IN HADES (SHEOL) CALLED, TORMENT. JESUS WENT THERE NOT TO SUFFER BECAUSE HIS CRUCIFIXION PAID EVERYTHING FOR OUR REDEMPTION. HE WENT THERE TO FULFILL ALL THINGS. (EPH 4:10)
“…HE WENT AND PREACHED UNTO THE SPIRITS IN PRISON” (1PET 3:19)	JESUS ANNOUNCED TO THOSE IMPRISONED ON BOTH SIDES OF HADES (SHEOL) THAT HE HAD CARRIED MAN’S SIN VICTORIOUSLY ON THE CROSS FULFILLING OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY.
“HE IS NOT HERE, BUT IS RISEN! …THE SON OF MAN MUST BE…CRUCIFIED, AND THE THIRD DAY RISE AGAIN.” (LUK 24:6-7)	HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD AND APPEARED TO MARY MAGDALENE, BUT SHE COULD NOT TOUCH HIM (JOH 20:17) BECAUSE HE WS NOT YET ASCENDED TO HEAVEN TO SPRINKLE HIS SHED BLOOD ON THE HEAVENLY MERCY SEAT (HEB 8:1-2)
“…WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE,…” (EPH 4:8)	JESUS MOVED THE SOULS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS, AS WELL AS THEIR RESTING PLACE, CALLED ABRAHAM’S BOSOM, UP TO HEAVEN AND GAVE IT A NEW NAME, PARADISE. (LUK 23:43)
“FOR CHRIST IS NOT ENTERED INTO THE HOLY PLACES MADE WITH HANDS…BUT INTO HEAVEN ITSELF, NOW TO APPEAR IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR US; “ (HEB 9:24)	JESUS, AS OUR HIGH PRIEST (HEB 4:14) OFFERED HIS BLOOD TO GOD, THE FATHER, AND IS NOW SEATED AT GOD’S RIGHT HAND. (HEB 1:3)

HOMEWORK

MARK 16:1-20

• APPLICATION OF MAR 15:42-47
• WHAT NEW DETAILS DID YOU LEARN ABOUT JESUS’ BURIAL?

• OF WHAT SIGNIFICANCE ARE THESE DETAILS TO YOUR FAITH?

• PREPARATION FOR MAR 16:1-20
• WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE YOUNG MAN CLOTHED IN A LONG WHITE GARMENT? (5)

• WHAT STRANGE PHRASE DO YOU SEE IN VERSE 7? HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS STRANGE PHRASING?

• COMPARE MARK 16:12 WITH LUK 24:13-16. WHY DID THE TWO MEN ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS NOT RECOGNIZE JESUS?

• WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE GREAT COMMISSION IN VERSES 15-20?

• MEMORY VERSE: MAR 16:15