Lesson 22 - Alive Again!
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Watch and Discuss: Scenes 28 (2:07:28 - 2:11:38)

As you watch, take notes and be prepared to answer the following questions after you watch the video:

  1. Why was the woman (Mary) surprised when she came up to the entrance of the grave?
  2. What time of day was it?
  3. What colour were the grave clothes?
  4. Describe Mary's earrings.
  5. How did the others react to Mary when she said Jesus was alive?
  6. How many others went with her to see the empty tomb?
  7. What did Peter buy before he returned to the other disciples?

Listening Practice:

Watch the video clip again and fill in the missing words from the dropdown box:


Jesus: Who are you for?

Mary Magdalene: If you've taken him, me where he is.

Jesus: Mary.

Mary Magdalene: ?

Jesus: Go and tell our I am here.

Mary Magdalene: Peter! Peter! Everyone! The tomb is open. He's .

Thomas: That's not possible.

Mary Magdalene: I saw him.

John: Mary, maybe it was someone else.

Mary Magdalene: You think I'm .

Peter see the for yourself.

Now do you believe me?

John: But he's gone.

Peter: Gone? No. He's .

A cup. I need a and some wine

Thomas: What happened?

Peter: His body. His . "I am the way, the truth ...

Jesus: ...and the life."

Thomas: No. No, this isn't .

Jesus: Thomas. Stop . And believe.

Thomas: It is you.

Jesus: Because you see me, you believe.

are those who have not seen me and yet have believed.

Matching exercise: Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

  1. alive
  2. back
  3. blessed
  4. doubt
  5. mad
  6. real
  7. teacher
  8. tomb
  • a. to be fortunate
  • b. to be unsure but tend not to believe
  • c. crazy, insane
  • d. true, not fake or imaginary
  • e. living, functioning
  • f. in the direction from which one came
  • g. a burial room or grave with a monument over it
  • h. a person whose can instruct others

Completion exercise: Complete these sentences with words from the exercise above: (Hint: you may need to change the form of the word.)

  1. His name is Bob Smith, not John Jones.
  2. I that interest rates will come down soon.
  3. Egyptian pyramids are and monuments to dead rulers.
  4. Put things where you found them!
  5. He went when his wife died.
  6. My music has a lot of students..
  7. She was with a healthy long life.
  8. After the accident, he was barely .

Comprehension and discussion questions: Discuss these questions in your group or with a partner.

  1. At first, what did Mary think had happened to the body of Jesus?
  2. Why do you think the disciples did not believe Mary when she said Jesus was alive?
  3. Who went back to the tomb with Mary?
  4. Why did Peter want to eat bread and drink wine?
  5. Peter started to say some words Jesus had taught them, but Jesus finished the sentence. What were they, and what do you think they mean?
  6. How did Jesus convince Thomas that he was who He said He was?
  7. Who was Jesus talking about when He said, "Blessed are those who have not seen me and yet have believed"?
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