The Holt County sentinel., 1911-04-14
THE FOUR VERSIONS
Of THE RESURRECTION

evangelists' accounts Of tina,
transcendingly important event diffe,
greatly In detail while agreeing exact
ly in the great central 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
dalcne and 1.-The other Mary" whom we
know to he the mother of james and
Salomc. went Ia see the sepulchcr.
And. behold. there was grea,
earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven. aud came aud
rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat upon IL.
Ills counteuancc was like lightning.
and his raimcnt white rs snow:
And for fear of him the keepers
did shake. aud became NJ dead men.
And the angel answered and snid
unto the women, Fear not yc: for ]
know that yc seek Jesus, which was
cruciiicd.
''IIc is not here: for he Is risen, Us lie
said. Come. zee the place where the
Lord lay.
And go quickly. aud tell his discl.
pies that he IL risen from the dead.
aud. behold, he goeth before you into
Gnliiec: there shall ye see him: 10. I
have told you.
And as they went TO tell his dis
| ciplcs. behold Jesus met them, say.
Ing, All hail Aud they came and
held him by the feet. and worshipped
| him.
"Thcn said Jesus unto them. BE not
afraid: 20 tell my brethren that they
, 20 into Gaiilce. and there shall they
see me-
Matthew goes on TO say that the
| eleven disciples went 10 Gnlilce a.
hidden and saw and worshlpcd Jesus
there. though some doubted. There
and then lie gave them their mission
/ 10 go forth and teach and baptIzc al
nations.
Not one NJ the other three evangcs.
lists mentions the earthquake, but Of.
tell Of the coming OF Mary Mag,laiene
TO the sepul, her and Of Its being her
! discovery that the body was not there.
But Mark says that she was accom-.
panied 10y Mary. the mother Of James
and Snloine. Luke says there were with
her this other Mary and Joanna and
the other women who had come with
him from Gnlilcc. while John Describes
her ~ being alone.
Marks version IL thnt the women
found tho stone rolled away. entered
the scpuicher and saw n white robcd
young man sitting within. who babe
them tell the disciples that Jesus was
risen and gone Ia Galilcc. Luke's yer.
sion Is tina, while tho women stood
puzzled In the empty tomb two men
In shining garments then appeared to
then, and Informed them 81 the rcs,ir.
rcciiou. Nothing II said Of an instruc-
tion to 20 Ia GHlilcc. But. according
to John. Mary. seeing the stone rolled
away. ran back to Peter aud the
other disciples whom Jesus loved" mud
told them that the body had been
taken ont Of the scoulchcr. Then
these two disciples ran TO the tomb.
the other disciple" who ran the fast
or. arriving first, but hc 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 IN
which the body had been wrapped. hut
John says, AS yet they knew not the
Scripture. that he must rise again
from the dead" After they had gone
home Mary remained, according to
John. weeping ut the mouth Of the
sepulcher. Looking into II after
time, she saw two angels In white
within. who spoke TO her. asking why
she wept. And she answered that
they have taken away my Lord, and
I know not whe.e they have laid
him." Just then. turning around. she
saw Jesus standing there. but she did
not know him. John declares TINT
she even supposed he might be- tho
gardener. who might have removed
tho body She asked him for H. But
he revealed himself to her. prophesied
his immediate ascension and babe her
announce II 70 the disciples.
We have seen that Matthew has the
Saviour first appearing after the res
direction to Mary Magdalene, Marks
gospel relates the same. Luke declares
that he first appeared to two Of the
disciples who were on the road to
Emmaus. but they did not know him.
Mark tells Of this appearance also and
says he afterward appeared 10 the
eleven us they sat mt meat, presuma-
bly, In Jerusalem. Luke tells Of this,
STATING that It was In Jerusalem and
that II happened the same day after
the two had returned from Emmnns:
also that Christ ate with the disciples
"a piece Of a broileti Ash, and of honey
comb"
But ut that Mark as well as Mat
thew drops the narration. while Luke
goas on TO tell Of his leading the dis
ciplcs out to Bethany and thence In
their presence ascending into heaven.
while the gospel Of John says that
after eight days he visited the eleven
again. on which occasion he allowed
Thomas, tho doubter, to touch his
wounds and put his hand Into his