MATTHEW
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MARK
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LUKE
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JOHN
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WHO WENT TO THE TOMB?
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Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary (2 women)
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Mary
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome (3 women)
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Mary
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Joanna, and the other women (5 or more women)
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Mary
Magdalene (1 woman)
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WHY DID THEY GO?
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To
see the sepulcher
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To
anoint him with spices
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To
take spices they had prepared
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(John's Gospel does not say why.)
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WHEN DID THEY GO?
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After
the Sabbath, toward the dawn, on the first day of the week
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After
the Sabbath, very early, on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen
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At
early dawn, on the first day of the week
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While
it was still dark, on the first day of the week
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THE ROLLING STONE
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The women
witnessed an angel and an earthquake rolling the stone back.
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The women
worry how they’ll ever move it, but they find the stone already rolled back.
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The women
find the stone rolled away.
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Mary
Magdalene finds the stone rolled away.
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THE GREETER(S) AT THE TOMB
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An
angel descended, he looked like lightning, dressed white as snow, and he sat
upon the stone outside the tomb (only in Matthew are there guards posted;
they tremble and become like dead men).
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A
young man in a white robe was sitting in the tomb on the right side.
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Two
men appeared in the tomb in dazzling apparel.
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After
Peter and the other disciple (John?) left, while Mary was weeping, she stooped
to look in and saw two angels in white, sitting where the body had been laid,
one at the head and one at the feet.
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WHAT THE GREETERS SAID
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“Don’t
be afraid . . .”
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“Don’t
be amazed . . .”
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“Why
do you seek the living among the dead?”
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“Woman,
why are you weeping?”
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THE REACTION OF THE WOMEN TO THE GREETER'S MESSAGE
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The women
departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and they ran to tell
the disciples.
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The women
fled from the tomb trembling, astonished, afraid, and said nothing to anyone.
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The women
returned and told the disciples.
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Mary
Magdalene saw the stone taken away, she went back and fetched Peter and the
other disciple (John?) who came, saw, and left her weeping at the tomb; she
answered two angels concerning her weeping, “Because they have taken my Lord
away. . .”
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JESUS’ FIRST APPEARANCE
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Somewhere
between the tomb and the disciples’ hideout in Jerusalem, Jesus met the two women
and said, “Hail!” and they worshiped him.
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Jesus
doesn’t appear to anyone, as our oldest and best copies of Mark end at 16:8; 9-20 was almost
certainly written later by someone else.
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Somewhere
on the road to Emmaus, Jesus walked with two disciples, one named Cleopas. And
at an unnamed place Jesus is said to have appeared to Simon (Peter). These two appearances happen about the same time, and it's unclear which was first.
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Just
outside the tomb, Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene who mistakes him for the
gardener.
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OTHER APPEARANCES
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To
the eleven on a Galilean mountain
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(In
the longer ending of Mark written by someone else, Jesus appeared to two
disciples walking in the country and to the eleven while at table.)
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To
the eleven plus companions in Jerusalem behind closed doors
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Somewhere
behind closed doors without Thomas; same room one week later with Thomas; later
to seven disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
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RESURRECTION
APPEARANCES IN THE BIBLE BEYOND THE FOUR GOSPELS
Book of Acts - the risen Christ appeared:
1-Acts 1:3-5 --- to disciples, teaching during forty days
(Passover-Pentecost)
2-Acts 1:6-11 --- to disciples who witness his ascension
3-Acts 7:55-56 --- to Stephen in a “vision” of heaven as he is
about to be stoned
4-Acts 9:1-9 --- to Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus—not an
appearance like others
First Corinthians 15:3-11 - the tradition handed to Paul says the
risen Christ appeared:
1 - to Cephas (Peter)
2 - then to the twelve (at first eleven)
3 - then to more than five hundred believers at one time
4 - then to James (Jesus' brother and eventual leader of the
church in Jerusalem)
5 - then to all apostles
6 - then to Saul/Paul last
