The Resurrection sequence

The Resurrection Sequence.

Four reasons why it doesn't work. 

 

1) In three Gospels, other women accompany Mary Magdalene while going to the burial place of Jesus.
 

The catch is, in chapter 20 of the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene goes alone.

Isn't that nice?

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+20&version=NIV

 2) In chapter 20 of the Gospel of John again, Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb entrance to find that the large stone has been rolled back. No one else is there.
 

The catch is, in chapter 28 of the Gospel of Matthew, Mary Magdalene and another Mary--thus two together--see an angel sitting on the rolled-away stone!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+28&version=NIV

 Thus, in the Gospel of John, no angel sits upon the big stone outside!

Isn't that nice? 

3) In chapter 20 of the Gospel of John again, Mary Magdalene--alone--looks in the tomb and hurries off, to tell about its being empty.
 

The catch is, in chapter 16 of the Gospel of Mark, three women including Mary Magdalene, look and see an angel inside. Afraid, they run off, but don't tell anyone.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+16&version=NIV

 They tell nobody. Isn't that nice?

 

The further catch is, in chapter 28 of the Gospel of Matthew, the angel in the tomb tells them to hurry and tell the disciples what they've seen. And so they do it--

Matthew 28:6 "He is not here; he has been raised, just as he said. Come here and see the place where he was lying. 7 Go quickly now, and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from death.' ... 8 So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples." 

The Gospel of Mark has said that they didn't tell anyone!
Isn't that nice? 

4) In chapter 28 of the Gospel of Matthew again, the women hurry away from the tomb and encounter Jesus on their way to the disciples’ place! They go tell the disciples that they saw him, and the angel sitting outside.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+28&version=NIV

 The catch is, in chapter 24 of the Gospel of Luke, the women go tell the disciples that they saw two angels in an otherwise empty tomb. That's all they say!

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+24&version=NIV

 Thus, you see, in the Gospel of Luke,
they didn't tell the disciples they saw and talked with the risen Jesus!
I guess it must have slipped their mind.
In fact, this Gospel failed to report that Jesus met them on the path going back.
I guess it wasn't very important.

Isn't that nice?