Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig. Today, the Doctrine of Christ,

Part 29. For more information and resources from Dr. Craig, go to reasonable faith.org.

Having completed our study of 1st Corinthians 15, we now today want to turn to a discussion of the Gospels with respect to the

resurrection of Jesus. You'll remember that in the formula that Paul quotes in 1 Corinthians 15,

3 to 5, he enumerates the key events of Jesus' passion and resurrection.

Christ died, was buried, was raised, and appeared.

And we, in looking at the Gospels, want to take in order those last three elements in the formula.

The burial of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, the empty tomb

account, and then finally the appearance narratives of the Gospels.

Now inasmuch most scholars think that the Gospel of Mark is the earliest of the four Gospels and was used as one of the

sources by both Matthew and Luke. Let's turn to the Gospel of Mark to begin our study

of the resurrection narratives. First, let's talk about the burial account. Mark's burial account is found in

Mark 15, verse 40 to 47. Mark 15, 40 to 47. Let's read that together. There were also women

looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary

the mother of James the younger and of Josis, and Salome, who, when he was in Galilee,

followed him and ministered to him, and also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

And when evening had come, since it was the day of preparation, that is the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the

council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked

for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead. And summoning the centurion,

he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead,

he granted the body to Joseph.

And he bought a linen shroud and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. And he rolled a stone against the

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