In this gospel, as in the others, we do not actually have a “resurrection account” in the strict sense, but a “post-resurrection account.” The transformation of the physical to spiritual body has taken place (cf. The resurrection has taken place already, while the tomb was sealed. We might expect Jesus to rise and come out of the tomb (as Lazarus does in John 11:41-44). As a story, the stage is now set for a marvelous event. The earthquake takes place, and the angel rolls back the stone. Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb no reason is given. Matthew’s account is the most dramatic of the four resurrection narratives. To be sure, one can notice some identical wording between Matthew 28:5-8 and Mark 16:6-8, and there it is likely that Matthew took some material from Mark (including the speech of the angel and the flight of the women from the tomb), but otherwise Matthew used his own material. They laid the Gospel of Mark to the side and used their own versions. In other words, while Matthew and Luke depended on the Gospel of Mark for the writing of their gospels in general, when they arrived at the Easter narrative they used the stories that they had known from their respective communities. Perhaps the most satisfying one is that each of the four evangelists had a tradition from early times that had developed in different geographical and church contexts. Various proposals have been made to account for the differences.
Clearly, it is impossible to harmonize the details to everyone’s satisfaction.
There an earthquake takes place, and an angel descends from heaven and rolls the stone away after the women arrive. In three of the gospels the stone had been rolled away prior to the approach of the women. (3) Finally, there is a difference concerning the placement of the stone at the doorway of the tomb. In Matthew’s account there are only two women (Mary Magdalene and the other Mary) Mark names three Luke names three and adds that others had accompanied them to the tomb as well John has Mary Magdalene alone. (2) There is a difference in the number and names of women present (except that Mary Magdalene is present in all four accounts). (1) In the Synoptic Gospels the women arrive at the tomb early in the morning, either at dawn or after the sun had risen. They are similar in that in each case the event is on a Sunday morning (two days after the crucifixion), Mary Magdalene is present at the tomb, and the tomb was found to be empty.īut there are differences. The resurrection accounts in the four gospels have similarities and differences.
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