Gary Gleans

Matthew 27:62-66 62  Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,  63  and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I  am to  rise again.’  64  “Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”  65  Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it  as  secure as you know how.”  66  And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone. This is one of the most significant passages in the resurrection narratives.   It is like watching a child trying to play chess with a grand master.   Every move that the Pharisees make thinking that they are taking care of a potential problem, God must have just been smiling and shaking His head.  

Matthew 27:57-61 57  When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.  58  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given  to him.   59  And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,  60  and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.  61  And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. Mark 15:42-47 42  When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,  43  Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.  44  Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, h

Matthew 27:51-56 51  And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.  52  The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;  53  and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.  54  Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” 55  Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.  56  Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. Mark 15:38-41 38  And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.  39  When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breat

Matthew 27:45-50 45  Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.  46  About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”  47  And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it,  began  saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”  48  Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.  49  But the rest  of them  said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.”  50  And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Mark 15:33-37 33  When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour.  34  At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?” which is translated, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”  35  When some of the bystande