Easter isn’t complete just because we’re through Jesus’ Passion story. It will be 40 more days before He leaves earth, and even then He’ll appear in visions to a few through the New Testament. Let’s take a chronological overview tonight and then a couple more services to highlight more of the particular appearances He made before His ascension.Here’s the story, a little confusing, with people running here and there, scurrying about as you could imagine, trying to make sense of everything: Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene and then some other women with her at the tomb; they had planned to try to anoint His body, and wondered on the way who would roll the stone away from the door of if they would be allowed to see His body.This indicates they were not expecting Him to be alive. Indeed, they arrived and found the tomb already open, with no body inside, and Mary Magdalene ran to tell Peter and John that someone had taken His body. Meanwhile, back at the tomb, the other women see two angels who explain to them that He rose like He said He would! They instruct these women to go tell the others.Now Mary has Peter and John running toward the tomb as she tries to keep up, the other women are heading in another direction to look for any of the disciples and give them the news. John makes a point of telling us that he outran Peter. But John stops at the entrance to the tomb, looking in from there, he sees the linen clothes lying empty. Peter catches up and barges straight in, as was his style. John believes Jesus was risen, Peter was still scratching his head. Both of them leave for home, but Mary Magdalene stays at the tomb.

1. FIRST APPEARANCE: Mary supposes Jesus to be the gardner–>> John 20:16

2. SECOND APPEARANCE: He sent them to the Apostles with the news –>>Matthew 28:9 3. THIRD APPEARANCE: Two disciples on their way to Emma’s –>> Luke 24:13-31 

The eleven disbelieved Mark 16:13

We will resume with the forth appearance next week.