Life Group Questions

1. Why was Mary going to Jesus’ tomb? Describe the darkness that she’s in.
   

2. Have you ever been in the dark? How did you respond?
   

3. What did Mary find? How did she respond?
   

4. How did Peter and John respond to the news of the empty tomb?
   

5. What does the empty tomb teach us about death?
   

6. What does the empty tomb reveal about who Jesus is?
   

7. How should the empty tomb impact how we live?
   

20 ¹ Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. ² So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” ³ So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. ⁴ Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; ⁹ for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back to their homes. —John 20:1-10, ESV