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The Day After His Crucifixion
At last the women speak. While the crucifixion/resurrection event is traditionally told through men's eyes, The Day After His Crucifixion brings Yeshua the Nazarene's story alive through the testimony of women who knew him and followed his teachings.
Shocked by his brutal execution, these New Testament eye witnesses gather to comfort one another and remind themselves of how Yeshua set them free, bringing them life abundant.
Peter's mother-in-law, the woman with the flow of blood, the crippled woman bent double, the bride whose wedding feast was saved by Yeshua playfully changing water into wine, and several others gather to share food and tender memories of their beloved Promised One.
Through their words familiar gospel stories spring to life.
The Day After His Crucifixion is packed with the inspiring, heart-felt accounts of New Testament women he healed and helped and drew into his circle. Their personal reports reveal Yeshua's ministry of love, his message of God's kingdom come, his courageous, life-affirming actions, and his eternal victory.
These discussion questions were provided by the publisher, DartFrog Books.
Book club questions for The Day After His Crucifixion by Merikay McLeod
Use these discussion questions to guide your next book club meeting.
Chapter 1: Have you experienced a morning like what's described here? When you wake up and then suddenly remember some horror like the death of a friend or the start of a war? If so, how did you get through the day? Does this woman's response to trauma ring true?
Chapter 2: men wanting to stone a woman
In this story of sin and righteousness, why do you think Yeshua's response to "the incident" differed from the mob's response? Why did he focus on the men rather than the woman? How do the themes of law, justice, and mercy play out in this story? In your life, would his statement, "The one who is without sin should cast the first stone," stop you in your judgmental tracks? And if so, why and how?
Chapter 3: the morning after
Why is it important to gather when there is suffering? In today's world, can sharing food and personal memories hold healing powers? How?
Why do you think Yeshua made such a public pronouncement about the faith and healing of the hemorrhaging woman, instead of simply saying "be healed" as he did with others?
What part did Yeshua's mother, Mary, play in his first miracle? What can we learn from that?
On anointing Yeshua's feet with Spikenard:
Why do you think the disciples criticized the woman for giving Yeshua such a lavish gift? Did they want Yeshua to think they cared deeply about the poor? Or what? Do you sometimes find yourself criticizing how others spend their money?
Do you identify with the woman being criticized when you're trying to do something good? If so, do the words of Yeshua give you comfort? In what way?
At the tomb:
Why do you think the disciples in hiding rejected the women's story about the empty tomb and the other-worldly messengers there?
Why do you think Yeshua revealed his resurrection to Mary first?
Is there a special significance of his speaking her name?
As you read through these stories of Yeshua's interaction with women, his statements to them or to others about them, his resurrection appearance first to Mary and commissioning her to announce his resurrection, did you gain a new respect for the role women played in Yeshua's life and ministry?
Did Yeshua's treatment of women affect your view of yourself? If so, how?
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