What happened when the disciples went to Jesus' tomb?

Answer 1

In the earliest known manuscripts of Mark's Gospel(16:8): They ran away, telling no one. In the "Long Ending" (verses 16:9-25) added much later: Jesus then appeared to Mary Magdalene, who then went and told the disciples.

In Matthew: the two Mary's ran to tell the news to the disciples. As they went, they met Jesus, who commanded them to tell the disciples to go to Galilee, where they would meet Jesus.

In Luke: There were other women with the two Mary's, who returned and told the eleven disciples of what they had seen and heard at the tomb, but they were not believed.

In John: Only Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She ran and told Peter and the "disciple whom Jesus loved" that the stone had been moved. Peter and the disciple went to investigate. Afterwards, Mary returned and met Jesus, who she thought was the gardener.

Answer 2

A:No one really knows where Jesus' tomb was located, or anything about it. At least they knew nothing until Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, visited Jerusalem in the fourth century and found, to her own complete satisfaction, every important relic and every important site connected to the life and death of Jesus.

Perhaps it was a strange coincidence, but this Christian woman found that the tomb of Jesus had been located immediately under an important pagan temple, which had to be demolished in order to construct the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the site.

Another Answer:

The Bible clearly states that Jesus resurrected after 3 full days and nights in the tomb of the rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph (Matthew 27:57-60). No physical remains were in the tomb when the two Mary's came to see the tomb.

In all likelihood, the physical tomb was used by Joseph or someone after this event as land and tombs were hard to come by.

Tombs are of no importance for the living.

Answer 3

According to scripture, Christ did not rest (only His body), He descended to Hades and released the saints that had waited for thousands of years to gain their reward in heaven. Early in the morning of the third day, His body was resurrected and the stone in frontof the tomb had been rolled away, Christ was gone.

Answer 4

Beginning with Mark's Gospel, as this was the first New Testament gospel to be written: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome visited the tomb of Jesus, entered and saw the young man there. In Matthew's Gospel, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary visted the tomb, but did not enter, because an angel came down from heaven, telling them to go quickly. In Luke's Gospel, Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and other women came and entered the tomb. In John's Gospel, Mary Magdalene approached the tomb but ran off when she saw the stone had been rolled away. Peter was the first to go inside the tomb, followed by the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had already looked in through the entrance. Later, Mary Magdalene returned, stooped down and looked inside but apparently did not go inside.
These are different accounts, of which at most only one can be correct. This has prompted Archbishop Carnley to say: "The presence of discrepancies might be a sign of historicity if we had four clearly independent but slightly different versions of the story, if only for the reason that four witnesses are better than one. But, of course, it is now impossible to argue that what we have in the four gospel accounts of the empty tomb are four contemporaneous but independent accounts of the one event. Modern redactional studies of the traditions account for the discrepancies as literary developments at the hand of later redactors of what was originally one report of the empty tomb... There is no suggestion that the tomb was discovered by different witnesses on four different occasions, so it is in fact impossible to argue that the discrepancies were introduced by different witnesses of the one event; rather, they can be explained as four different redactions for apologetic and kerygmatic reasons of a single story originating from one source."

Answer 5

When Jesus followers reached the tomb , they saw that the heavy stone was roled away and the tomb was empty.

Answer 6

Luke and John tell us that the linen cloths which the body had been wrapped in were lying in the tomb, as they were when the body was wrapped in them.

Answer 7

he wasnt there and he had rose from the dead :0

Answer 8

St. Mary Magdalene visited the Tomb of Our Lord. When she found His Body was Missing, she became upset until she encountered the Risen Lord.

Answer 9

According to the Gospel of Matthew they were Mary Magdalene and the 'other Mary.' The other Mary was identified earlier in the chapter as the Mother of James and Joseph.

Answer 10

Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome. They bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.