Matthew's Gospel says that Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were told by an angel who came down from heaven, that Jesus was risen, and ran to tell the disciples. This closely approximates the expectations for just two women to run and tell the disciples.
Luke's Gospel says that Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and other women were told by two men inside the tomb, that Jesus was risen. They went and told the disciples.
In John's Gospel, only Mary Magdalene went to the tomb, but returned to tell the others as soon as she saw the stone had been moved. It was not until the beloved disciple and Peter arrived, that they knew the tomb was empty.
The discrepancies in the gospel accounts prompted Archbishop Peter Carnley to write, "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."
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary ran from Jesus' empty tomb to tell the disciples what happened.
Joanna was the wife of Chuza, who was the steward of Herod Agrippa. She is best known as one of the women who had been helped by Jesus and later cared for Him and the disciples. Joanna was also one of the women to whom Jesus appeared after the Resurrection.
Yes, there were women disciples of Jesus. Some prominent examples include Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and Mary the mother of James. These women played important roles in Jesus' ministry and were present at significant events in the New Testament.
An angel at the tomb told the disciples that Jesus was not there, as he had risen from the dead.
In Matthew's Gospel, the angel who rolled away the stone told Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen. On the way to tell the disciples, they met Jesus, who told them to tell the disciples to go to Galilee, where he would meet them.Mark's Gospel has a similar account. The tomb was already open when Mary Magdalene, the other Mary and Salome arrived. The young man they found inside the tomb told them to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen and to go to Galilee, where he would meet them, but they ran away and told no one.In Luke's Gospel, the two men who were in the tomb told the women what had happened. They were not told to do anything, but nevertheless they told the disciples, who did not believe them.In John's Gospel, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark, but found the stone had been taken away. She did not know that the tomb was empty and spoke to no one, but ran and told Peter and the "disciple whom Jesus loved".
The women who went to the tomb early in the morning on the third day after Jesus' crucifixion were the first to encounter the resurrected Jesus. They were told by an angel at the tomb that Jesus had risen from the dead and instructed to inform the disciples.
After Mary Magdalene found the tomb empty, she told the disciples , who then came running to the tomb to see for themselves.
Joanna was the wife of Chuza, who was the steward of Herod Agrippa. She is best known as one of the women who had been helped by Jesus and later cared for Him and the disciples. Joanna was also one of the women to whom Jesus appeared after the Resurrection.
In fact, Peter only went to the tomb of Jesus in Luke and John, which are interdependent gospels. In Matthew, Jesus told the women to tell the disciples to go to Galilee, where he would meet them. Peter did not go to the tomb. In the "Long Ending" to Mark, the women told the disciples that Jesus had risen, but they did not believe. None of the disciples went to the tomb.
Yes, there were women disciples of Jesus. Some prominent examples include Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and Mary the mother of James. These women played important roles in Jesus' ministry and were present at significant events in the New Testament.
He did. There were women, such as Mary Magdalene, who followed or supported Jesus.
Actually it was Jesus that told the women to tell his disciples meet him in Galilee, (Matthew 28.10)
An angel at the tomb told the disciples that Jesus was not there, as he had risen from the dead.
I am sure there were many women disciples of Jesus. A disciple is someone who has been taught or trained in some way and Jesus did not restrict his teaching to men only.But there were no women among the 12 disciples. The twelve were the ones Jesus chose to be the leaders of the new Christians after He had gone. They received special training and teaching from Him to do this work.Probably He chose men because it was relevant to Jewish society at that time.
In Matthew's Gospel, the angel who rolled away the stone told Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen. On the way to tell the disciples, they met Jesus, who told them to tell the disciples to go to Galilee, where he would meet them.Mark's Gospel has a similar account. The tomb was already open when Mary Magdalene, the other Mary and Salome arrived. The young man they found inside the tomb told them to go quickly and tell the disciples that Jesus was risen and to go to Galilee, where he would meet them, but they ran away and told no one.In Luke's Gospel, the two men who were in the tomb told the women what had happened. They were not told to do anything, but nevertheless they told the disciples, who did not believe them.In John's Gospel, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark, but found the stone had been taken away. She did not know that the tomb was empty and spoke to no one, but ran and told Peter and the "disciple whom Jesus loved".
This is not enumerated in the Bible. While the apostles are named and counted as 12, there are no references to how many disciples there were, although we do know they were not all men - the women were also disciples.
The women who went to the tomb early in the morning on the third day after Jesus' crucifixion were the first to encounter the resurrected Jesus. They were told by an angel at the tomb that Jesus had risen from the dead and instructed to inform the disciples.
She traveled with Jesus and the disciples and other women as Jesus went about preaching in Judea and Samaritan areas so she lived at the same time as Jesus.