Message

season 06 | “scars: Easter 2026”

Scripture

“This is your hour – when darkness reigns.” Luke 22:52c, NIV

“Crucify him, crucify him!” - Luke 23:21, NIV

“When they came to the place called Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals – one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” - Luke 23:33-34a, NIV

They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.  So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. – Luke 24:2-3, NLT

“Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.” – Luke 24:5b-7, NLT

But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it. However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened. – Luke 24:11-12, NLT

Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. But the whole group was startled and frightened, thinking they were seeing a ghost!

 “Why are you frightened?” he asked. “Why are your hearts filled with doubt?  Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it’s really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don’t have bodies, as you see that I do.”  As he spoke, he showed them his hands and his feet. – Luke 24:36b-40, NLT

 Still they stood there in disbelief, filled with joy and wonder. Then he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he ate it as they watched. – Luke 24:41-43, NLT

resources

The NIV Study Bible
Luke for Everyone, N.T. Wright
The Gospel of Luke, William Barclay
Luke: The Gospel of Atonement
The Message of Luke, Michael Wilcock and John R.W. Stott
The NLT Study Bible
Luke: That You May Know the Truth, R. Kent Hughes