a question about resurrection?

Question

in Luk 24:2 they ENTRED in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments.

so they saw the angel after entering the grave.

While in In Jhn 20:11 Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet,

She saw the angel while being outside the grave.
which one is correct?

and how many angels were there?

Also in Mark 16 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

Answer 1

Yet another bible inconsistency. There were no angels there. It is all a lie.

Answer 2

There are two accounts where 2 angels was seen where Jesus was buried.and the first account was where Mary Madgdalene, Mary, and Salome were together and the stone being rolled away, they went into the temple and a young man sitting on tjhe right side, clothed in a long white garment and they became afraid. Indeed this was an angel. The angel told them not to be afraid and go tell Peter and the rest of them that Jesus is risen and not here. At. Mark 16:1-20.

Now it seems that Mary and her friends did what the angel requested and this is when they believed not and the apostles went to see for themselves and was told then by 2 angels instead of one the accountable story about Jesus in St.Like Chp. 24. Then they all left and Mary stayed and was still crying over the Lord cause she knew not what they did with him. With the 2 angels sitting inside the tomb there Jesus stood behind her and Mary at first though he was a gardner and spiritually she realized he was Jesus cause she called him Master. So there was three appearances to the grave of Jesus and the first appearance was one angel and the next two appearances was two angels seen with the third occurrence --Jesus standing in back of Mary. So the bible is not contradictory only needs understanding of what is actually said in the word of God. All accounts are correct with their being 5 Angels but all in three different settings.

Answer 3

There were two angels seen by the women at the sepulchre, and they were standing up [Luke 24:4]

There was but one angel seen, and he was sitting down [Matt 28:2,5]

It is quite possible that much of the confusion about these trivial facts stems from the fact that many women went to the tomb that morning (Luke 24:10). It's possible, at the very least, that a group of women came to the tomb, and saw that the stone had been rolled away. Some women went inside, but the more timid remained outside. Those inside saw the vision of the two angels, while those outside saw the angel on the stone.

Also, in response to the manner in which this supposed contradiction is presented, I would point out that
a.) Matthew does not say there was "but one angel," he simply focuses on the angel who moved the stone;
b.) the Greek word in Luke rendered "stood near" also means, "to come near, to appear to."

In Luke 2:9 and Acts 12:7 it is translated as "came upon." Thus, Luke may simply have said that angels suddenly appeared to them without reference to posture. Strictly speaking, one would be hard pressed to establish a contradiction in terms of numbers or posture even without my possible explanation.

There were two angels seen within the sepulchre [John 20:11,12]

There was but one angel seen within the sepulchre [Mark 16:5]

These are not the same incidents. John's account is particular to Mary after she followed Peter and John back to the tomb, which was later than the account cited in Mark.

Now, I myself once stumbled upon a "better" contradiction. When Mary runs back, she is scared and thinks that the body has been stolen. Then she returns to the tomb and weeps. Now isn't this odd given that she supposedly heard the angels say that "He is risen"? Why so much despair after that miraculous experience? It doesn't seem to add up. Of course it is possible that she had not fully comprehended what occurred, as one has to be careful in expecting people to respond coherently. But I think the answer is more clear if we consider John's account.

John notes that she went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. "So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved and said, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they put him". (John 20:1-2). Then Peter and John ran to the tomb only to find the empty burial wrappings. Mary must then have followed them, but when she got there, they had gone, so she stood there crying, worried that the body of Jesus had been stolen. Then two angels appeared to her, and then the risen Jesus did. In short, the reason she was in despair is probably because she didn't go into the tomb with the other women. As they approached the tomb, they saw it open, and probably began to worry amongst themselves that grave robbers came and stole the body before they could anoint it. At this realization, Mary probably left the group and bolted back to tell the others.

Answer 4

It reads like there were 2.


I think they are both correct - can you not see what's in a room before you enter it?


Luke 24
The Resurrection
1On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' " 8Then they remembered his words.


John 20

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
10Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.

Answer 5

There is no right answer. After the people realized that the people who lived during Jesus' time were dying off, they wrote them down. People could have gotten stories mixed up, and each gospel was to a different type of people. they are all righht in a sense. they saw an angel and Jesus came back from the dead. What more do you need? Faith is only 10% fact. the rest is 100% beliving in God and His work. I know that equals 110% but god is worth more than that too.

Answer 6

knowing how many is irrelevant... knowing that there were angels or an angel is...

when you read one of the Gospels you must treat it as like a story of someone who is telling his own story of what happened...
not unlike when 4 people go watch a movie like say "Casino Royale" & they talk about it a few days later... each will have generally the same story but with some variances... why? because that was how they saw it. If you really think about it, if all the Gospels are the same, then it will go that only 1 person wrote it & maybe someone just orchestrated all of it... with what we have now...it gives credence to what it is... eye-witness accounts of real men that were there.

Answer 7

Easy answer. Two angels lah!

You just need to differentiate between "they" and "Mary" and that they could have been at the grave at different times and the angels would have appeared sometimes outside the grave, sometimes inside the grave. Sometimes one appeared, or one was described, and sometimes two appeared. This is so easy to resolve. What you should be more concerned is the CONSISTENT fact that the body of Christ was not there. By dwelling on the peripheral things you missed the more important thing that mattered!

Answer 8

Please remember that in reading the gospel accounts that each one of them was written by a different man from a different point of view. All four accounts are correct, and to get the complete story you need to piece them together. The book of Matthew was written specifically to the Jews and looks at Jesus the King. Mark looks at Jesus the man. Luke looks at Jesus the Messiah. John looks at Jesus the Son of God. Last year I did a study of the Passion of Christ and assembled the complete story from all four gospels into a linear account of the last twelve hours of our Lord's life on earth. This is the way the entire ministry of our Lord must be looked at.

Answer 9

Maybe they were not angels! I don't know what the truth is since there are so many differences that can be found in all the religions. I bet some things written in our Bibles are true...other things written are probably not true. I do believe God definitely exists and he lived when Jesus lived... I just don't believe everything that has been written. The holy spirit is God.... I believe that is true.

Answer 10

If I tell a story and you tell the same story, they won't be exactly alike, but the message won't be lost, just some of the details. That is all that happened here. Some people think because some of the details are a little different it makes the story a lie.

Answer 11

Two events separated by time,
only two angels.