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Running To The Tomb

Text: John 20: 3 - 5

RUNNING TO THE TOMB

The news that Mary had brought caused the two Disciples , Peter and John to run to the garden tomb. They too wanted to know what had happened.

“Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.” 

John 20:3-5

1. “Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb”

a. Peter and John immediately set out.

b. Their destination was obvious.

c. They were going to the garden tomb of Jesus.

2. “So they both ran together”

a. They were as anxious as Mary was.

b. The faster they got there, the better.

c. They ran to the garden tomb.

3. “The other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first”

a. John was probably the younger man.

b. He outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

4. “And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there”

a. John however, did not go into the tomb.

b. He just looked in.

5. Some reasons why John did not go into the tomb

a. He was uncertain what he should do.

b. He waited for Peter to arrive.

c. He respected the dead and did not feel it proper to just barge into the tomb of Jesus.

6. “Saw the linen cloths lying there”

a. He did see the linen cloth lying there.

b. He could not fully understand what had happened.

c. He waited for Peter to reach the garden tomb.

经文：约翰福音 20：3-5

跑向坟墓

马利亚带来的消息使两个门徒，彼得和约翰，跑向坟墓。他们也想知道发生了什么事。

“彼得和那门徒就出来，往坟墓那里去。两个人同跑，那门徒比彼得跑的更快，先到了坟墓，低头往里看，就见细麻布还放在那里，只是没有进去。”

《约翰福音 20：3-5》

1. “彼得和那门徒就出来，往坟墓那里去”

a. 彼得和约翰立刻出发

b. 他们的目的地很明显

c. 他们要去耶稣的坟墓

2. “两个人同跑”

a. 他们和马利亚一样焦急

b. 他们越快抵达越好

c. 他们跑到坟墓

3. “那门徒比彼得跑的更快，先到了坟墓”

a. 约翰可能比较年轻

b. 他超越彼得并先抵达坟墓

4. “低头往里看，就见细麻布还放在那里”

a. 但是约翰没有进入坟墓

b. 他只是往里面看

5. 约翰没有进入坟墓的一些原因

a. 他不确定应该做什么

b. 他在等待彼得抵达

c. 他尊重死者，并觉得这样闯入耶稣的坟墓是不恰当的

6. “就见细麻布还放在那里”

a. 他确实看到那里的细麻布

b. 他无法完全理解发生了什么事

c. 他等着彼得抵达坟墓