Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1911-04-19
THE FOUR VERSIONS
OF THE RESURRECTION

~ rection Of Christ that the four |
evangelists' accounts OF that |
transcendingly important event differ |
greatly In detail while agreeing exact |
~ In the great Genital declaration.
which Is the foundation stone Of the
Christian religion.
Matthew tells us that at dawn on
the first day OF the week Mary Mag
dalene and "the other Mary" whom we
know to be the mother Of James and
Salome. went to see the sepulcher.
And. behold. there was a great
earthquake: for the angel Of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and
rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat upon It,
His countenance was like lightning,
and his raiment white as snow:
And for fear OF him the keepers
did shake, and became as dead men.
and the angel answered and said
unto the women, Fear not ye: for
know that We seek Jesus. which was
| crucifed.
"He is not here: for he is risen, as be
said. Come, see the place where the
Lord lay.
And go quickly, and tell his disci-
pies that he is risen from the dead;
and, behold, he goeth before you into
Galilee; there shall We see him: 10, /
have told you.
And as they went to tell his dis
cipfes, behold Jesus met them, say
ing. All hail. And they came and
held him by the feet. and worshlpped
him.
| Then said Jesus unto them, Be not
afraid: 20 tell my brethren that they
20 into Galilee. and there shall they
see me-"
Matthew goes on to say that the
eleven disciples went to Galilee as
hidden and saw and wOrshiped Jesus
there, though some doubted. There
and then he gave them their mission
to go forth and teach and baptize all
nations.
Not one of the other three evangel-
lists mentions the earthquake. but all
tell OF the coming of Mary Magdalene
to the sepulcher and of its being her
discovery that the body was not there.
But Mark says that she was accom-
panied by Mary, the mother OF James
and Salome. Luke says there were with
her this other Mary and Joanna and
the other women who had come with
him from Galilee. while John describes
her as being alone.
Marks version IS that the women
found the stone rolled away, entered
the sepulcher and saw n white ROBBED
young man sitting within. who bade
them tell the disciples that Jesus was
risen and gone to Galilee. Lukes YER
sion Is that while the women stood
puzzled in the empty tomb two men
In shining garments then appeared tC
them and informed them of the resur-
rection. Nothing is said of an instruc
ton TO go to Galilee. But, according
to John. Mary. seeing the stone rolled
away. ran back to Peter and ''the
other disciples whom Jesus loved and
told them that the body had been
taken out of the sepulcher. Then
these two disciples ran to the tomb
"the other disciple" who ran the fast
. er, arriving first, but he did not go IN
until Peter arrived and went In first
and verified the absence OF the body
Here John mentions that Peter and
the other disciple found the cloths IL
which the body had been wrapped, but
John says, Gas yet they knew not the
, Scripture, that he must rise AGAR
from the dead" After they had gon,
home Mary remained, according 4
. John, weeping ut the mouth of thu
sepulcher. Looking into 1t after {
q time, she saw two angels in whit,
within, who spoke to her. asking VIII!
she wept. And she answered tina
"they have taken away my Lord, an'
know not where they have lait
him." Just then. turning around. eh
saw Jesus standing there, but she di
. not know him. John declares tina
she even supposed he might be tn
gardener. who might have remover
the body. She asked him for 1t. Blu
he revealed himself To her, prophesie'
his immediate ascension and babe he
announce 1t to the disciples.
We have seen that Matthew has tn
d Saviour first appearing after the res
direction to Mary Magdalene. Mark
:, gospel relates the same Luke declare
that he first appeared to two Of tn
disciples who were on the road I
Emmaus, but they did not know hin
Mark tells of this appearance also an
says he afterward appeared to tn
eleven as they sat ut meat, presuma
bly, In Jerusalem. Luke tells Of thi'
stating that 1t was In Jerusalem an
that 1t happened the same day afte
the two had returned from Emmau'
y also that Christ ate with the disciple
"a piece of a broiled fish. and Of hone.
u comb"
But at that Mark as well as Ma
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