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We Have Seen the Lord

Line up the last week of the Savior’s life, walk with the first witnesses of the empty tomb, and call every witness of the risen Christ to the stand

  • 🏔️ Youth 16–18
  • Week 13
  • 📅 Sunday, March 28, 2027
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Jesus Christ truly rose from the dead; many witnesses in the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and our day testify of it, and the Holy Ghost can make each of us a witness too.

I can study the witnesses of the Resurrection, seek my own witness through the Holy Ghost, and live and testify like someone who knows He lives.

Come, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Easter Week)
Know the chapters

The manual invites a day-by-day walk through the last week of the Savior’s mortal life, while being honest that we don’t know exactly which day some events happened: the triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1–11), cleansing the temple (21:12–16), the parable of the wedding feast (22:1–14), “ye have done it unto me” (25:31–46), the anointing, the Last Supper, and Gethsemane (Matthew 26), the Crucifixion (Matthew 27), His ministry among the spirits of the dead while His body lay in the tomb (1 Peter 3:18–20; D&C 138), and the Resurrection (Matthew 28; Luke 24; John 20). It all happened during Passover, the feast that remembered Israel’s deliverance from slavery, as the Lamb of God delivered all people from sin and death.

Today’s scripture scene follows the first witnesses. Mary Magdalene finds the stone rolled away and runs for Peter and John, who race to the tomb and find the grave clothes lying in place and the head cloth folded by itself: not the scene of a hurried theft (John 20:1–10). Mary stays, weeping, and the risen Lord speaks her name (20:11–18). The Joseph Smith Translation renders His words to her in John 20:17 as “Hold me not.” That evening two disciples walking to Emmaus feel their hearts burn as a stranger opens the scriptures, and they recognize Him when He breaks bread (Luke 24:13–35). Thomas, absent that night, insists on seeing and touching; a week later the Savior invites him to do exactly that, then blesses those who believe without seeing (John 20:24–29). John says these accounts were written “that ye might believe” (John 20:31).

We have a remarkable number of witnesses: Paul lists appearances to Cephas, the Twelve, over five hundred at once, James, and himself (1 Corinthians 15:5–8); in the Book of Mormon a multitude at Bountiful came one by one to feel the prints in His hands and feet (3 Nephi 11:8–17); Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son (Joseph Smith—History 1:17), and later testified with Sidney Rigdon, “That he lives!” (D&C 76:22–23). In 2000 the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve issued “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles.”

For 16–18-year-olds: be honest that the Resurrection is received by faith, not proved in a lab. But faith here isn’t blind: it rests on many witnesses, and it is confirmed personally by the Holy Ghost, the same burning the Emmaus disciples felt (Luke 24:32; see Moroni 10:5). Some in your class may have lost a grandparent, parent, or friend; the promise that “in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22) and that body and spirit will be reunited in perfect form (Alma 11:43–44) is for them. Several will soon testify of the Resurrection as missionaries. Keep the class reverent and joyful.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read John 20 and Luke 24:13–35. Open with What Would It Take?, have the class line up the week from the screen, and let Teach Mode carry the witnesses scene. Skip the Call the Witnesses race if time is short, but read 1 Corinthians 15:20–22 and 55, keep two discussion questions, and save the last two minutes for testimony. Brought nothing? Tap “I brought nothing”: every step works from the screen and your own scriptures.

What to bring3 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Read John 20 and Luke 24:13–35 slowly. Notice how each witness recognizes the Savior in a different way.
  2. Text a Narrator before Sunday (they read the Savior’s words), and someone willing to play Thomas, who has the most honest lines.
  3. If you have a returned missionary, a recent convert, or a youth who has lost someone, you might invite them ahead of time to share one sentence about why the Resurrection matters to them. Never surprise anyone with this.
  4. Optional: read “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles.” You’ll read one sentence from it in the testimony.
  5. Prepare your own short testimony of the living Christ. This is the lesson to share it plainly.

If your class is wild

  • Easter energy can go two ways: sugar-high or sleepy. The line-up and the witness race keep bodies moving so the end can be still.
  • Thomas isn’t a villain. Let the youth playing him say his line honestly. Many teens relate to him, and Jesus met him where he was.
  • The Peter and John race across the room is the fun moment. John should win (John 20:4).
  • Some youth are grieving. Keep the tone hopeful, and don’t ask anyone to talk about a loss unless they offer.
  • Let youth lead: the Narrator runs the scene, a youth runs the witness race, and a youth offers the closing prayer.

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

What Would It Take?

2 min

Asking what evidence they’d need sets youth up to notice that the Easter accounts give exactly that kind of witness.

  1. SAY“Imagine a friend tells you someone who died on Friday is alive on Sunday. What would it take for you to believe it?”
  2. Take quick answers and let them land on the screen list: see him · hear him · touch him · eat with him · lots of people see him · a skeptic sees him · it changes people.
  3. SAY“Keep that list in your head. Today we’ll see that the scriptures give us every one of those.”

Class screen: 🤔 What would it take for you to believe? · See him · Hear him · Touch him · Eat with him · Many people see him · A skeptic sees him · It changes people

2. Wiggle break

Line Up the Week

3 min

Physically putting the events of Holy Week in order helps youth see the whole path from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb.

  1. Show the scrambled events on the screen. Each youth claims one (in a small class, some take two).
  2. SAY“Line up across the front of the room in the order it happened. You have 60 seconds, and you can talk.” Start the Big Timer.
  3. Check the order together: triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1–11) · cleansing the temple (21:12–16) · wedding feast parable (22:1–14) · “ye have done it unto me” (25:31–46) · Last Supper (26:26–30) · Gethsemane (26:36–46) · Crucifixion (27:33–54) · preaching to the spirits (1 Peter 3:18–19) · the empty tomb (28:1–6).
  4. Ask the youth holding Gethsemane and the Crucifixion to stay standing while everyone else sits. Say: “Easter morning only means something because of these two.”
⏱️ Big Timer (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 📅 Line up the Savior’s last week in order. · The empty tomb · Gethsemane · Triumphal entry · Preaching to the spirits · The Last Supper · Cleansing the temple · The Crucifixion · “Ye have done it unto me” · Wedding feast parable

3. Story

Scripture Scene: We Have Seen the Lord

7 min

Acting out John 20 and Luke 24 lets youth walk with the first witnesses and notice how differently each came to know He lives.

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). The Narrator reads every word the Savior speaks; no one plays Jesus.
  2. Your Narrator reads each scene while the cast acts.
  3. After scene 5, ask: “What made Mary recognize Him?” (He said her name.)
  4. After scene 9, go back to the hook list and ask: “Which of these did the witnesses get?” (All of them: saw, heard, touched, ate with Him, many at once, a skeptic, changed lives.)
  5. Ask: “Each one recognized Him differently: a name, a burning heart, broken bread, touching the wounds. Which one is most like how you’ve felt Him?”
🌪️ If attention dips during the Emmaus walk, have Cleopas and Friend walk a lap around the whole class. Movement brings everyone back.

Class screen: 🎭 The first witnesses of the risen Lord · John 20:1–29 · Luke 24:13–35

4. Scripture

O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?

4 min

Reading Paul’s witness shows what the Resurrection means for every person who has ever lived, including the people youth have lost.

  1. Pairs read 1 Corinthians 15:3–8 and count the witnesses Paul lists. (Cephas, the Twelve, over 500 at once, James, all the apostles, Paul.)
  2. Then read 15:20–22 together. Ask: “Who will be resurrected?” (All. It’s a free gift to everyone because of Him.)
  3. Read 15:55 aloud together. Say: “Paul is taunting death. Because of Easter, death doesn’t get the last word, for anyone we love.”
  4. Teach Matthew 28:6 with the memory hooks. Say it together once.

Class screen: 🪦➡️🌅 “O grave, where is thy victory?” · 1 Corinthians 15:3–8, 20–22, 55 · Matthew 28:6

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Scriptures: the youth’s own Gospel Library app, or a printed Bible for each pair

Count the Witnesses

  1. SAY“Hold up a finger for every witness you hear.” Read 1 Corinthians 15:3–8 aloud from your own scriptures. (Cephas, the Twelve, over 500 at once, James, all the apostles, Paul.)
  2. Read 15:20–22. Ask: “Who will be resurrected?” (All. It’s a free gift to everyone because of Him.)
  3. Have everyone say 15:55 with you, phrase by phrase: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
  4. Teach Matthew 28:6 with the memory hooks. Say it together once.

Class screen: ☝️ Hold up a finger for every witness. · 1 Corinthians 15:3–8

5. Game

Call the Witnesses

4 min

A team race to list witnesses of the risen Christ across all the standard works shows how strong the testimony of the Resurrection really is.

  1. Two teams. Say: “You’re building a case that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. You have two minutes to list as many witnesses as you can. Each needs a scripture reference.” Start the Big Timer.
  2. Teams take turns calling a witness to the stand. One point each; two points for one the other team didn’t get.
  3. Look for: Mary Magdalene (John 20:16) · the other women (Matthew 28:9) · Peter (Luke 24:34) · two disciples at Emmaus (Luke 24:31) · the Apostles (John 20:20) · Thomas (John 20:28) · over 500 at once (1 Corinthians 15:6) · James and Paul (1 Corinthians 15:7–8) · Stephen (Acts 7:56) · the Nephites at Bountiful (3 Nephi 11:15) · Joseph Smith (Joseph Smith—History 1:17) · Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon (D&C 76:22–23) · Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery (D&C 110:2–4).
  4. Add the last witnesses yourself: living Apostles, who testify in “The Living Christ,” and every person who has received a witness by the Holy Ghost.
🌪️ If a team is stuck, give a hint category: “Try the Book of Mormon,” or “Try the Doctrine and Covenants.”
⏱️ Big Timer (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: ⚖️ Call a witness to the stand. Name the scripture. · New Testament · Book of Mormon · Doctrine and Covenants · Pearl of Great Price

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Scriptures: the youth’s own Gospel Library app, or a printed Bible for each pair

Who Saw Him?

  1. Two teams. Read a clue; the first team to shout the right witness scores a point.
  2. Clues: thought He was the gardener (Mary Magdalene) · walked and talked with Him on the road without recognizing Him (two disciples at Emmaus) · wouldn’t believe without touching the wounds (Thomas) · over five hundred at once (1 Corinthians 15:6) · saw Him standing on the right hand of God just before he was stoned (Stephen) · a multitude in the Americas who felt the prints one by one (the Nephites, 3 Nephi 11) · a 14-year-old in a grove of trees (Joseph Smith).
  3. After each answer, read or quote the reference briefly.
  4. Finish with the last witnesses: living Apostles, and every person who has received a witness by the Holy Ghost.

Class screen: ⚖️ Who saw Him? Shout the witness. · Bible · Book of Mormon · Latter-day witnesses

6. Talk it over

Real Talk

3 min

Honest questions help youth move from knowing the accounts to seeking and sharing their own witness.

  1. Sit in a circle. A youth discussion leader reads the questions and calls on people.
  2. Pick two or three. Let silence work, and share one honest answer yourself.
💬 Ask the class
  • Thomas wanted proof. Jesus gave it, and then blessed those who believe without seeing. Is it okay to have questions? What moved Thomas from doubt to “My Lord and my God”?
  • The Emmaus disciples felt their hearts burn before they recognized Him. When have you felt something like that while studying the scriptures or hearing someone testify?
  • If a friend asked you, “Do you actually believe Jesus rose from the dead? Why?” what would you honestly say?
  • How does knowing He lives change how you face death, loss, or your own mistakes?
  • Mary ran to tell the others. What would it look like to “run and tell” this week without being weird about it?

Class screen: 💬 Real talk

7. Testimony

That He Lives

2 min

Ending with the testimony of living Apostles and the teacher’s own witness invites each youth to seek and share theirs.

  1. Wait for real quiet. Read the one sentence from “The Living Christ” in this lesson’s conference quote.
  2. SAY“The first witnesses saw Him. Latter-day Apostles testify of Him. The same Holy Ghost that made the Emmaus disciples’ hearts burn can make you a witness too.”
  3. Share your own testimony of the living Christ, plainly and briefly. If someone agreed ahead of time, invite them to share their one sentence.
  4. Introduce the challenge and ask a youth to pray.

Class screen: 🌅 He is risen. He lives. · Matthew 28:6

8. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A team quiz reviews the events of Easter week and the witnesses of the Resurrection.

  1. Split into two teams. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  2. Teams get 10 seconds to agree. Bonus point if they can name the chapter.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown: Easter Week

Story drama

We Have Seen the Lord

John 20:1–29; Luke 24:13–35 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • NarratorReads each scene, including every word the risen Savior speaks. No one plays Jesus.
  • Mary MagdaleneFinds the empty tomb, weeps, hears her name, and runs to tell the disciples.
  • PeterRaces to the tomb, goes straight in, and sees the grave clothes.
  • JohnOutruns Peter to the tomb, hesitates, then goes in, sees, and believes.
  • Two AngelsSit where His body had lain and ask Mary why she weeps.
  • Cleopas and FriendWalk sadly to Emmaus, feel their hearts burn, and recognize Him at supper.
  • ThomasWon’t believe without seeing the prints of the nails, then says, “My Lord and my God.”
  • DisciplesEveryone else: hide behind locked doors, then rejoice.

Scenes

  1. 🌑🪨 Early, while it was yet dark

    Very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb. The stone had been rolled away. She ran to Peter and John: They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve put Him!

    🎬 Mary tiptoes to the “tomb” (a corner), stops, gasps, and runs to Peter and John.

  2. 🏃🏃 Peter and John race to the tomb

    Peter and John ran. John was faster and got there first, stooped down, and saw the linen clothes lying there, but didn’t go in. Peter ran straight in. The grave clothes were lying in place, and the cloth from His head was folded by itself. Then John went in too, and he saw, and believed.

    🎬 Peter and John race across the room. John wins, peeks in, and waits. Peter charges past him. Both stare, stunned.

  3. 😢👼 “Woman, why weepest thou?”

    The disciples went home, but Mary stayed outside the tomb, crying. When she looked in, she saw two angels in white sitting where His body had been. They asked, “Woman, why weepest thou?” She said, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.”

    🎬 The Two Angels sit at either end of the “tomb.” Mary kneels and wipes her eyes.

  4. 🌿 She thought He was the gardener

    She turned around and saw someone standing there, but she didn’t know it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.”

    🎬 Mary turns toward the Narrator’s voice, still crying, pleading with open hands.

  5. 💛 “Mary.” “Rabboni!”

    Then He said one word: Mary. She knew Him instantly and cried out, Rabboni, which means Master. He sent her to His brethren with a message: I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. She ran and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord.

    🎬 Mary freezes at her name, then says, “Rabboni!” She runs to the Disciples and reads John 20:18.

  6. 🛤️ Two disciples walk sadly to Emmaus

    That same day two disciples walked to a village called Emmaus, talking about everything that had happened. A stranger joined them and asked why they were so sad. We had hoped He was the one who would redeem Israel, they said. Then the stranger explained, starting with Moses and all the prophets, everything the scriptures said about the Christ.

    🎬 Cleopas and Friend walk slowly in a circle, heads down. The Narrator reads from the side (no one walks with them as the Savior). They start to look up as they listen.

  7. 🍞🔥 Known in the breaking of bread

    When they reached the village, they begged Him to stay. At supper He took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them, and suddenly they knew Him. Then He was gone. They said to each other: Didn’t our hearts burn within us while He talked with us and opened the scriptures? They hurried back to Jerusalem that same hour.

    🎬 Cleopas and Friend sit at a chair “table.” On the breaking of bread, they gasp and look at each other: “Did not our heart burn within us?” Then they hurry back across the room.

  8. 🚪🙌 “Peace be unto you”

    That evening the disciples were hiding behind locked doors. Suddenly Jesus stood among them and said, Peace be unto you. He showed them His hands and His side, and they were glad. But Thomas wasn’t there. When they told him, he said: Unless I see the prints of the nails and put my hand in His side, I will not believe.

    🎬 The Disciples huddle behind a “locked door.” They jump, then rejoice. Thomas walks in late, folds his arms, and says his line.

  9. ✋🙏 “My Lord and my God”

    Eight days later, with Thomas there, Jesus came again and stood among them. He said to Thomas: Reach here your finger and see my hands; reach your hand into my side, and don’t be faithless, but believing. Thomas answered, My Lord and my God. And Jesus said: Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

    🎬 Thomas slowly unfolds his arms, reaches out his hand, then drops to one knee: “My Lord and my God.” Everyone else is completely still.

Key verse

Matthew 28:6 ↗
“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”
In plain words: He isn’t in the tomb. He is risen, just like He promised. Come and see for yourself.
🙌 Memory hooks: “He is not here” = shake head, palms open · “for he is risen” = both hands rise high · “as he said” = finger taps lips · “Come, see the place” = beckon, then point down where the Lord lay.

More verses

Luke 24:32 ↗
“Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?”
In plain words: Their hearts burned while He taught them from the scriptures, even before they recognized Him. That’s how the Spirit testifies.
John 20:29 ↗
“Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
In plain words: Thomas believed because he saw. Jesus said those who believe without seeing are blessed. That’s us.
1 Corinthians 15:22 ↗
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
In plain words: Everyone dies because of the Fall, and because of Jesus Christ, everyone will live again.
1 Corinthians 15:55 ↗
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
In plain words: Because He rose, death doesn’t get the last word.

Forehead Guess words17 words

  • 🌿 Hosanna
  • 🍷 Last Supper
  • 🫒 Gethsemane
  • ✝️ Golgotha
  • 🪨 Empty tomb
  • 🧺 Linen clothes
  • 🌿 Gardener
  • 💛 Rabboni
  • 🛤️ Emmaus
  • 🔥 Burning heart
  • 🍞 Breaking of bread
  • ✋ Thomas
  • 🙌 Nail prints
  • 🌱 Firstfruits
  • 🌌 Spirit world
  • 🏛️ Bountiful
  • 📜 The Living Christ
Clues for each word
  • Hosanna: What the crowds shouted on the triumphal entry
  • Last Supper: Where He gave the sacrament to the Twelve
  • Gethsemane: Garden where He prayed, “Not as I will”
  • Golgotha: “The place of a skull”
  • Empty tomb: The stone was rolled away
  • Linen clothes: Left lying in the tomb, the head cloth folded
  • Gardener: Who Mary first thought He was
  • Rabboni: What Mary called Him: Master
  • Emmaus: Village two disciples walked to
  • Burning heart: How they felt while He opened the scriptures
  • Breaking of bread: When the two disciples recognized Him
  • Thomas: Said, “My Lord and my God”
  • Nail prints: What Thomas wanted to see and touch
  • Firstfruits: Paul’s word for Christ, the first to rise
  • Spirit world: Where He preached while His body lay in the tomb
  • Bountiful: Where the Nephites felt the prints in His hands
  • The Living Christ: The Apostles’ written testimony from the year 2000
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown10 questions

  1. Who was the first to find the stone rolled away in John 20?
    • A. Peter
    • B. Mary Magdalene
    • C. Thomas
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Mary Magdalene John 20:1. She came early, while it was yet dark.

  2. Who reached the tomb first in the race?
    • A. John, the other disciple
    • B. Peter
    • C. Cleopas
    Show answer

    ✅ A. John, the other disciple John 20:4. He outran Peter, but Peter went in first.

  3. What made Mary recognize the risen Lord?
    • A. He showed His hands
    • B. He broke bread
    • C. He said her name
    Show answer

    ✅ C. He said her name John 20:16. One word: “Mary.”

  4. Where were the two disciples walking when Jesus joined them?
    • A. Bethany
    • B. Emmaus
    • C. Galilee
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Emmaus Luke 24:13. Their eyes were holden so they didn’t know Him at first.

  5. What did the Emmaus disciples feel while He opened the scriptures?
    • A. Their hearts burned
    • B. Afraid
    • C. Confused
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Their hearts burned Luke 24:32. The Spirit testified before they recognized Him.

  6. What did Thomas say when he saw the risen Lord?
    • A. “I knew it!”
    • B. “Why did you leave?”
    • C. “My Lord and my God”
    Show answer

    ✅ C. “My Lord and my God” John 20:28. From doubt to worship in one line.

  7. Who does Jesus call blessed in John 20:29?
    • A. Those who touch Him
    • B. Those who believe without seeing
    • C. Only the Twelve
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Those who believe without seeing That blessing is for us.

  8. How many saw the risen Christ at once, according to Paul?
    • A. Twelve
    • B. Seventy
    • C. Above five hundred
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Above five hundred 1 Corinthians 15:6. Many were still alive when Paul wrote.

  9. Where did a multitude feel the prints in His hands and feet?
    • A. Bountiful, in the Americas
    • B. Jerusalem
    • C. Rome
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Bountiful, in the Americas 3 Nephi 11:8–17. They came forth one by one.

  10. What did Jesus do between His death and Resurrection?
    • A. Nothing; He rested
    • B. Preached to the spirits of the dead
    • C. Traveled to Egypt
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Preached to the spirits of the dead 1 Peter 3:18–19; D&C 138. He organized the preaching of the gospel there.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

From general conference

“We bear testimony, as His duly ordained Apostles—that Jesus is the Living Christ, the immortal Son of God.”

— The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” January 1, 2000

Read at the start of the testimony step.

Read the talk ↗

Songs

  • I Know That My Redeemer Lives Hymns, no. 136

    The Easter hymn of testimony. Sing it right after the closing testimony. Find it ↗

  • He Died That We Might Live Again Children’s Songbook, p. 65

    A simple Easter song about the Resurrection that youth can sing with younger siblings this week. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Become a Witness

This Easter week, read one Resurrection account each day (Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20, 3 Nephi 11, and “The Living Christ”) and ask Heavenly Father for your own witness that Jesus Christ lives. When you feel it, even a little, write it down and tell one person, the way Mary ran to tell the disciples.

Text the parents

This Easter we lined up the events of the Savior’s last week, acted out the first witnesses of His Resurrection (John 20; Luke 24), and raced to name every witness of the risen Christ in the scriptures. Ask your teen: which witness do they relate to most, Mary, the Emmaus disciples, or Thomas, and why?

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

📋 Witness Table · 5 min

  1. Make three columns on the board or in a notes app: Witness · How they recognized Him · What it adds for me.
  2. Fill it in together for Mary (John 20:11–18), the Emmaus disciples (Luke 24:13–35), and Thomas (John 20:24–29).
  3. Add 3 Nephi 11:8–17 as a fourth row. Ask: “Why does it matter that we have witnesses from two hemispheres?”

🫒 Not as I Will · 4 min

  1. Read Matthew 26:36–46 quietly. Ask youth to notice every word that shows how He felt.
  2. Read Matthew 26:39 again. Ask: “When have you had to pray ‘nevertheless, not as I will’ about something you really wanted?”
  3. Testify that Easter morning came after Gethsemane, not instead of it.

✝️ Truly This Was the Son of God · 3 min

  1. Read Matthew 27:39–43 (people mocking: come down and we’ll believe) and 27:54 (the centurion’s witness).
  2. Ask: “What did the centurion see that the mockers missed?”

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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