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Visits at the tomb “on the First Day” by women


1) “Mary sees the stone removed”, “while being early darkness still”, dusk. Then Peter and John go to the tomb to see what Mary has told them. (Jn20:1-10)


2) “Earliest morning- darkness”, just after midnight, “the two women” (variant – the two Marys), “and certain others with them”, for the first time, “came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices they had prepared”. (Lk24:1) “They returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.” (“Then Peter stood up and ran to the tomb; and bending low over, he saw the linen clothes. He went back, wandering by himself about that what had happened.” (Lk24:9-12) Cf. John's account in 20:1-10. Luke talks of another visit by Peter, because for one thing, he doesn't mention John.)


3) These women to make sure, a second time came to the tomb “very early before sunrise”. (Mk16:2)


4) Mary from after the others had fled in fear (Mk16:8) “had had stood after without at the grave” (Jn20:11). At the time a gardener should begin work, about sunrise, Jesus “early … first appeared to Mary”. (Mk16:9)


5) Soon after – after they a third time have visited the tomb and “the angel explained” to them what had happened during the Resurrection – Jesus appears to the other women “as they went to tell his disciples”. (Mt28:5, 9)


Mary went to the tomb, three times, Jn20:1, Lk24:1, Mk16:2, and Mk16:9 when she “had remained standing behind” until, Jn20:11, Jesus appeared to her, “first”, Mk16:9, and alone, “at the grave”, Jn20:16.

The other women also went to the tomb, three times, Lk24:1, Mk16:2, and Mt28:5 when “the angel explained” to them what had happened during the Resurrection, and Jesus, as “they went to tell his disciples”, appeared to them. (Mt28:5, 9)

 

First of all, there is no agreement to come to regarding the fact none of "~all those accounts~" was an account "~of that resurrection day~". The First Day of the week was not the Resurrection Day.

Wenham achieved NO 'harmony of the Gospels' because he attempted to fit in "~all those accounts~" of visits to the tomb like sardines into the same tin the Resurrection is supposed to have fitted in.

 

Which one of the two above, Vooks, is it? Which one of the TWO, LIES?!

 

Start with the CORRECT TIMES as they are supplied in the Gospels, and get the true chronology of EVENTS

VISITS AT the tomb “on the First Day”

1) “Mary sees the stone removed”, “while being early darkness still”, dusk. Then Peter and John go to the tomb to see what Mary has told them. (John 20:1-10)

2) “Earliest morning- darkness”, just after midnight, “the two women” (variant – the two Marys), “and certain others with them”, for the first time, “came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices they had prepared”. (Luke 24:1) “They returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.” (“Then Peter stood up and ran to the tomb; and bending low over, he saw the linen clothes. He went back, wandering by himself about that what had happened.” (Luke 24:9-12) Cf. John's account in 20:1-10. I can't say Luke talks of another visit by Peter, but it seems true because Luke doesn't mention John.)

3) These women to make sure, a second time came to the tomb “very early before sunrise”. (Mark 16:2)

4) Mary from after the others had fled in fear (Mk16:8) “had had stood without at the grave” (John 20:11). At the time a gardener should begin work, about sunrise, Jesus “early … first appeared to Mary”. (Mark 16:9)

5) Soon after – after they a third time have visited the tomb and “the angel explained” to them what had happened during the Resurrection – Jesus appears to the other women “as they went to tell his disciples”. (Matthew 28:5, 9)

Mary went to the tomb, three times, John 20:1, Lk24:1, Mark 16:2, and Mk16:9 when she “had remained standing behind” until, John 20:11, Jesus appeared to her, “first”, Mark 16:9, and alone, “at the grave”, John 20:16.
The other women also went to the tomb, three times, Luke 24:1, Mark 16:2, and Matthew 28:5 when “the angel explained” to them what had happened during the Resurrection, and Jesus, as “they went to tell his disciples”, appeared to them. (Matthew 28:5, 9)

The answer to the ‘Easter enigma’ (John Wenham) is simple: Each Gospel contributed to the whole with one of several sources; each added a personal part that, put together, will bring the whole story of the Resurrection into proper perspective.

Tradition – that is, the Sunday-resurrection approach – makes of these several stories of several visits, the one and simultaneous occasion of Jesus’ resurrection. Contradictions, discrepancies and total confusion are the inevitable result! It was bad enough that this ‘solution’ to a self-created ‘riddle’ was ever offered just to protect Sunday’s presumed status of being the day of the Resurrection. It became a comedy of tragic proportions when Sunday-protagonists began to defend their presumptuousness through unlawful improvements on the Scriptures.

 

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1. The Interment


John 19:41

Now in the place where he was crucified

ἦν δὲ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ὅπου ἐσταυρώθη

Ehn de en tohi topohi hopou estaurohtheh

Gn33:19; 50; 32:22

there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre,

κῆπος, καὶ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ μνημεῖον καινὸν,

kehpos, kai en tohi kehpohi mnehmeion kainon


wherein was never man yet laid.

ἐν ᾧ οὐδέπω οὐδεὶς ἐτέθη·

en hohi oudepoh oudeis ehn tetheimenos.

Mark 15:46d

Joseph laid him in a sepulchre

(Ἰωσὴφ) κατέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν μνημείῳ ὃ ἦν

Iohsehph katethehken auton en mnehmati ho ehn


which was hewn out of rock.

λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας.

lelatomehmenon ek petras.

Luke 23:53

He laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone,

(Ἰωσὴφ) ἔθηκεν αὐτὸ ἐν μνήματι λαξευτῷ,

Houtos ethehken auton en mnehmati lakseutohi


wherein never man before was laid.

οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδεὶς οὐδέπω κείμενος·

hou ouk ehn oudeis oupoh keimenos.

Matthew 27:60

Joseph laid it in his new

καὶ (Ἰωσὴφ) ἔθηκεν … αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ καινῷ αὐτοῦ

Ho Iohsehph ethehken auto en tohi kainohi autou

tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock . . .

μνημείῳ ὃ ἐλατόμησεν ἐν τῇ πέτρᾳ,

mnehmeiohi ho elatomehsen en tehi petrai.

Luke 23:55

And the women also followed after—

Κατακολουθήσασαι δὲ αἱ γυναῖκες,

Katakolouthehsasai de hai gunaikes—


which came with him from Galilea,

αἵτινες ἦσαν συνεληλυθυῖαι αὐτῷ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας,

haitines ehsan sunelehluthuiai ek tehs Galilaias autohi,


they beheld the sepulchre and how his body was laid.

ἐθεάσαντο τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ ὡς ἐτέθη τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ,

etheasanto to mnehmeion, kai hohs etetheh to sohma autou.

Mark 15:47

And Mary Magdalene and Mary of Joses

ἡ δὲ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία Ἰωσῆ

Heh de Maria heh Magdalehneh kai Maria heh Iohsehtos


beheld where he was laid.

ἐθεώρουν ποῦ τίθεται.

etheohroun pou tetheutai.

Matthew 27:61

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary,

ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη Μαρία

Ehn de ekei Mariam heh Magdalehneh kai heh alleh Maria


sitting over against the sepulchre.

καθήμεναι ἀπέναντι τοῦ τάφου.

kathehmenai apenanti tou tafou.

John 19:42

There therefore because of the Jews’ preparation,

ἐκεῖ οὖν διὰ τὴν παρασκευὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων,

Ekei oun dia tehn paraskeuehn tohn Ioudaiohn

for the sepulchre was nigh at hand, laid they Jesus.

ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ μνημεῖον, ἔθηκαν τὸν Ἰησοῦν.

hoti engus ehn to mnehmeion, ethehkan ton Iehsoun.


Mark 15:46f

And he rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

καὶ προσεκύλισε λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου.

Kai prosekulisen lithon epi tehn thuran tou mnehmeiou.

Matthew 27:60

...and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre,

…καὶ προσκυλίσας λίθον μέγαν τῇ θύρᾳ τοῦ μνημείου

...Kai proskulisas lithon megan tehi thurai tou mnehmeiou,


and departed.

ἀπῆλθεν.

apehlthen.

Luke 23:56a

And the women returned, and prepared spices and ointments.

ὑποστρέψασαι δὲ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα καὶ μύρα.

Hupostrepsasai de hehtoimasan arohmata kai mura.

Lukas 23:54

Because that day was the Preparation

Kαὶ ἡμέρα ἦν Παρασκευὴ,

Kai hehmera ehn Paraskeuehs,


and the Sabbath drew on.

καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε

kai Sabbaton epephohsken.

2. Tomb Secured


Matthew 28:5a

Answering, the angel told the women . . .

ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπε ταῖς γυναιξί·

Apokritheis de ho anggelos eipen tais gunaiksin:

27:62

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation,

Τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον, ἥτις ἐστὶ μετὰ τὴν Παρασκευήν,

Tehi de epaurion hehtis estin meta tehn Paraskeuehn


the chief priests and Pharisees came together

συνήχθησαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι

sunehchthehsan hoi archereis kai hoi Farisaioi

63

unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that

πρὸς Πιλᾶτονλέγοντες· Κύριε, ἐμνήσθημεν ὅτι

pros Pilaton, legontes: Kurie, emnehsthehmen hoti


that deceiver said while he was yet alive,

ἐκεῖνος ὁ πλάνος εἶπεν ἔτι ζῶν,

ekeinos ho planos eipen eti dzohn:


(the) third day I wil rise again.

μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐγείρομαι.

Meta treis hehmeras egeiromai.

64

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure

κέλευσον οὖν ἀσφαλισθῆναι τὸν τάφον

Keleuson oun asphalisthehnai ton tafon


for as long as it is the third day

ἕως τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας,

heohs tehs tritehs hehmeras,

lest his disciples come by night,

μήποτε ἐλθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ …

mehpote elthontes hoi mathehtai /nuktos


and steal him away and say unto the people,

κλέψωσιν αὐτὸν καὶ εἴπωσι τῷ λαῷ,

klepsohsin auton kai eipohsin tohi laohi


he was raised from the dead;

ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν· καὶ

ehgertheh apo tohn nekrohn kai


so the last error shall be worse than the first.

ἔσται ἡ ἐσχάτη πλάνη χείρων τῆς πρώτης.

estai heh eschateh planeh cheirohn tehs prohtehs.

65

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch :

ἔφη αὐτοῖς ὁ Πιλᾶτος· Ἔχετε κουστωδίαν·

Epheh autois ho Pilatos: Echete koustohdian!


go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

ὑπάγετε ἀσφαλίσασθε ὡς οἴδατε.

Hupagete asphalisthase hohs oidate!

66

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure,

οἱ δὲ πορευθέντες ἠσφαλίσαντο τὸν τάφον

Hoi de poreuthentes asphalisanto ton tafon


sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

σφραγίσαντες τὸν λίθον μετὰ τῆς κουστωδίας.

sphragisantes ton lithon meta tehs koustohdias.

 

4. The Opened Tomb


John 20:1

The First Day of the week

Τῇ δὲ Μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων

Tehi de Miai tohn sabbatohn


cometh Mary when yet early dark it was,

Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης

Maria heh Magdaleneh erchetai prohï skotias eti ousehs


unto the sepulchre and seeth the stone

εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον

eis to mnehmeion kai blepei ton lithon


taken away from the sepulchre,

ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου.

ehrmenon ek tou mnehmeiou.

2

Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter and

τρέχει οὖν καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον καὶ

Trechei oun. Kai erchetai pros Simohna Petron kai


to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them,

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· πρὸς τὸν ἄλλον μαθητὴν ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς,

kai legei autois: pros ton allon mathehtehn hon ephilei ho Iehsous


They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre

Ἦραν τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου,

Ehran ton Kurion ek tou mnehmeiou


and we know not where they have laid him.

καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν.

kai ouk oidamen pou ethehkan auton.

5. Peter and John


John 20:3

Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple,

ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ Πέτρος καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητής

Eksehlthen oun ho Petros kai ho allos mathehtehs


and came to the sepulchre.

καὶ ἤρχοντο εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον.

kai ehrchonto eis to mnehmeion ...

6b

Then cometh Simon Peter and went into the sepulchre.

… καὶ (Πέτρος) εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον

... kai (Petros) eisehlthen eis to mnehmeion


and seeth the linen clothes lie

καὶ θεωρεῖ τὰ ὀθόνια κείμενα

kai theohrei ta othonia keimena

7

and the napkin that was about his head,

καὶ τὸ σουδάριον, ὃ ἦν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ,

kai to soudarion ho ehn epi tehs kephalehs autou


not lying with the linen clothes

οὐ μετὰ τῶν ὀθονίων κείμενον,

ou meta tohn odoniohn keimenon


but apart wrapped together in a place by itself.

ἀλλὰ χωρὶς ἐντετυλιγμένον εἰς ἕνα τόπον.

alla chohris entetulikmenon eis hena topon.


[If the body had been removed to be buried somewhere else, the linen cloths would have been removed with it.]



8

Then went in also that other disciple

τότε οὖν εἰσῆλθε καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς

Tote oun eisehlthen kai ho allos mathehtehs


which came first to the sepulchre and he saw and believed

ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἐπίστευσεν·

ho elthohn prohtos eis to mnehmeion, kai eiden kai episteusen

9

that as yet they knew not the Scripture,

οὐδέπω γὰρ ᾔδεισαν τὴν γραφὴν

oudepoh gar ehideisan tehn Graphehn


that he must rise again from the dead.

ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῆναι.

hoti dei auton ek nekrohn anastehnai.

10

Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

ἀπῆλθον οὖν πάλιν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς οἱ μαθηταί. [Cf. 19:27]

Apehlthon oun palin pros heautous hoi mathehtai.

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6. The Empty Tomb


Luke 24:22

Certain women of our company astonished us,

γυναῖκές τινες ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξέστησαν ἡμᾶς

Gunaikes tines eks hehmohn eksestehsan hehmahs


which were early at the sepulchre

γενόμεναι ὄρθριαι ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον

genomenai orthrinai epi to mnehmeion

23

and not finding his body,

καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ,

Kai meh heurousai to sohma autou,


they came, saying that they had also seen a vision

ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν

ehlthon legousai kai optasian


of angels who said that he was alive.

ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν.

angelohn heohrakenai hoi legousin auton dzehn.

24

And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre

καὶ ἀπῆλθόν τινες τῶν σὺν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον,

Kai apehlthon tines tohn sun hehmihn epi to mnehmeion


and found it even so as the women had said:

καὶ εὗρον οὕτω καθὼς καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες εἶπον,

kai heuron houtohs kathohs kai hai gunaikes eipan;


but him they saw not.

αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ εἶδον.

auton de ouk eidon


Luke 24:1

Now upon the First Day of the week, very early in the morning

Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέως

Tehi de Miai tohn sabbatohn orthrou batheohs


they came unto the sepulchre ... and certain others with them,

ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα … … … φέρουσαι

epi to mnehma ehlthon (hai duo gunaikis) pherousai


bringing the spices which they had prepared.

ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα καὶ τινες σὺν αὐταῖς

ha hehtoimasan arohmata ... ... ... ...

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It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna

ἦσαν δὲ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ Ἰωάννα

Ehsan de heh Magdaleneh Maria kai Iohanna


and Mary of James and other women with them

καὶ Μαρία … Ἰακώβου καὶ αἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς,

kai Maria heh Iakohbou kai hai loipai sun autais).


which told these things unto the disciples.

αἳ ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ταῦτα.

… elegon pros tous apostolous tauta.

2

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

Heuron de ton lithon apokekulismenon apo tou mnehmeiou

εὗρον δὲ τὸν λίθον ἀποκεκυλισμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου,

3

And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.

eiselthousai de, oux heuron to sohma tou Kuriou Iehsou.

4

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout,

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου

Kai egeneto en tohi aporeisthai autas peri toutou,


behold, two men stood

καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν.

kai idou, andres duo epestehsan


by them in shining garments.

αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθήτεσιν ἀστραπτούσαις

autais en esthehti astraptousehi.

5

As they were afraid and bowed down their faces

ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων … καὶ κλινουσῶν

Emphobohn de genomenohn autohn kai klinousohn


to the earth, they said unto them,

τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν εἶπον πρὸς αὐτάς·

ta prosohpa eis tehn gehn, eipan pros autas:


Why seek ye The Living among the dead?

Τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν;

Ti dzehteite ton Dzohnta meta tohn nekrohn?

6

He is not here, but was raised: remember

οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλ’ ἠγέρθη· μνήσθητε

Ouk estin hohde alla ehgertheh! Mnehsthehte


how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖν ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ,

hohs elalehsen humin eti ohn en tehi Galilaiai,

7

saying, The Son of man must be delivered and be crucified

λέγων ὅτι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου … … παραδοθῆναι

legohn: Ton Uion tou Anthrohpou hote dei paradothehnai


into the hands of sinful men

εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σταυρωθῆναι,

eis cheiras anthrohpohn hamartohlohn kai staurohthehnai

and the third day rise again.

καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι.

kai tehi tritehi hehmerai anastehnai.

8

And they remembered his words

καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ,

Kai emnehsthehsan tohn rhehmatohn autou.

9

and returned from the sepulchre and

καὶ ὑποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου

kai hupostrepsasai apo tou mnehmeiou


told all these things unto the eleven and to all the rest.

ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς λοιποῖς.

apehngeilan tauta panta tois hendeka kai pahsin tois loipois.

11

And their words seemed to them as

καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ

Kai ephanehsan enohpion autohn hohsei


idle tales, and they believed them not. [Markus 16:8.]

λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς.

lehpos ta rehmata tauta, kai ehpistoun autais.

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