Lovest Thou Me?

John 20:11–21:25; Matthew 28:9–20Mary Magdalene stays behind at the empty tomb, weeping, until someone she takes for the gardener says her name. That evening, with the doors locked, Jesus stands among his disciples and says, peace be unto you — but Thomas wasn't there, and won't believe secondhand. A week later, he does. Later still, seven of them go fishing and catch nothing all night, until a stranger on the shore fills their net — and on the beach, over a charcoal fire, Jesus asks Peter the same question three times, and gives him work to do for the rest of his life. On a mountain in Galilee, Jesus gives his eleven remaining disciples their final instructions, and John tells us plainly why he wrote all of this down.We are in a Matthew-John Harmony. Today's episode covers: John 20:11–21:25; Matthew 28:9–20 (the appearances to Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Thomas, the miraculous catch of fish, the restoration of Peter, and the Great Commission — the concluding episode of Season Two).