The Last Scribe

Story scene · The Life of Jesus · Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20

The resurrection of Jesus as a game: the stone, the garden and the mountain

Come to the sepulchre with the women “as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week”, and find the stone rolled back. Run with Peter and the other disciple, stand with Mary until He calls her by name, and hear His commission in Galilee.

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No download. Plays in any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Revelation 1 and the Baptism of Jesus are free to try first.

What you will see

One morning in the garden, told from the sepulchre to the mountain in Galilee

You arrive as a Scribe, sent to witness the story and write it down. The resurrection is told from three passages at once, Matthew 28, Luke 24 and John 20, and the scene is one map you can walk end to end. Seven stand on it: a soldier of the guard, the angel at the tomb, the disciple whom Jesus loved, Simon Peter, Mary Magdalene, the risen Jesus in the garden, and the risen Jesus on the mountain in Galilee. Each speaks only from their own verses. Jesus is met and spoken with, never played: risen in the body, the tomb empty behind Him.

Seven things wait to be found and read: the spices the women had prepared, the stone rolled back from the door, the place where the Lord lay, the linen clothes and the napkin folded by itself, His words “I am not yet ascended to my Father”, the large money given to the soldiers, and the charge to teach all nations. The quest follows the passages in order: what the women brought and when, the stone, the angel’s words, what the other disciple saw inside, Mary weeping in the garden, the risen Jesus calling her by name, why He had not yet ascended, and the climb to the mountain in Galilee.

The morning is told as the angel tells it: “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.” When you have seen it all, step into the quiz zone and nineteen questions ask what you saw.

The Resurrection in the game: the map of the story with its people standing where the passage puts them
The game itself, not a mock-up: The Resurrection.

The story, in order

The quest, He Is Not Here, but Is Risen, has eight steps, and they follow the passages in order. Nothing is added to the text; the steps are a way of making sure you miss none of it.

  1. See what the women brought, and when they came.
  2. Find the stone rolled away.
  3. Hear what the angel said to the women.
  4. Hear from the disciple whom Jesus loved what he saw inside the tomb.
  5. Find Mary weeping in the garden.
  6. Hear the risen Jesus call her by name.
  7. Learn why He had not yet ascended.
  8. Climb the mountain in Galilee and hear His commission.

Who you meet

Seven people and voices stand in the scene. Each speaks only from their own place in the passages.

  • A Soldier of the Guard — one of the keepers at the tomb, who tells you of the earthquake, the angel, and the money they took to say otherwise.
  • The Angel at the Tomb — the angel of the Lord who rolled back the stone and told the women, “Fear not ye” (28:5).
  • The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved — the disciple who outran Peter to the sepulchre, looked in, and “saw, and believed”.
  • Simon Peter — the disciple who heard the women’s words as “idle tales”, ran to the tomb anyway, and saw the linen clothes lying.
  • Mary Magdalene — the woman who wept at the sepulchre because “they have taken away my Lord”, until He spoke her name.
  • The Risen Jesus — met and spoken with, never played, who asks Mary, “Woman, why weepest thou?”, and calls her by name.
  • The Risen Jesus on the Mountain in Galilee — met and spoken with, never played, who sends the eleven to teach all nations and promises, “I am with you alway”.

What you find

Walk up to any of these and the game reads you the verses it comes from, in the King James Version.

  • The Spices They Had Prepared (Luke 24:1)
  • The Stone Rolled Away (Matthew 28:2–3)
  • The Place Where the Lord Lay (Matthew 28:6)
  • The Linen Cloths and the Folded Handkerchief (John 20:5–8)
  • I Have Not Yet Ascended (John 20:17)
  • A Large Sum of Money (Matthew 28:11–15)
  • Go and Make Disciples (Matthew 28:16–20)

The angel’s words at the empty tomb

“And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:5–6, King James Version

Every verse the game quotes is the KJV. Where a character speaks in their own words, the dialogue is written from the passages and checked against our doctrinal rules before release. The about page says plainly how we read the Bible.

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The Resurrection quiz questions, with answers

Five real questions from the The Resurrection quiz, in the game's own words. In the game the options are shuffled every time, and you need 70% to pass.

1. What did the women bring with them to the tomb?

  1. Bread and wine
  2. Linen to wrap the body
  3. The spices which they had prepared
  4. Lamps and oil for a vigil
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C. The spices which they had prepared They came bringing the spices which they had prepared, to anoint His body.

Luke 24:1

2. What did the two men in shining garments ask the women?

  1. Why are you weeping?
  2. Where have you laid Him?
  3. Why seek ye the living among the dead?
  4. Have you brought the spices?
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C. Why seek ye the living among the dead? “Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen!”

Luke 24:5

3. Where was the handkerchief that had been around His head?

  1. Hanging on the stone
  2. Folded together in a place by itself
  3. Lying with the linen cloths
  4. Carried away with the body
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B. Folded together in a place by itself The napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. The tomb was left in order, not robbed.

John 20:7

4. When did Mary know Him?

  1. When the angels told her
  2. When she saw the wounds in His hands
  3. When He broke bread
  4. When He called her by name
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D. When He called her by name Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

John 20:16

5. In whose name did Jesus send them to baptize?

  1. The temple in Jerusalem
  2. Peter the apostle
  3. The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit
  4. Moses and the prophets
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C. The Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit He sent them to make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19

Right answers pay 10 XP each and a perfect score pays 50 more. In a room, everyone answers the same quiz and sees how the others did. More on how the quiz works.

Story facts

50
verses from Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20, every one covered by something you see, hear or read
19
quiz questions, each tied to a verse
7
people and voices to speak with
7
things to find and read
1–6
players in a room; solo play is fine too
KJV
every verse quoted from the King James Version

How to play it

  1. Open the game in your browser and make an account. A child under 13 gives a parent's email instead of their own, and the parent confirms before the child can play with anyone else; see the page for parents.
  2. Play the short intro story in the Archivery, the library where the Scribe finds the Book. It is free and takes a few minutes.
  3. Open the world map and choose The Resurrection. To play with others, start a room and share its code, which looks like SCRIBE-7K4P2Q; up to six people can join from their own devices.
  4. Walk the map, speak with everyone, read everything, then step into the quiz zone.

Free, and with a subscription

The Resurrection is one of the 14 story scenes, in the series The Life of Jesus. It is part of the subscription ($9.99 a month or $79.99 a year), and the story scenes are open from the first day of it: they do not wait on the road through the books. See pricing.

Free forever, for every player: the intro story, Revelation 1, the story scene The Baptism of Jesus, and four open lands to walk with other players: the City of the Last Days, the Garden of Eden, Judea in the days of Jesus, and Patmos and the Seven Churches. Revelation 1 is a good first chapter to try before you subscribe.

More to play

Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

The resurrection takes about twenty minutes alone, a little longer with friends in a room.

Start with the free chapters