Q1. Differences between Resurrection Accounts

[mrssbarker]

There are 3 synoptic gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke they all tell of the resurrection account in there own way. Mark's was the earliest, Matthew was written with the Palestinan Jews in mind, and Luke speaks to the Hellinistic audience. John's perspective was mature in that it followed what was said, done and intended by Jesus himself.

[Don W]

There are several minor differences, but they can be harmonized together as one account of the Lord

[Marloes]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

Differences: the women who go to the grave, one or two angels, Peter or Peter with John.

If my sister and I wait for some decennia and then write a story about a birtday, the stories will differ.

We both mention that granny was there but she mentions everybody else and I only the most memorable persons.

I recall all the saucages, cheese and cake while she only mentions the cake.

Our brother in law has a nickname - she uses it while I use his true name.

Yes, other people would see the differences of details in our stories.

That doesn't mean that there was no birtday!

If it was completely the same, that would mean we decided together what to write.

This is like that too.

[cynthiaphillips]

There are some differences that can be chalked up to "one gospel writer decided to mention it, and the others didn't". For example, Matthew describes the thunder that accompanies the arrival of the angel, and the subsequent fear in the guards. The others don't discuss this matter, and simply mention the presence of the angel(s). However, other differences are a little more awkward. For instance, consider again the matter of the angels. Matthew and Mark include only one angel in their story. Matthew goes to all the trouble of describing how the angel enters and where he sits down. Mark specifically describes what the women saw as [i]a/i] young man, sitting on the right side. Neither of these writers actually spell out that there was "one and only one" angel, but the level of detail applied to the one angel they do describe makes it inappropriate to assume that there were in fact, two.

This kind of analysis often makes people go "Come on! You're missing the main point, here. Jesus is risen!" And they are right. However, the differences do illuminate an important perspective on the nature of the gospels, an possibly of scripture in general: You can't acknowledge these differences, and then go on to claim that the Bible is "completely inerrant, word for word". The spirit of the message may be in fact true (and I believe that it is), but the details have a certain human-ness about them. This, as pointed out by previous post-writers, can in fact be seen as a strength, protecting the scriptures from suspicions of collusion.

[hanks]

Q1.

What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts?

How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony?

How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The differences are:

Women - In the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women go to the tomb, whereas in John, Mary Magdalene goes alone.

Appearance to the women - In Matthew, Jesus appears to the women before they tell the disciples. In Mark, the women tell no one of what they had seen. In John, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after she reports to the disciples.

Number of angels - In Matthew and Mark one angel appears; in Luke and John there are two angels.

Purpose of the women's visit - In Matthew they go to "look at" the tomb. In Mark and Luke they bring spices to anoint Jesus' body. In John the anointing took place on Friday night and no purpose for Mary's visit is given.

Grave clothes - In Matthew and Mark, Jesus is wrapped in a large linen shroud. In John and Luke, Jesus is wrapped in strips of linen.

Location - In Matthew and Mark, Jesus' resurrection appearances are in Galilee, while Luke only records appearances in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

We find that in most events were there are many witnesses that hardly ever are they in full agreement of what occurred. These minor differences seem to confirm that there was no collusion between all the witnesses.

[hanks]

Q1.

What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts?

How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony?

How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The differences are:

Women - In the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women go to the tomb, whereas in John, Mary Magdalene goes alone.

Appearance to the women - In Matthew, Jesus appears to the women before they tell the disciples. In Mark, the women tell no one of what they had seen. In John, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after she reports to the disciples.

Number of angels - In Matthew and Mark one angel appears; in Luke and John there are two angels.

Purpose of the women's visit - In Matthew they go to "look at" the tomb. In Mark and Luke they bring spices to anoint Jesus' body. In John the anointing took place on Friday night and no purpose for Mary's visit is given.

Grave clothes - In Matthew and Mark, Jesus is wrapped in a large linen shroud. In John and Luke, Jesus is wrapped in strips of linen.

Location - In Matthew and Mark, Jesus' resurrection appearances are in Galilee, while Luke only records appearances in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

We find that in most events were there are many witnesses that hardly ever are they in full agreement of what occurred. These minor differences seem to confirm that there was no collusion between all the witnesses.

[iam4-1god]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The women are different, The appearance to the women are different, the purpose of the women's visit, the purpose of the visit, the location, and the graveclothes were different.

It's like when you witness an accident-three witnesses will give the same acount, with just a few minor differences, unless someone is lying. If someone is lying, the story will be totally different, or have a few major differences. Each one will see something that the others didn't see.

My interpretation of truth is different than someone elses interpretation. Also, you have different angles, and versions of a matter-it is all wrapped up into a version that is the same, and yet-there will be a few very small differences. Like I said before, if someone is lying, the differences will be big.

[Stan]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

Women,Appearance of the women, Angles,purpose of the women's visit,graveclothes, and location. I would agree that it is just a differance in what each person remembered when the accounts were given. They add to the credibility by testifing that the events happened and that they are speaking of a more important event with a few minor differances.

[quilter]

1. IN MATTHEW IT SAID A GREAT EARTHQUAKE CAME AND AN ANGEL OF THE LORD DESCENDED FROM

HEAVEN AND ROLLED THE STONE BACK. IN MARK AND LUKE IT SAYS ONE ANGEL. IN JOHN THE STONE HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AWAY.IN JOHN IT ONLY TELLS ABOUT MARY MAGDALENE IN THE OTHER GOSPELS IT MENTIONS OTHER WOMEN. EACH GOSPEL WRITER CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERIENT EVENTS AS THEY EXPLAINED THE SAME STORY. THIS SHOULD GIVE US CONFIDENCE THAT ALL FOUR GOSPELS ARE TRUE AND RELIABLE.

2.AS AN EYEWITTNESS TO AN EVENT EACH SEES IT BUT FOCUS ON DIFFERENT DETAILS.

3.I THINK THE IT HAS NO BEARINGS ON THE CREDIBILITY THEY WROTE THE SAME THING WITH EACH

FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT HAPPENING

[nurselaino]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

There are a few differences between the accounts.

In Matt. Mark and Luke the visit to the tomb is made early in the morning while according to John it was made at night...the number of women vary from account to account with John having just Mary Magdalene going. The reason for going to the tomb also changes in the accounts. The number of angels seen at the tomb vary with one being seen in Matt and Mark and two being seen in Luke and John. Who and when they tell of this encounter varies from gospel to gospel. What type of grave clothing Jesus was wearing and where he is seen after his resurrection differ or fail to be included. Every eyewitness report will differ to some degree. We do not all see things just with our eyes. Also our emotions are reflected in how we see things. No one has 100% recall memory so depending on the length of time from the actual happening to the time written there may be some minor changes or alterations but the main thing is that the basics is the same throughout. If the stories were all completely identical then it would seem as if they all got together to collaborate on the story

[Jubilee]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

When we compare each of the stories, we can find a number of differences. For example:

1. In the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women go to the tomb. In John's account, Mary Magdalene goes alone.

2. In Matthew 28:9, Jesus appears to the women before they tell the disciples. In John 20:13-17, Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene after she reports to the disciples. In Mark, the women tell no one of what they had seen.

3. In Matthew and Mark one angel appears; in Luke and John there are two angels.

4. In Matthew, the purpose of the women's visit was to go "look at" the tomb. In Mark and Luke they bring spices to anoint Jesus' body. In John the anointing took place on Friday night and no purpose for Mary's visit is given.

5. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus is wrapped in a large linen shroud. In John 19:40; 20:5-7 and Luke 24:12, Jesus is wrapped in strips of linen.

6. In Matthew and Mark, Jesus' resurrection appearances are in Galilee, while Luke only records appearances in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

The differences in eyewitness testimony validate the authenticity of the story.

There will always be minor differences whenever any eye witnesses testify to any event in what they saw and how they perceived the event. Rather than seeing these accounts as evidence of error, we see them as evidence of authenticity. All these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses.

[Jubilee]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

In Matthew and Mark one angel appears; in Luke and John there are two angels. In the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women go to the tomb In John's account, Mary Magdalene goes alone.

[karyann]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The differences are that in one, only two women went, in the next 3 people went and in the last 1 person went. The differences might have been by accedent. Those differences might add to the credability because maybe by time to time they told the stories they might have left out some details causing some confusion

[johnl]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The differences between the various resurrection accounts is that one/two women went to the tomb, one/two angels, Jesus went his followers and Peter. I might suggest the differences in eyewitness testimony is by what the authors that has every events. The differences added to credibility of the witness is it gets kind of confusion about what happen to the story.

[brandon]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

some of the differences are how many woman went, what they were doing, and who sew Jesus first. how i account for the differences is that the story was said so many times that the story was said in different ways. they are humans so the story will not be the same

[nurselaino]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

The is a few differences in the accounts. Some of these are on the number of women who first noticed the empty tomb and the number of angels seen. There is also some differences on who and when the woman went to tell of the disappearance of Jesus' body. Each of these differences show the writer as an individual who is recounting something and certain aspects may seem more important or may have had a different impact on them.

[noksidam]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

"In Matthew and Mark one angel appears; in Luke and John there are two angels. In the Synoptic Gospels, Mary Magdalene and other women go to the tomb In John's account, Mary Magdalene goes alone."

Every writer has had a personal experience and is own recollection of what has happened. They may have found some aspects more important than others.

These differences add to the credibility of the witnesses because if all accounts were the same it would be very suspect and probably invented.

[dnlschfr]

in any historical (or recent ) event. first person or even third person accounts vary. three people at the event will all tell different versions of events. the only way to have exactly the same account from each person, is if the story was planned.

[mc'el4life]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

Matt. recorded in verse 2 that there was an Earthquake while others did not report this event.

Matt. recorded in verse 2 that it was Angel who rolled away the tomb stone roll while others says they only discovered the stone has been rolled away.

John reported in verse 12 that Thomas was not with the others when Jesus appeared to them while others did not report this.

John verse 22 breathed on them and gave them the Holy Spirit other books did not report this.

No account was made by John and Matthew of the two who were walking to whom Jesus appeared while Luke 20:13-35 and Mark 16:12 gave this account.

Eyewitnesses accounts are given by individuals from different perspectives, while some can summarize an account others can give a full detail by detail account of an event.

The fact of all the accounts is that Jesus Christ was seen dead, buried and no more in the grave and later appeared to his disciples which confirms all the prophecies about His death and resurrection by the earlier prophets and Jesus Himself. If this accounts were not written we all would still be in doubt whether Jesus actually rose from the dead, His followers who were present with Him were in doubt.

[rstrats]

One seeming discrepancy that I don’t see addressed is between Matthew 28:1-10 and John 20:1 and 2:

　

　

Matthew 28:1-10 says that when Mary Magdalene went to the tomb that she was told by an angel that the Messiah had risen and would be seen in Galilee. Matthew then says that she ran "with great joy" to tell the disciples and while on the way that she met the Messiah (this occurred before she got to the disciples).

However, John 20:1 and 2 say that when she came to the tomb and didn’t find the Messiah there, that she ran to the disciples and told them that He had been taken away and that she didn’t know where He was. In Matthew she knew where He was (or at least had been) and where He would be, but in John she didn’t.

[rosegarden]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

1.a. Differences in the number of women who went to the tomb, why they went, the number of angels who were there, the type of grave clothes, exactly the place where Jesus appeared after His resurrection.

b. People see things from a different point of view. Where some things are more important to remember than others.

c. They all were witnesses with only small differences.

[etheldma]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses

(1) The differances were everbody that went to the tomb did not see it the same that tell you everybody see thing difference, and each could have been looking for difference thing

(2) It were difference women that when to the tomb but one thing all the women's could see that the stone had been remove from the grave.

(3) Everybody told what they saw it may not have been seen the same way but each one saw something and we know "HE ROSE that Easter Sunday Morning"

[jonesjp]

Q1. What differences do you find between the various resurrection accounts? How do you account for differences in eyewitness testimony? How might these differences add to the credibility of the witnesses?

Ans. There are several differences in the resurrection accounts but they are not so far off that you cannot see what the writers were explaining. Because of our different views as individuals we can tell the story differently but in the end it all comes together. The differences in the story reminds me of how the Holy Spirit gives us understanding of what ever it is we are seeking or asking God for. Everyone may not be looking for the same thing but the end result remains the same but the delivery of the message is different.

[haar]

There some differences in the story of the Lord's resurrection but they are minor. Some of them are as regards number of women wh went to the tomb, the number of angels that appeared to the women, the purpose for the women's visit to the tomb, the burrial cloth etc.

[van]

There are several differences regarding Jesus resurrection in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The time of day when they went to the tomb. Another difference in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John is Matthew said "a angel rolled back the stone". A angel that he stated was on the outside of the tomb. Mark said "entering into the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side. Luke states that when they went inside, "two men stood by them. John states that "two angels were in the tomb, one where Jesus head was and one at his feet. Even though the eyewitness accounts were different, people see things different from another person. The credibility of the witnesses even though they are different, they are similar and believable. the point they were trying to get across is Jesus' resurrection which is clearly stated in all four gospels.