The Desire of Ages -- Study Guide

Chapter 81: “The Lord Is Risen”

1. Read Matthew 28:1-15. In what way did the priests “overreach themselves” in creating a fabricated story about the disappearance of Jesus’ body? DA-SG 84.1

2. Why was Pilate troubled about reports that Jesus had been raised from the dead? DA-SG 84.2

3. At Christ’s resurrection, the soldiers’ “eyes were riveted upon the face of Him whom they had so recently mocked and derided.” Put yourself in the soldiers’ place; what kinds of thoughts and emotions would you have felt at that moment? DA-SG 84.3