Who visited Jesus' tomb Easter morning? NT has 5 different versions. How can you trust anything else NT says?

Question

NT = New Testament

Matthew 28:1 - Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary."
Mark 16:1 - Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome.
Luke 24:10 - Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James.
John 20:1 - Mary Magdalene alone.
Corinthians 15:5 - Jesus appeared first to Cephas, then to the twelve male apostles.


The bible says it is perfect but it clearly is full of mistakes. Could it be that it wasn't inspired by a God at all but in fact inspired by many-times-over handed-down stories born of the culturally, scientifically, geographically, and medicinally ignorant local peasants of the time?

All scripture is given by inspiration of God... Timothy 3:16-17

Answer 1

Check out www.skepticsannotatedbible.com . It is an eye-opener.

And I agree with you. It is beyond my comprehension as to how people can believe that the bible is flawless.

Answer 2

Your first question is asking us if we did. Since it is on a certain Sunday of the month and not the specific day as an anniversary plus it isn't here yet, did you make a grammatical error?

Second and third sentences about Nokia Telephone having 5 versions, well I don't think that is in itself a cause for distrust. Then you change your mind, saying NT means New Testament. You keep switching. Can we trust anything you say?

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Stop being so foolish. From all 5 scriptures, Mary is a visitor. Some accounts have others only showing the writers had different points of view. Try being a cop writing accident reports. No two people will give the same account. The point of view and detail in each eyewitness will be different. Corinthians doesn't say Mary and others were not at the tomb and neither does any of the other accounts say they saw Jesus at that time. They saw an angel there.

You are so eager to find a mistake you go to this? Think before writing!!! By the way...it is 2Timothy 3:16 and it is correct.

Answer 3

Mary Magdalene is prominent at the time of the death of Jesus. She was with the mother of Jesus and the women who
were standing beside the cross [ John 19:25 ].She, was with
the other Mary, watched the tomb on the Sabbath day
[ Matthew 27:61 ], and late on the Sabbath visited it [ Matthew28:1 ], and after sunset went and bought spices
[ Mark 16:1], and early Sunday morning came and saw the
empty tomb and ran and told Peter her fears of a grave robbery [ John 20:1-2. She came back to the tomb after Peter
and John had left, and was the first who saw the Risen Christ,
whom at first she did not recognize till He spoke her name
[ John 20:11-18 ]. Jesus explained to her that He was only
here because He had not yet ascended to the Father.
She was to bear a message to the disciples. It was a wonderful message that she told: "I have seen the Lord."
But they would not believe her till they themselves had seen the Risen Lord. But Mary Magdalene bore her herself nobly
in it all, and was vindicated by Christ Himself.

So you see it is not the Bible that is full of mistakes;
" All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God" 2 Timothy3:16-17.

Answer 4

It is likely that all of the above named persons visited the tomb and the persons who wrote the new testament simply wrote the story from their own point of view. It didn't say necessarily that Mary Magdelene was the only one; the writer, for whatever reason, simply wrote about only her experience, and not the others. Also, when it says that he appeared first to Cephas, who is Peter, it simply means he appeared to him before the other disciples, and "the other Mary" obviously refers to Mary the mother of James, who is also mentioned in the other Gospel. It's not really different versions, simply different points of view. It doesn't mean there is a conflict or that one version is right or the other one wrong, just depends on who saw or knew what at what time. Hope that makes sense.

Answer 5

The Bible doesn't give us instructions about how to brush our teeth so why brush? Boy am I glad that you weren't the 1st one to visit the tomb!
Well' dont get all upset about that.This is indeed an intelligent question 'cause I had it myself.From the 4 gospels we don't really who made the 1st visit.Many things in the Bible are not too clear & I truly wish it was more elaborate.But the many things that are clear is enough to make one believe in the truth.No other ancient book in the world can fortell the future so accuratly like the Bible.When you study it with sincerity it will speak to you.But when you read it with an attitude you are only wasting your time.I never cared for the Bible for many years but when I started reading it-it just comes alive to me.Others may not understand.It only for those who have tasted who can relish it!
So if you decided not to believe dont believe.No matter what questions you post against the Bible you can never undo a true believer from believing.

Answer 6

Luke the historian Matthew john all different people recording at different times its like you watching something and reporting it. The important thing to remember is they are all talking about him rising from the dead,Luke a physician(first class historian also) Jesus rose from dead important point who was there to witness it is nice information bot of little significance. Look what happened to the disciples after his Resurrection, most dies for the sake of Christ,Peter was crucified a horrible painful way to go but he refused to be Crucified like Christ he was upside down(he was not worthy) If Christ was a liar why would he do this? Read also about Paul(Saul of tars as)Who even though not walking with Christ was persecuting Christians and had an experience where Christ spoke to him he went on to write most of the new testament,before you go off on tangents read all scriptures pray for understanding it will be revealed to you!

Answer 7

It is of note that the different Gospel accounts were written from the perspective of different men, and their writings reflect this in minor differences. Also, in this particular account, none of the men were actual eye-witnesses of the women visiting the tomb for the first time and would be relying on word-of-mouth in their writings about this occurance.

Interestingly, the account at Luke also states (Luke 24:10) "Also, the rest of the women with them were telling the apostles these things." Obviously, then, there were other women there that were not named in Luke's account (likely including Salome noted in Mark's account). None of the scriptures state that the women listed were the ONLY ones there, just that those named were there.

Answer 8

"the other Mary" is the mother of James.....
"mary magdalene alone" - she is the main person but others could be nearby and not mentioned or mentioned as Salome was.....
"Jesus first appeared to Cephas etc....."this is in reference to when they were on the road to Emmaus - not at the tomb.....(not Cor. 15:5)

Answer 9

All of them are right. Its just secondary details.

In George Washington's diary one day it says he had some visitor over. He doesn't mention Martha Washington being there. He doesn't mention other visitors. But if there were others there, that does not mean he lied. He just only chose to tell of the one.

"Medicinally ignorant". Ha. Luke was a physician. Do you know physicians were fixing eye cataracts over 5,000 years ago? Can you do that?

"Culturally, scientifically, geographically" - Paul was well versed in all those things. Matthew was too because he would have traveled a lot.

Answer 10

john 20:1 does not say Mary was alone, Corinthians 15:5 happened days later, Mark 16:1 names all 3 of the ladies, sometimes we just have to study to find all the details, I encourage you to keep looking, If we seek we will find, Good Question.

Answer 11

by the way, the Corinthians statement, was not at the tomb-

The others do not contradict each other- just because Mary was alone at one time at the tomb, does not negate the fact that Joanna and the other Mary was not there at another time. No contradiction there