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Lesson OneA Public Execution Assured His Death5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoA High Official Secured The Gravesite5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeIn Spite Of Guards, The Grave Was Found Empty5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourHis Apostles Were Dramatically Changed5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveMany Claimed To Have Seen Him Alive5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixJewish Believers Changed Their Day Of Worship5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenWitnesses Were Willing To Die For Their Claims5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightAlthough His Resurrection Was Unexpected, It Was Clearly Predicted5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NineThe Resurrection Was A Fitting Climax To A Miraculous Life5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenThe Resurrection Fits The Experience Of Those Who Trust Him5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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What was happening in Jerusalem on that weekend? Of what value were the witnesses who could share testimony of what they had seen and heard?
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It was on the eve of the Passover celebration that Jesus was to be crucified. Hence, there were hundreds of visitors to Jerusalem who would witness the Crucifixion.
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The Passover was happening in Jerusalem during the week of Jesus’ crucifixion. There would have been crowds of people who would have witnessed his death. Those same people, even if they had not actually seen Jesus, would have heard from many witnesses about his resurrection and that He was alive!
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Passover of the Jewish was taking place, there was many visitors who witness and testify the crucifixion as the word of God states it.
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The Passover feast was being held in Jerusalem. The witnesses who had seen the crucifixion and later Jesus resurrected would be an eyewitness that others could hear the good news from. There were many eyewitnesses to Jesus’ resurrected body as the Bible states. These witnesses could then spread the good news to their own communities when they returned home.
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Passover was taking place, there were many to Bear witness and testify to the fact of his crucifixion, just as written in Scripture.
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Who was Joseph of Arimathea? How was he involved in Jesus’ death? What role does he play in establishing Jesus’ resurrection?
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Joseph was a religious leader. Joseph asked for Jesus body and laid Jesus body in the tomb he had purchased for himself. He himself would have known Jesus died when he carried Jesus body. He himself was witness to laying Jesus in the tomb and the tomb being sealed.
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Who were some of the unbelievers who witnessed Jesus’ death on Calvary? Of what value is their testimony of what happened after Jesus’ death?
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One of the witnesses of Jesus’ death of Calvary was the Centurion. The Centurion’s testimony is very valuable because he had most likely participated in many different crucifixions. But, the Centurion noticed that this crucifixion was different because even though Jesus was beaten, mocked, and put to death by the Jews and the Romans, He asked God to “forgive them, for they know not what they do. The Centurion witnessed this and also the darkness that came after. These things led to the Centurion realizing that Jesus was the Christ and eventually accepting Him as his savior.
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The Roman soldiers and Jews. Their testimony is of high value because the soldier had done many crucifixion and would have been experts in this field as executioners. Plus of they were wrong, their punishment would have been severe.