50 Day Journey of Joy – The Tomb
Week 7 Saturday, April 3rd, 2021
Read John 20:1-9 NLT
1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.
2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb.
4 They were both running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
5 He stooped and looked in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he didn’t go in.
6 Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,
7 while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.
8 Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—
9 for until then they still hadn’t understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
Questions for Meditation
- What did Mary think had happened? Who did she tell?
- What did Peter and John find at the tomb? What had they not understood until that moment?
Pray
Rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus. Thank Him that you do not need to fear death and dying and that He lives in you!
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