Comparison Matrix

Lesson 4: Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Comparison Matrix)

Subject: New Testament	Level: Adult
Topic: Four Gospels	Date:

Materials:

Data set on Comparison Matrix

Instructional Objectives:

By the end of the class, students will be able to:

1. List the events which is written or not written in all four Gospels.
2. Outline the death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the four Gospels.
3. Compare the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
4. Explain the differences in the Gospels’ record about the death and resurrection of Jesus.
5. Social Skills: Learn to work in group by sharing the task and helping each other.

Introduction:

As Jesus traveled and preached, he angered the Roman rulers, who feared that he was provoking unrest among the people and planning a revolution. He was also feared by Jewish leaders because of his challenges to traditional authority and teachings. Jesus named hypocrisy where he saw it and urged his community to claim a new prophetic vision. Those who opposed him saw him as a dangerous upstart who wanted to form a cult around himself. Jesus was well aware of these charges against him by political and religious authorities, and he predicted that he would be attacked and persecuted.

After a teaching ministry of perhaps three years, Jesus went to Jerusalem to observe the Jewish season of Passover. There he warned those closest to him of his coming death and gathered them together for a meal that would be their last supper together. He was then betrayed to the Roman authorities by Judas, one of his own followers, and captured. He was denounced by the Jewish high priest as a blasphemer who claimed to be the Messiah. Taken before the Roman authorities, Jesus was charged with sedition and executed by the Roman practice of crucifixion, being nailed to a cross. It was Friday and burial rites would have to wait until the Sabbath was over.

Early Sunday morning, according to all the gospel accounts, some of the women who had followed Jesus and loved him went to his tomb to prepare his body for a proper burial. When they arrived, they discovered that the stone at the entry to the tomb had been rolled away and the tomb was empty. According to the synoptic gospels, a figure in dazzling white appeared and told the women that Jesus had been raised from the dead. In John’s account, a man who seemed to be the gardener appeared to Mary Magdalene and spoke to her by name. It was Jesus. Although their accounts differ, the gospels report that in the following days, many of the disciples saw Jesus and experienced his presence. This experience of the living Christ is at the heart of the Christian faith.

Those who have followed the path of Christ through the centuries have understood his life, death, and resurrection as a profound affirmation of God’s presence in the midst of humanity. The “Christ event,” according to many Christians, cannot be understood in the context of the first century alone: It is as much a twenty-first century event, repeated and renewed daily in the lives of those who take this as the story of their own faith.

Presentation:

Teacher’s Activity	Students’ Activity
Good morning! Class. Today we will review what we have learned about the Gospel.	Good morning! Teacher.
Phase 1: Today we will use the comparison matrix methods to learn about the death and resurrection of Jesus. Did you bring your Bibles?	Students will listen and bring out there bibles.
Phase II: Now I will give you the matrix table which has 30 items. You look at the item and seek its address in the Gospel. Do you understand?	Students will show signs of understanding.
However, before I give you the matrix table, we need to divide into small group and help each other. Now I will count 1 to 5. Who has the same numbers will be group into one, we will have groups and each group would have 4 members each.	Students will group themselves according to the teacher’s instruction.
Okay, we have four gospels so each members of each group choose one book. Now I deliver the matrix table to you. There are four columns Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. Read the item and find it in the book which you choose. When you see it, you must write its address in the column. After you fill out all 30 items share with members in your group and complete other three columns. For Mathew, start looking from chapter 26 For Mark, start looking from chapter 14 For Luke, start looking from chapter 22 For John, start looking from chapter 12	Students will choose the book and look for the items in the book that they have chosen.
Phase 3: Okay, now you have finish let’s look at my big comparison matrix, help me fill out all the items and check if you are correct or not Now start, group 1, what is the first item? What’s your answer? How about the other group? Do you agree?	Students will give the answer when the teacher call their group and correct their comparison matrix.
Phase 4: You did a great job! Give yourselves a hand. Now what conclusion we can draw from the matrix? What observation do you have? What lesson do you learn from it? Why is the Gospel written in different sequence?	Discuss the questions, and give their observation, and draw out the lesson for learning.

Assignments:

1. Journal of the activity that they have done at least on half page.

2. Make a paper explaining “what difference did Jesus made by dying and resurrecting?

Reflections:

1. The activity brought a great and wonderful way to activate the thinking minds of the students.

2. This activity help the students to bring about what they have learned and what should they need to lean from the topic.

Comparison Matrix

death and resurrection of Jesus	Mathew	Mark	Luke	John	Conclusion
Religious leaders plot to kill Jesus
Judas agrees to betray Jesus
Disciples prepare for Passover feast
Jesus wash the disciples feet
Jesus and the disciples have last supper
Jesus predicts Peter’s denial
Jesus agonize in the garden
Jesus is betrayed and arrested
Peter denies knowing Jesus
The council of religious leaders condemns Jesus
Judas kills himself
Jesus stands trial before Pilate
Jesus stands trial before Herod
Pilate hands Jesus over to be crucified
Roman soldiers mocks Jesus
Jesus died on the cross
Jesus is laid on the tomb
Guards are posted at the tomb
Jesus raises from the dead
Jesus appears to Marry Magdalene