4.7 The Resurrection of Christ                                  

 

1. In which Psalm is the resurrection of Christ foretold?
Psalms 16:10 For Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.

 

2. In what way was Jonah a type of Christ?
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

 

3. In what clear words did Jesus foretell His resurrection?
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17:22-23
22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
23 And they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
Luke 9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Read also Matthew 20:17-19 / Mark 8:31 / Mark 9:31-32 / Mark 10:32-34 / Luke 18:31-33

 

4. What did Jesus say when the Jews asked Him for a sign of His Messianic office?
John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy This temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

 

5. Which temple was He speaking about?
John 2:20-21
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But He spake of the temple of His body.

 

6. What effect did this prediction have on His disciples after His resurrection?
John 2:22 When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

 

7. In what way did the chief priests and Pharisees try to prevent the fulfillment of Christ’s words about His resurrection?
Matthew 27:62-64
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

 

8. How did Pilate respond to this request?
Matthew 27:65-66
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

 

9. How meaningless was all this?
Matthew 28:1-7
1 In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you.
Read: Mark 16:1-16 / Luke 24:1-8 / John 20:1-9

 

10. Was it possible that Christ would be held by death?
Acts 2:23-24
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that He should be holden of it.

 

11. How does Paul speak about the resurrection of Christ?
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

12. Who, says the apostle, saw Christ after He was resurrected?
1 Corinthians 15:5-8
5 And that He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 After that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, He was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all He was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

 

13. What importance is attached to the resurrection of Christ?
1 Corinthians 15:14-18
14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ: whom He raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

 

14. What assurance is given concerning the resurrection?
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

 

15. What great truth follows from this?
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

 

16. What joyful message did Christ send to His people concerning His resurrection?
Revelation 1:17-18
17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the First and the Last:
18 I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

 

17. What is the measure of God's power that believers can experience daily in their lives?
Ephesians 1:18-20
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,
20 Which He wrought in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places,

 

18. What Christian ordinance commemorates Christ's burial and resurrection?
Romans 6:3-5
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection: