the Resurrection?

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It troubles me when things don't seem to fall in line. After all, the resurrection is the pivotal point of the Bible (and probably all human history). If the four Biblical accounts of the resurrection don't match and indeed have contradictions, then you might as well throw the whole Bible in the trash.

As a matter of fact, I've had unbelievers challenge me on this very issue. I've been told that the Bible can't be trusted and that there are contradictions in the Bible and they site the Easter morning account as an example. Upon closer examination, the four accounts do in fact line up very closely. If you take all four accounts and read them side by side, you find that each account is giving different details of the events.

When reading the four accounts, keep in mind the following presuppositions:

Presupposition #1

All four accounts are true and accurate.

Presupposition #2

Events are given in order. Each account includes details that may or may not be in the other three accounts.

Presupposition #3

Don't assume that all the women came to the tomb in one group. Don't assume that the women were all in one group the entire time they were at the tomb. Some may have been inside and some outside. Don't assume that the women all left together in one group. They probably split up and went different directions to tell the disciples (probably in several different homes). Apparently, Mary Magdalene separated for the rest of the group at some point.

The following link will take you to a table that has the four accounts of the resurrection side by side. There are some links to notes that clarify some of the events.

I hope that you will read this and have a clearer picture of that morning in history that changed the coarse of mankind.