Session 13

Sought (Mark 16:1-4)

1 When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they could go and anoint him.
2 Very early in the morning, on the first day of the week,
they went to the tomb at sunrise.
3 They were saying to one another,
“Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”
4 Looking up, they noticed that the stone — which was very large — had been rolled away.

List:

identify the key details of these verses.

Explain:

Note that the women were determined to give Jesus a proper burial,
even though they did not know how they would get in the tomb because of the stone.

Point out that even going back to the tomb could have been risky,
but their faithfulness to Jesus was evident in their actions.

Ask:

• What keeps people from examining the truth of the resurrection? (p. 111)
• Why is it important to seek the truth about Jesus and His resurrection?

Transition:

The women found so much more than they expected.
Seeing the stone moved away was just the beginning for them.