John 20:9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. 10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

John 20:9 For as yet they did not understand the Scripture,  that He must rise again from the dead.  10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

What had the disciples not yet understood?

•       “For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead” (John 20:9).

o  How had Jesus prepared His disciples?

§  Matt. 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

§  Matt. 16:21    From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

§  Matt. 17:9    And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them,  “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”

§  Matt. 17:12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they pleased.  So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.”

§  Matt. 17:22    As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men,

§  Matt. 20:18 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death

§  Mark 8:31    And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 

§  Mark 9:12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and  be treated with contempt?

§  Mark 9:31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”

§  Luke 9:22 saying, “ The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day.”

§  Luke 9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears:  The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

§  Luke 17:25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

§  Luke 18:32 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

§  John 2:18   So the Jews said to him,  “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”  19 Jesus answered them,  “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”  21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.  22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Where do the disciples go after leaving the empty tomb?

•       “So the disciples went away again to their homes” (John 20:10).

 

Father,

How patient You are with our unbelief and ignorance of Your Word. May we become better stewards of the truth You have revealed in Your Word and stand steadfast in the testimony of Jesus through Whom grace and truth were realized and in Whom we receive grace upon grace. In Jesus’ Name Amen.