Risen from the Dead - Jesus!

 Such incredible news at the time. Is it now less so?

Jesus' (borrowed) tomb held only wrappings and spices..

Jesus' Last Words - which were not Final!

Jesus’ final utterances (but which were not final!)

Jesus: Wrapped, or, Who took the wrap?

How a dead body is treated is prescribed by culture and law. Jesus’ body was wrapped with spices, but how, and for how long!?

Jesus: After the cross (v2)

What is reported to us from after the death of Jesus?

First thing: Brave Joseph of Arimathea (secret disciple, as John* tells it) had been given permission to place Jesus' remains in an unused tomb without delay, which he did.

Jesus: Risen

The account of Jesus has not yet ended. The account of Jesus does not end with his burial. Nor with his resurrection... and certainly not with his birth!

Messiah LORD - Jesus!

The account of Jesus does not end with his burial. The account of Jesus has not yet ended.

Messiah Crucified

Below is a partial compilation of Jesus and the cross. This is a glimpse of how the Gospel writers reported the reality of his death.

Christ Risen

Can things come right in Australian cricket? Can awful things change?
"Christ is risen; Christ will come again."

Rolling stone entrance of family tomb of Herod, Jerusalem - one of very few remaining - unlikely Joseph had exactly comparable example