Mark, Matthew, and Luke also give us slightly different lists in their Easter accounts of exactly which women were present. Three Gospels, and seemingly three different accounts. Matthew’s account has Mary Magdalene and another Mary arriving at a still sealed tomb, but an earthquake suddenly occurs, whereupon an angel descends and rolls back the heavy stone. A “young man” in dazzling raiment (in all likelihood an angel) is inside the tomb. In Mark, which the majority of biblical scholars contend was the first Gospel composed, when the female disciples of Jesus arrive at the tomb early on Easter Sunday, the stone has already been rolled away. 15:3-7).Įven though the Gospels are not our earliest or only written sources on Easter, discrepancies in how they report resurrection phenomena have caused many to call into question their historical authenticity. What’s more, this chapter contains an even earlier ancient “creed” of sorts, crystallizing Easter faith in just a few lines (1 Cor. 53, most likely prior to the publishing of at least some of the Gospels. 1 Corinthians 15, which discusses the Resurrection, was written as early as A.D. Even if the Gospels had never been composed, there would still be plausible literary testimony of the event, evidence with which a skeptic must deal. Speaking of Paul: before we consider apparent contradictions in the Gospels’ Easter accounts, we must remember that the Gospels are not our earliest written accounts of Jesus’ resurrection. Paul, “our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain” (1 Cor. If this event is not historical, says St. This is no less true when we consider how they describe the most important event of all: the resurrection of Christ. Anyone who has read the Gospels in a more than cursory manner has come across what appear to be contradictions among them as they report the words and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth.
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