 Without said, here we are in John's gospel. We're in chapter 20. I'm going to begin reading at verse 1 I'll go to verse 10 and I'll give you my introduction as I normally do and then move into a study of the passage So beginning at verse 1 John chapter 20 and by the way, I should say welcome to you who are online Thank you for joining us. We love you and we look forward to having you with us in the future when you're able to be here Yep So beginning at first one reading the verse 10 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 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 Peter therefore went out and the other disciple and were going to the tomb So they both ran together and the other disciple out ran Peter and came to the tomb first He's stooping down and looking in saw the linen cloths lined there Yet he did not go in Then Simon Peter came following him and went into the tomb and He saw the linen cloths lined there in the handkerchief that had been around his head not lying with the linen cloths But folded together in place by itself Then the other disciple who came to the tomb first went in also and he saw and believed For as yet, they did not know the scripture that he must rise again from the dead Then the disciples went away again to their own homes The birth of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ are what has been called the book ends of salvation When you read your Bible and you're looking at it from the beginning when you're in the book of Genesis in chapter 3 Genesis chapter 3 reveals that it was in the Garden of Eden that sin was introduced into the human family We read that portion and the Bible tells us that Satan tempted Eve and that as he tempted Eve She was deceived and she yielded to the temptation She took of that fruit that had been forbidden and she gave it to Adam and Sin came upon the human race when Paul was speaking about this in Romans 5 verse 12 Paul said therefore just as through one man sin entered the world and death through sin Thus death spread to all men because all sin and so Adam became what is called the federal head of humanity we all sinned when Adam sinned because It's called seminal theology It's because he's the father of the human race and as the human as the first human being first human male when they procreate when he procreated he Had children after his own image his image had had been greatly marred his image had Been destroyed if you will bite by sin and so the only thing he was able to communicate or or to pass on was his sin nature And so I like to tease and say you know it was a woman But in fact it was the man the man took of it. He willingly he was not deceived took of it He fell we have received his fallen nature and so this took place in what is called the Garden of Eden Again that is where sin was introduced to the human family So it was in a garden that paradise was lost It was in a garden that Jesus determined to follow through with the plan of salvation for there He was in the garden of Gethsemane there He was making decision not so much making a decision there He was cementing that decision as he prayed and said to his father if there be any other way take this cup from me But nevertheless not my will but yours be done So in a garden humanity fell but in a garden our Messiah determined to be our our Savior It was in a garden that paradise Was once lost But again, it's in a garden That we are found You see the disciples didn't fully understand this as they were grieving the loss of their friend Jesus Christ as far as they knew Their master had died They'd never see him again all their faith their hope their love had been sealed up in a tomb These are the men who had forsaken all that they had and had followed after Jesus Christ. These are the ones who heard his challenge These are the ones who had committed themselves to pursuing him to do so totally Peter Andrew James and John left everything they left their fishing business Matthew left his position as a as a tax Collector and he had become very wealthy doing that There was a man by the name of Simon the Canaanite also known as Simon the zealot and Simon the zealot left his revolutionary lifestyle behind now What's interesting? I want to point this out for just a moment to show you the importance of salvation in Christ The question has been asked. How can an employee of the Roman government and a zealot ever get along? Because the employee of the Roman government Matthew was regarded as a traitor Because he was becoming rich off of his own people and the zealots were with hostility and opposition to the Romans and so the zealot hated the Romans and Matthew was an employee of the Romans So how did an employee of Rome Matthew and a zealot by the name of Simon? How did they ever become close? to try and try and illustrate this it would be like a Klansman becoming best friends with a zealous member of BLM That's how that would have been think about that for a minute somebody with black lives matter very zealous and somebody with the clan in the clan and Somehow these two became very close. It was similar in terms of at least emotionality during that day. What brought them together Well, what had brought them together was both of them had encountered Jesus Christ Jesus had been the one who made them one remember when we were in chapter 17 verses 20 and 21 Jesus was praying and he said I do not pray for these alone But also for those who will believe in me through their word that they all may be one As you father on me and I in you that they also may be one in us That the world may believe that you sent me what brought them together It was Jesus Christ. It was what Jesus did is who Jesus was You see the heart of the Christian message is that Jesus forgives sins and Jesus heals us And he makes us one in 1st Corinthians 12 13 Paul said by one spirit We were all baptized into one body Whether Jews or Greeks whether slaves are free and have all been made to drink into one spirit You see the Apostles believed Jesus's message. They counted the cost and they followed him Jesus Jesus had said in Luke 14 33 Whoever whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple So they understood that being a Christian was not simply a decision being a Christian was a way of life and They followed Jesus faithfully from the day that he called them to himself. They heard his teachings They saw his miracles. They had grown to trust in him When we were in chapter 1 verse 50 Jesus had made a promise that his men would see great things and this they did as We have seen reported in the gospel of John His men had seen him turn water into wine They saw him when he he raised the nobleman's son from the dead They were there when he healed a crippled man at the pool of Bethesda They were part of it when he fed five thousand men when he walked on water When he healed a man born blind and when he had raised Lazarus from the dead They saw this they saw him perform many miracles many more miracles that are recorded in John's gospel They heard his teachings. They saw his power over Satan They watched him win theological debates And they received personal and deep insights into the kingdom of God through him On one occasion Jesus gave a series of parables it confused those who were listening as he was speaking Those who heard his stories didn't have an understanding of what he was saying But his disciples spoke to him and they asked him Why Jesus was giving so many parables without an explanation And in Matthew 13 verse 11 he answered and said to them Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given So Jesus told them that they would rule with him in his kingdom He had promised them that they would receive his spirit that he wouldn't leave a morphine He promised them that they would see his glory So they heard his teachings. They saw his miracles. They themselves performed miracles They saw his glory And all of this had strengthened them all of this had made them courageous and all of this had made them hopeful But after all of this in the very end They saw him die They watched him taken from them And they forsook him They all did except for John They hid out of fear A man by the name of Joseph of Arimathea and a man by the name of Nicodemus took his lifeless body And they buried him And his death devastated his men Their loss was beyond words All their hopes were in Jesus Christ, but when he died Their hopes died with him And so at this point as we open up our our study at this point Jesus had been crucified. He had died He had been buried in a borrowed tomb And his disciples have had three days of agonizing pain The master is dead It's Sunday Mary Magdalene has come to the tomb early. It's still dark She didn't come alone When you look at the other gospel accounts There's a A few other ladies that came along with her She came with Mary the mother of James and Joseph She came with Joanna who was a wife of Herod Stewart Cousa She came with Salome the mother of James and John And though there were others John concentrated his attention on Mary Magdalene She's called Mary Magdalene not because Magdalene is her last name But because she was a woman from a village called Magdala When you read about her in scripture, Mary at one time had been demon-possessed But she had been delivered and she loved the Lord Jesus Christ Luke tells us in chapter 8 verses 1 through 3 It came to pass afterward that He, speaking of Jesus, went through every city and village preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God And the twelve were with him And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities Mary called Magdalene out of whom had come seven demons Joanna the wife of Cousa Herod Stewart and Susanna And many others who provided for him out of their substance So Mary loved him was totally devoted to him She had experienced the freedom that he offers and was attached to him with deep pure holy love You see when Jesus was crucified Mary was there And Mary watched him as he suffered and watched him as he died Mark 15 verses 40 and 41 says there were also women looking on from afar among whom were Mary Magdalene Mary the mother of James the less and of jesus and salame Who also followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee and many other women Who came up with him to Jerusalem According to matthew 26 verse 61 When joseph buried jesus mary saw where jesus's body had been placed and it's now sunday morning So mary and her beloved friends have come very early to the tomb Mark tells us in chapter 16 verse 1 that they they bought spices so that they might go to anoint jesus's body You see jesus had been buried quickly So women had had bought aromatics to embalm him in a more complete manner than what was done by joseph in nicodemus This is evidence by the way that they didn't understand that he would actually rise again on that third day They came there and it's understandable how their behavior is They'd seen jesus die, but the problem is and they're returning to complete his burial. They're actually acting in in unbelief Jesus says city would rise from the dead on the third day But they didn't believe that so they came to to complete his burial But he made it very clear that that he had made that he was going to be risen from the dead In luke in chapter 24 verses 25 through 27 We have a story of jesus having a conversation with two disciples as they were on the road to a town called Emmaus and and in luke 24 25 through 27 It says he said to them oh foolish one slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken He went on to say not the christ who have suffered these things and to enter into his glory And beginning at moses and all the prophets he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself Mary came with their friends to complete a burial But jesus had been telling he had said i'm not going to be there i'm going to be resurrected But it's very dark It's very early in the morning The day has begun to dawn And as they come to the tomb they find that the stone has been rolled away from the door Matthew tells us there was a a great earthquake The angel of the lord descended from heaven came and rolled back the stone from the door sat upon it When you think of this You need to realize that the the stone was in the shape of a wheel That it weighed 6 000 pounds It was on an incline and it was rolled off of the shelf it was on down the incline And it rolled into a carved out section in another rock So that it would be impossible For one person especially a woman As small as as mary must have been to be able to roll the 6 000 pound wheel back up an incline And so it wasn't possible for the stone to be moved And yet it says here in verse 20 in verse one of chapter 20 first day of the week, which is sunday Mary magdalene went to the tomb early. It was still dark She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb And so verse two she ran and came to simon peter And to the other disciple whom jesus loved and said to them they've taken away the lord Out of the tomb We don't know where they have laid him It's interesting how one is named simon peter the other is simply spoken of as the one whom jesus loved We know that that's a term that john applies to himself John is a person who is very secure in the love of jesus christ So she ran and spoke to simon peter and to john She unknowingly was given the privilege of being the first witness of the resurrection Now the women are confused They're afraid They tell the apostles what happened luke says in chapter 24 verses 9 through 11 They returned from the tomb and told all these things to the 11 to all the rest It was mary magdalene Joanna married the mother of james and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles Their words seemed to them like idle tales. They didn't believe them And so she runs to give word that they have taken away the lord We don't know where they've laid him Of verse three peter therefore went out and the other disciple and were going to the tomb So they they both ran together and the other disciple out ran peter and came to the tomb first And he's stooping down and looking in saw the linen cloths lined there yet. He didn't go in So john out ran peter. I kind of picture peter. He's a bulky man a very powerful man We'll see that as we go through this study Within a couple of weeks. We'll see it that he was a very powerful man I I don't I don't think that the apostle peter was slight of build at all I believe that he must have been fairly thick. You'll see why later on Now john on the other hand Commentators say that john was younger than than the apostle peter And probably in a little bit better shape And so he ran ahead And he gets to the tomb first So john out runs peter and notice the scripture says he stooped down. He looked in but he didn't go in He contended himself with glancing into the tomb, but he remained on the outside As all of this is taking taking place. It says in verse five stooping down looking in He saw the linen cloths lying there yet. He didn't go in jesus's burial clothing was there laying on On the uh the shelf there Simon peter came Following him and went into the tomb He saw the linen cloths lying there and the handkerchief that had been around his head Not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together into place by itself The other disciple who came to the tomb first went in also He saw and believed for as yet they didn't know the scripture that he must rise again from the dead Then the disciples went away again to their own homes So he saw evidence that jesus had passed through the sheets and he had even tidied up the tomb and that reveals that grave robbers didn't steal his body That was something by the way that his enemies were concerned about Matthew tells us that jewish authorities asked pilot to set a guard over the tomb They were afraid that his disciples would steal his body that they would say that he had been resurrected And this is a bit of evidence by the way to make clear that his body was stolen by grave robbers Notice how both ran to the tomb both saw the linen cloths lying there and both saw that it was empty Yet only john is mentioned as having believed Why is that i want to talk to you about this for a few minutes Because i think this is very important Why is it that one looks in doesn't even have to step in he Contended himself by being outside looking in and seeing the same thing that peter who went in Seeing the same thing yet one believed And that was john john believed Well part of the reason has to be that peter is still denying still dealing with his denial of jesus Because i'll tell you something we all know Sin can cloud your spiritual sight Sin can cloud your vision In psalm 40 verse 12 For troubles without numbers around me My sins have overtaken me. I cannot see they are more than the hairs of my head My heart fails within me Sometimes our sins can be the only things that we do see We can violate our personal standards And end up in despair We can do things we've condemned in other people And when we do them we become ashamed We can become depressed We can be laden with sorrow We can get to the point of being unable to function And we're in constant sadness It reminds me of psalm 32 verses three through five when when david said When i kept silent my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long For day and night your hand was heavy upon me My strength was sapped as in the heat of summer I acknowledged my sin to you did not cover up my inequity. I said i'll confess my transgressions to the lord And you forgave the guilt of my sin I was groaning. I felt heaviness upon me. I was weak All of these are things that are symptomatic of dealing with guilt dealing with sin peter couldn't fathom What had happened because he forgot why jesus had come in the first place He was there i'm sure when jesus said god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son That whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life The apostle peter was there and he heard so many of jesus's parables and so many of his stories and He saw so many of his activities. He heard so much of his teaching He was there as a firsthand witness. He was there experiencing things He was given opportunities that others did not did not have. This is a man who who loved jesus christ This is a guy who Loved him so much that he told him though all would forsake you. I'll never do that. I'll die for you And that's the same man that jesus spoke to and said will you really? he said well I tell you you're gonna deny me three times tonight No, I never will I would never do that. Don't you understand how deeply how deeply I love you. Don't you understand? Perhaps I haven't been able to convince you of this, but I love you jesus. I love you with all my heart I love you more than the rest of these guys. I love you more than anything in the world I really love you deeply And jesus looked at him knowing his Disciple of whom he loved so deeply himself and he said no you're gonna fail You're you're you're going to deny me You're going to Deny me three times. I never will do that peter Peter tried to argue with jesus to tell him how much peter loved him And then you have somebody else by the name of john And this is very practical and I hope that this is something that perhaps you're reminded of or perhaps You need to know You have one man by the name of the apostle peter who says though all were to forsake you though all were to deny you I never will I will die for you I love you more than all of these And then you have the other one who used to irritate me because notice verse two How it says she came came to simon peter and to the other disciple whom jesus loved I I thought that was arrogant Because that's john He's not saying and he came to me He's saying It's almost I don't know anybody here Well in it we'll get this one This is kind of dumb But it's almost that that No, no, no, no, no, no. He loves me kind of attitude. I've never liked that I think it's kind of like arrogant. And so when I first got saved I'm reading this and I'm a brand new believer and I'm reading the john's gospel And I'm noticing this and and I'm being taught and so as I'm being taught I I'm taught who this person is is speaking here This person that is speaking is john himself, but he's not identifying himself He's not saying anything about himself. It doesn't say she ran and came to simon peter and to me No, he says she ran and came to simon peter and the other disciple whom jesus loved and it bothered me It bothered me a long time because I thought well, you know what? How can you be so arrogant because god so loved the world john? Why are you saying you're the one that jesus loved when there were 12 apostles? There's you know the apostle peter who really did love jesus christ There's no doubt about it, but you won't even self identify I didn't understand it until I came to maturity To some degree of maturity and I came to realize something I want to share with you to remind you of It's not how much you love him. It's how much he loves you And when you understand that your life changes Because if you're caught up trying to show him how much you love him You're just going to get frustrated over time I've discovered that the root of good works and the root of holiness and the root of service to the lord Isn't trying to do things so that he notices me It's doing things because he has noticed me It's doing things because he has loved me And one of the things that I've discovered about the love of christ Is that you can never out love him Paul once said to the Corinthians the love of christ that constrains me It isn't my love for jesus that internally drives me to service It's not it's not my love for him It's his love for me And when I when I have come to that point in my life where I begin to realize that god so loved the world and that world included someone like me And he loved me well like john peter forsook the lord and fled But john went to the cross And saw his master dyke as remember Jesus pointed john out to marry jesus's mother and said woman behold your son She was speaking to mary about john because john was there at the cross Where was the apostle peter? He was hiding for fear of the jewish authorities So the apostle peter who claimed to love jesus so much When it came down to it Forsook him and fled But the one who was loved by jesus stood there at the cross watching his master die And so it's not how much you love him You love him Because he first loved you And when you understand how much god loves you it changes your whole life It transforms you because your value is no longer In what you do and what you wear and where you eat and what you drive and it's not that anymore Your value is found in the fact that god loves you And when you know that god loves you i'm telling you guys it sets you free and john John came to know i am the one whom jesus loved i'm the one It's not that he didn't love the other man It's that john knew that jesus loved him. Do you know do you know that the lord loves you today guys? Do you know that do you really know that? I hope you do I I I hope you do because i'll tell you it took me a long time To come to rest in that It took me a long time Production oriented wanting to show him how much i loved him trying to do exploits in his name To to do things for christ and then i realized one day It's not my love for him It's his love for me and it's my accepting his love in my life and and receiving of it That has changed me and john Loved jesus, but he knew first and foremost that jesus loved him. You see peter couldn't fathom what had happened He had forgotten why jesus had come. He had forgotten that jesus came to to lay his life down He forgot that god loved him and he forgot that god would forgive him. He's filled with grief. He's he's filled with self condemnation And he's forgotten the message that he actually had been entrusted with That given to others would set them free He had heard jesus and matthew 11 28 through 30 when jesus had said come to me all you who are weary and burdened I'll give you rest Take my yoke upon you Learn from me for i am gentle and humble and heart and you will find rest for your souls My yoke is easy my burden is light There's no doubt that peter in his proclamation of this message had said this kind of thing to other people But it was now time for him to believe what he believed You can take this message and give it to other people But you need to partake of it yourself also And so john and peter had seen the same thing an empty tomb But before seeing the empty tomb John had been at the foot of the cross He had seen jesus die He heard his last words And he heard jesus when jesus said father forgive them For they know not what they do And as he's viewing this empty tomb He's understanding what has happened He's understanding that jesus has risen even as he said he would Remember in luke 18 31 through 33 jesus took the twelve aside and told them We're going up to jerusalem Everything that is written by the prophets about the son of man will be fulfilled He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him insult him spit on him Flog him and kill him and on the third day he will rise again So he believed he had actually believed before he saw And that is the same with us in a way You see in first peter chapter one verse eight the apostle said Though you've not seen him You love him And even though you do not see him now You believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy I haven't seen him face to face I didn't walk down the dusty roads of jerusalem or or minister alongside of him in galilee I didn't see any of the things that those who were alive during his day did but we we haven't seen him and yet we love him We haven't seen him yet. We've experienced what he can do We've experienced forgiveness haven't we we've experienced the joy that comes through knowing that god is with you We've experienced the new creation. We've become entirely different We've seen our life altered We've seen the way that we were going in one direction. We we turned completely around and we're going in a new direction We've been so transformed that people who have known us best before christ Can't believe that we have actually encountered someone who's done something like that in our life. We are so different now Why because we have encountered jesus christ Jesus christ isn't just a great teacher and jesus christ was not simply a miracle worker Jesus christ was not simply a good man Jesus christ is god in the flesh and jesus took upon himself my sin He was nailed to a cross. He died. He was buried but the third day he rose from the dead He ascended he went to heaven. He sent the holy spirit to dwell in those who would believe in him He transforms lives and we're looking forward to seeing him when he comes back again And it's going to be soon It's not going to be that long until we see him face to face And we love him and that and the fact is it has produced in us a joy that is inexpressible I don't know about you. I can only speak of myself in this but I can say this That there are times even tonight as we are worshiping the lord in song there are times When I have to stop singing not because marie tells me to But because my heart becomes so full And my eyes begin to tear up And I'm overwhelmed. How about you? I'm overwhelmed. I just stand there and I I don't know what to do. I just my tear up God you've been so good You have never left me And you've never forsaken me You have provided for me In ways that I never imagined You've taken my feet And you've settled them on solid ground You have blessed me With a mom and a dad who came to faith in christ You have blessed me With a wife who actually loves me You've blessed me with children Who put up with me You've given me grand babies That my heart is so full When I see them my grandson was here for a moment because my sister my my sister I sound like biden my um My daughter My daughter brought my grandson And he was there in the front for just a moment And I saw that beautiful little boy and my heart gets full It gets full People think oh you're just a sentimental old fool Yeah, I am But I'm also a very blessed man I'm also a very blessed man Yeah, I'm a blessed man and I know that There are a lot of you who are blessed also guys you need to take the time To realize that All that we're going through right now and we're going through so much All that we're going through this too shall pass You need to remember that You see one of the things that when I was young That has changed now that I'm no longer young Has been that when I was young things had to change right now It had to change right now Or also as frustrated I'd get upset Because things aren't changing So when I was younger Things had to change quickly or else I would get frustrated. I'd become impatient And yet I came to realize That the lord was working in that in-between time from what I was experiencing To when it came to its consummation and I discovered that if I learned To settle myself like the psalmist said like a weaned child in the arms of the mother A child that is weaned is a child that is no longer having to to nurse constantly They can actually lay at the mother's chest at her breast without having to to constantly nurse. They're just satisfied being there So when the psalmist speaks like my soul is that of a weaned child He's simply saying I'm not constantly tugging on god to produce for me I can now just settle in and wait on the lord because I know he loves me And I can settle in there comfortably knowing that my god hasn't forsaken me that my god is with me That my god will provide for me that my god loves me and when you have that That that relationship with the lord where I don't know what's going on right now, but I do know this I'm in your loving hands and you will not forsake me. You will provide for me You are with me no matter what I go through. I'm never alone when you understand that Then you begin to understand how god works and how god works over time and how he does certain things And it's always on the right timetable You see when jesus was placed in in a tomb and and and and the tomb was sealed and and the people are familiar with where he is And there's been a formal burial that's taken place and all and then day after day goes by in the third day Here they come expecting to to continue and to finish off that that anointing and give him a proper burial As far as they were concerned jesus christ was dead because they had spent agonizing time between Seeing him laid in that tomb and then coming to a tomb. They expected to see him there They thought that their problem their loss was going to be forever But that tomb was opened up and jesus was out of that tomb because that tells me that death cannot hold him down And that tells me he will provide for me and I can trust him because he lives I will live too in here and that helps me in my time of concern. That's what christian faith is It's not blind We're not blindly believing We trust god We have a relationship with him. We have a knowledge of the most holy one And he has drawn us to himself and he's our father and he cares for us Jesus once said if if you Fathers being evil know how to give good gifts to your own children He said your evil your evil fathers will not your heavenly father give the holy spirit to those who ask You you you will give your children something you you if you see that they have Holes in their shoes You're gonna buy them new shoes if you can if you see that they're hungry You're gonna feed them if they're thirsty you're gonna give them water and he and he said you're evil But you love and you know how to love your babies Are you telling me that god doesn't know how to love his? God knows how to love his babies And guess what as old as you are You're still his baby He loves you My mama used to try and drag me on to her lap And I was old I got 50 years old and she's still trying to drag me on her lap And I said mama come on I'm I'm a man I used to be I'm a man mama. She's and she's say You'll always be my baby. I didn't understand that I didn't I thought go now I do because Because don't matter how old you ever become You're still your your mama's baby Well, guess what? No matter how old I am I'm still a child of my father god And he loves me and that love Has set me free They didn't understand what was taking place. They see evidence is that the body's gone They see the linen cloths That are there Folded together is the the head covering They see all of this it's evidence that he's risen But they have yet to really understand what's going on And that's why it says in verse 9 as yet They didn't know the scripture that he must rise again from the dead The disciples went away again to their own homes They didn't know the scripture when it says that it it means they didn't know the scripture was being fulfilled before their very eyes They hadn't put together the various promises They hadn't seen that these promises have been fulfilled Like in psalms 16 verses 9 and 10 where the psalmist said my heart is glad My glory rejoices my flesh also will rest in hope For you will not leave my soul in shield Nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. That's what it's called a messianic psalm Jesus didn't rot his body didn't decay God didn't suffer that to take place He was raised the third day and he had said that he said I will rise from the dead But they had yet to experience what the reality of this was The psalmist in psalm 34 verse 8 says taste and see that the Lord is good Blessed is a man who takes refuge in him Job 42 verse 5 says I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear But now my eye sees you There's a difference between in your head knowing something and then experientially understanding it They had yet to know by experience But it meant that messiah would be raised from the dead And that's what it means in verse 9. They didn't know the scripture that he must rise again from the dead They knew scriptures that pertain to it, but they didn't realize it was fulfilled right in front of them And then verse 10 the disciples went away again to their own homes They went away They were residing there in Jerusalem for the season So they went to the places that they were staying while in Jerusalem And they disappeared to their own homes and as they did so they're going to consider what has taken place And so we're going to stop here because next week we're going to pick up at verse 11 Where mary is standing outside of the tomb weeping and we'll take this story another step further