Implications From Jesus’ Burial & Resurrection-1(2024)

Some IMPLICATIONS From JESUS’ BURIAL & RESURRECTION-I—Luke 23:50--24:12

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The burial & resurrection of Jesus is historical fact.

Trust in the fact of Jesus’ death, burial, & resurrection, is a key factor in a person’s being ‘born-again’. Trust in the facts surrounding Jesus’ death, burial, & resurrection is key to one’s relationship with the family of God.

So, Luke lays out the historicity of Jesus’ burial & resurrection.

Jesus was dead, buried, & resurrected.

What details surround Jesus’ burial & resurrection?

14 implications from the details surrounding Jesus’ burial & resurrection.

1—An Implication from Jesus’ burial & resurrection is that God’s People Can...

MAN STRATEGIC PLACES(23:50-52)

Explanation:(23:50-52)

23:50-52—“Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good & just man. He had not consented to their decision & deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate & asked for the body of Jesus.”

23:50—“Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good & just man.”

Immediately following Jesus’ death on the Cross, “a man named Joseph” of the “council” of ‘the Seventy’/Sanhedrin, plays a prominent role in that history. This “Joseph” was known to be both “good” & “just” in his handling of ‘the Jesus situation.’

“Joseph” saw no motive for disposing of Jesus. “Joseph” saw Jesus for who He claimed to be, though he certainly did not comprehend all of the ramifications that surrounded Jesus.

23:51—“He had not consented to their decision & deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.”

Though “Joseph”(:50) was currently a member of the “Council”(Sanhedrin), yet he did not support nor “consent” to their overall “decision” to act against Jesus.

•John 19:38 tells us that this “Joseph” of “Arimathea” was “secretly” “a disciple of Jesus” because “Joseph” “feared” “the Jews.” “Joseph’s” driving “fear” most likely stemmed from a “fear” of other members of the “Council”, as well as from the larger numbers of the public who were sympathizers of the “Council’s” “decisions.” Evidently if his faith were made known, then he would at the very minimum, be ousted from holding his position with the Sanhedrin. And that would effect his entire family both nuclear & extended.

The “council’s” “decision” in question was to be rid of Jesus by arresting Him under false pretenses, falsely ‘trying’ Him, & having Him killed(crucified) by convincing the occupying Romans of Jesus’ threat to the nation(Mat. 26:3-5; Mk. 14:1-2; Mat. 27:20-22, 25; Mk. 15:9-13; Jn. 19:14-16).

*Those condemning circumstances are exactly what Jesus had forewarned His disciples about(Mat. 16:21; Mat. 17:22-23; Mat. 20:17-19; Mk. 8:31; Mk. 10:32-34 Lk. 9:22; Lk. 18:31-33; Lk. 24:6-8, 46).

23:52—“...This man went to Pilate & asked for the body of Jesus.”

Pontius “Pilate” , the Roman ruler over Judea, was asked by “Joseph” of “Arimathea”, if he could be allowed to take possession of “Jesus’” dead “body.”

Joseph’s being a known member of the Council, meant that “Pilate” would have had previous dealings with “Joseph” with some regularity.

“Pilate” supposed that giving “Jesus’” “body” to “Joseph” would have been a safe move on his part....

Due to the facts that:

1)“Joseph” was an upstanding Sanhedrin member, & that

2)Jesus Himself had earlier told “Pilate” that His kingdom was not of this world, & not centered in Jerusalem or “Pilate’s” realm, & that

3)“Pilate” knew that Jesus’ servants would NOT fight to install their King Jesus(Jn. 18:36-37).

Jn. 18:36-37—“Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.” Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, & for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.””

“Roman policy, when it was compassionate”[& it was not always compassionate!], “did not refuse burial to relatives of to anyone who asked for the body.”—Darrell L. Bock in BECNT

*Normally, if the “body” of anyone crucified was not claimed by family or friends, it would have been tossed into a duly designated pit for ‘mass’ burial with the bodies of other criminals(MNTC).

Mk. 15:43—“Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming & taking courage, went in to Pilate & asked for the body of Jesus.”

•(Mk. 15:43)“Courage”—tolmaw—Verb—1) Not to dread or shun through fear; 2) To bear, endure; 3) To bring one's self to; 4) To be bold; 5) Bear one's self boldly, deal boldly. Strong—To venture(objectively or in act; while yarrew is rather subjective or in feeling); by implication--To be courageous; from tolma(boldness; probably itself from the base of telov through the idea of extreme conduct). Used 16X.