Let's examine the scriptures.
When one reads the bible and examines the scripture about the resurrection, we have Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all giving accounts of the resurrection.
Is there any conflicting accounts about this event?
Just exactly who was there at the tomb when the body was missing?
What happened at the tomb when this was discovered?
If Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were not actually there when the body was discovered missing, There accounts of this event which they write in the bible is not written from first hand knowledge.
When we read in the bible the words written in red, they are suppose to be the exact words spoken by Jesus. If Jesus tells Mary Magdalene and she tells Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and they write this down, it is third hand information. Can we be sure it is the exact words from Jesus?
I'm not saying that Mary Magdalene lied. I am questioning that she quoted Jesus exactly word for word. She was very upset. She saw angels. She saw Jesus resurrected before he went to the father. She spoke to someone she did not recognise and thought he was the Gardner.
Now say you are one of the apostles. Mary Magdalene comes to you with all this information. Do you just calmly write this all down to get it correct, or do you look at her with disbelief and write this down later after you seen Jesus resurrected for yourself? Now you have even more stuff to remember and write down verbatim.
Mathew says: It was just Mary Magdalene and Mary, Jesus's mother on this trip. They see one angel roll away the stone covering the tomb. Pilate's guards are freaked out and could not move while the angel calmly sits on the stone and tells them Jesus is not here, go tell the disciples. Jesus meets them on the road back to tell the disciples. This is when they first see resurected Jesus according to Matthew.
Marks says: That the two Mary's AND Salome make this trip to the tomb. Now there are three people on this journey. The three of them are wondering how they will remove the stone and find it all ready removed. This time they go inside the tomb unlike the last account about an angel who sent them on there way, there is a man in white sitting where Jesus was laid just to the right INSIDE the tomb. On the way back it's just the two of them. What happened to Salome? Anyway, they see Jesus and are told about getting everyone together at Galilee.
Lukes says: The women got there and the stone was rolled away already and they went inside and there was TWO men dressed in white this time. The two Mary's where there and Joanna and other unnamed women. This time Peter runs down to the tomb to check.
John says: The stone was all ready removed and it is only Mary Magdalene this time and she goes to Peter. Peter comes back with other disciples and sees Jesus gone and knows what is up and they all leave this time. Mary Magdalene stays behind and sees the two angels in white AND Jesus and speaks with him in the tomb. In this story he has not left to see the father yet.
Now, physical Jesus was not in the tomb when the disciples came to see what Mary Magdalene had told them was true. They leave and she looks back inside and now he is in there with two angels.
Did she see a physical Jesus or a spiritual one? This physical body was all over the place popping in and out all day long!
If you were a jury and heard all this conflicting testimony what would you conclude?
Peter was there that day, but says nothing himself about this event in the bible.
What say you?
When one reads the bible and examines the scripture about the resurrection, we have Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all giving accounts of the resurrection.
Is there any conflicting accounts about this event?
Just exactly who was there at the tomb when the body was missing?
What happened at the tomb when this was discovered?
If Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were not actually there when the body was discovered missing, There accounts of this event which they write in the bible is not written from first hand knowledge.
When we read in the bible the words written in red, they are suppose to be the exact words spoken by Jesus. If Jesus tells Mary Magdalene and she tells Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and they write this down, it is third hand information. Can we be sure it is the exact words from Jesus?
I'm not saying that Mary Magdalene lied. I am questioning that she quoted Jesus exactly word for word. She was very upset. She saw angels. She saw Jesus resurrected before he went to the father. She spoke to someone she did not recognise and thought he was the Gardner.
Now say you are one of the apostles. Mary Magdalene comes to you with all this information. Do you just calmly write this all down to get it correct, or do you look at her with disbelief and write this down later after you seen Jesus resurrected for yourself? Now you have even more stuff to remember and write down verbatim.
Mathew says: It was just Mary Magdalene and Mary, Jesus's mother on this trip. They see one angel roll away the stone covering the tomb. Pilate's guards are freaked out and could not move while the angel calmly sits on the stone and tells them Jesus is not here, go tell the disciples. Jesus meets them on the road back to tell the disciples. This is when they first see resurected Jesus according to Matthew.
Marks says: That the two Mary's AND Salome make this trip to the tomb. Now there are three people on this journey. The three of them are wondering how they will remove the stone and find it all ready removed. This time they go inside the tomb unlike the last account about an angel who sent them on there way, there is a man in white sitting where Jesus was laid just to the right INSIDE the tomb. On the way back it's just the two of them. What happened to Salome? Anyway, they see Jesus and are told about getting everyone together at Galilee.
Lukes says: The women got there and the stone was rolled away already and they went inside and there was TWO men dressed in white this time. The two Mary's where there and Joanna and other unnamed women. This time Peter runs down to the tomb to check.
John says: The stone was all ready removed and it is only Mary Magdalene this time and she goes to Peter. Peter comes back with other disciples and sees Jesus gone and knows what is up and they all leave this time. Mary Magdalene stays behind and sees the two angels in white AND Jesus and speaks with him in the tomb. In this story he has not left to see the father yet.
Now, physical Jesus was not in the tomb when the disciples came to see what Mary Magdalene had told them was true. They leave and she looks back inside and now he is in there with two angels.
Did she see a physical Jesus or a spiritual one? This physical body was all over the place popping in and out all day long!
If you were a jury and heard all this conflicting testimony what would you conclude?
Peter was there that day, but says nothing himself about this event in the bible.
What say you?