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When the Sabbath was over, just as the first day of the week was dawning Mary from Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. At that moment there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from Heaven, went forward and rolled back the stone and took his seat upon it.
His appearance was dazzling like lightning and his clothes were white as snow. John [and Luke] say there were two, and wherever there are two there is always one; it never fails! In order for there to be a true contradiction here, Matthew or Mark would have to say there was only one angel. This was, of course, not the case. There were two angels at the tomb of Jesus, and neither account said there was only one.
But why is there a difference at all? As I described earlier, it comes down to the questions each author was trying to address. Matthew and Mark addressed one question while Luke and John addressed another. Each was focused on a particular issue and this guided their decision about what they reported. Matthew and Mark addressed the issue of the earthquake and the removal of the stone.
An angel came and rolled away the stone. From this point on, Matthew was singularly focused on this angel and what he told the women.
Mark was similarly focused. The answer? Luke and John was addressing different concerns, however. While they were perplexed about this , behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing. The fact they could not find the body of Jesus. Then they see two angels and the rest of the narrative was centered on their interaction with these angels. John was similarly fixated. Instead it moves quickly from the grave scene to the report the women make to the disciples.
When describing who rolled away the stone, the Gospel authors reported only one angel. When describing who helped Jesus from the tomb, the Gospel authors reported two angels.
If I still had access to the eyewitnesses or their interviewers, I would definitely ask them to talk about the stone removal and the missing body in a more unified, consistent way, but like many of my cold cases, witnesses or interviewers are no longer available.
This lack of effort to make the accounts match is yet another evidence, in my view, of their reliability. As I said in my last post, when people have the opportunity to align their statements, yet still refuse to do so, I know I am getting the nuanced observations I need to properly investigate the case.
The Gospel authors and the early Church certainly had the opportunity to change the descriptions to make sure they matched, but they refused to do so. As a result, we can have even more confidence in the reliability of these accounts. They display the level of variation I would expect to see if they were true, reliable eyewitness descriptions.
There were two angels at the tomb of Jesus. One rolled away the stone. Both helped Jesus from the tomb. Good News Translation Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it. An angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and was sitting on it. International Standard Version Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, approached the stone, rolled it away, and was sitting on top of it.
Literal Standard Version and behold, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the LORD, having come down out of Heaven, having come, rolled away the stone from the door, and was sitting on it, NET Bible Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. New Heart English Bible And look, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
Weymouth New Testament But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it. World English Bible Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
Young's Literal Translation and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it, Additional Translations Matthew and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock.
Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away. Matthew So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard. Mark But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away, even though it was extremely large. Luke While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
John Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. John and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet. Acts But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,.
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