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Yes they are so what? They all fit together with NO CONTRADICTIONS
Yes they can be. Think about it if they did contradict they wouldn't be able to be "mushed together" into a cohesive story
Hahaha I'm not doing storytelling, I'm talking about an event based off of accounts, and showing how all those accounts fit together, and don't contradict each other.
Thank you, glad to know you enjoy it, and I plan to continue there's still alot of "contradictions" to adress.
I'm not a theologian though, and I would NEVER force people to pay me for knowledge haha.
Because it's like putting details from Star Wars in with details from Battlestar Galactica. Both have big ships, both have small fighters, both pit good against evil. But they are not the same story.
Yes, and the mush story becomes a whole different story than any individual author wanted to tell. So, no, they can't be mushed together. Not only are some of the details contradictory, but the nuances, theological meanings, and literary impact of each story is vitally different from the others.
What you're failing to understand is that the gospel accounts are examples of storytelling -- not examples of factual reporting. So, when you deal with the gospels, you are dealing with storytelling. And if you treat the stories as factual reporting, you're missing a lot of the theological nuance.
The real question is: Are you a "certified exegete?"Thank you, glad to know you enjoy it, and I plan to continue there's still alot of "contradictions" to adress.
There's an earthquake, the angel of the Lord descends from Heaven, rolls back the stone, sits on it, and the keepers are terrified and become like dead men.( Matthew 28:2-4)
On their way the women wonder who'll roll away the stone( Mark 16:3) When they arrive they see that the stone is rolled away(Mark 16:4, Luke 24:2) and then enter into the sepulchre. They don't see CHrist's body( Luke 24:3)
When Mary Magdalene sees the stone is rolled away from the sepulchre and Christ's body is gone she runs to find Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. SHe says, "WE don't know where they have laid him(John 20:1-2) [We is emphasized b/c if she'd been alone(as John seems to suggest) she wouldn't have used a term that means more than one person.]
Meanwhile the other women are perplexed( Luek 24:4) Two angels stand by them and tell them what's happened.( Luke 24:4-7, Matthew 28:5-7, Mark 16:6-7)[ In the accounts of Matthew and Mark it mentions only one angel. That doesn't mean there weren't two however, and all the passages suggest the angels were inside the sepulchre.]
The women flee quickly and are trembling and amazed( Mark 16:8, Matthew 28:8, Luke 24:9.) However they're afraid and don't say anything to any man( Mark 16:8)
Peter and the other disciple(who Mary went to) arrive at the sepulchre and go inside and see Christ's body is gone(John 20:3-9) After they see it they both go to their home(John 20:10)
Mary stands at the Sepulchre weeping and she sees two angels in white(John 20:11-13) She sees Jesus(John 20:14-16) He tells her to go to his brethren(John 20:17)
The other women, still afraid(Mark 16:18) have Jesus meet up with them and he tells them to, "be not afraid" and to tell his brethren to go into Galilee where they'll see him.(Matthew 28:9-10)
The women obey( Luke 24:9) and they and Mary Magdalene tell the disciples(Luke 24:10) [Some think that the women NEVER told anyone but we can see from te other accounts that's simply not true. Jesus even knew they were afraid. That's why he told them to, "Be not afraid."]
Also we know Mary couldn't have been with the other women the whole time b/c the bible says Jesus appeared to her first( Mark 16:9)
She closes her eyes, inhales deeply, and begins to chant ...
That part is a later interpolation -- not original to the story, and most likely not written by the author.
Mark 16:8 ends the original document: "So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." It's a cliffhanger.
No it's NOT like that. It would be liek that if I had added Jesus doing miracles into the account. All accounts are of the SAME story, and if you read along(with the verse references I gave) then you'll see that ALL four stories START at the SAME time.
No it doesn't...here I'll give you an analogy. Lets say I have three different people talk about my day(May 18th) Lets say one account says I wake up at 6 A.M, do school, eat lunch(12 P.M), and later on I go to sleep at 7 P.M....Another account says I wake up at 6A.M wash my hair, do my schoolwork, go to the gym(2P.M), and then I hang out with friends at 4P.M, the third says I wake up at 6A.M get my schoolwork done, eat pasta for lunch, watch a T.V show at 5:30, and go to bed at 7. Now lets say that someone then decides to write an account of my ENTIRE day. They'd say I woke up at 6 A.M, wash my hair, do my schoolwork, eat pasta for lunch, go to the gym, hang out with my friends, watch a T.V show, and then go to bed. Do you see how they ALL fit together. That's all I did with the resurection account.
No it doesn't, Mark just doesn't FINISH the story.
Which ones am I missing?
Agreed and they all fit together into ONE story
Yes they do talk about Jesus, and the stories I discussed talk specifically about his resurrection
They don't differ, that's NOT a fact. Did you follow along with teh verses I gave?
Not true the message is clear Christ rose.What are the individual messages that are being told in each story?
Yes some people chose to BELIEVE they exist, but the bible shows that the stories DON't contradict each other
Mark doesn't FINISH the story. Yes the women were afraid and didn't tell anyone. But according to Matthew Jesus meets up with them and tells them they don't have to be afraid and to go tell his disciples( then they obey him). Did you follow along in the bible with the verse references? It's NOT a contradiction...it's just leaving a cliffhangar that the other accounts adress.
There were two angels