Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
A person ought to remember that there were multiple women who attended to the sepulcher on the morning of the resurrection. Remember, too, that they were all just as human as we are. They had heard Jesus's pronouncements of His resurrection, but they had no idea what that would look like, any more than we know what heaven will look like. We have hints, clues, and just enough information to make some "educated guesses." But I am positive that once we enter the heavenly realm, we will realize our guesses were only half the story.
A person must also remember that multiple events were unfolding at various times on the morning of the resurrection. The different characters would have been involved in differing events, all of which were related but not identical.
And then, remember that, as human beings, they would have all reacted differently to those events. The Bible says that Jesus first showed Himself to Mary Magdalene.
Mark 16:9 (KJV)
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
This does not necessarily mean that He appeared to her immediately upon her arrival at the empty tomb. Mary did what seems to me to have been a perfectly normal thing: upon seeing the tomb was empty, she ran immediately to tell the apostles. She didn't linger, waiting for answers or to investigate where His body was. These were tasks a woman might not have been able to accomplish anyway. She went to get the men who might have been able to do the work a woman of those days could not.
These are not contradictions; they are details. They provide the "color"[1] to the account, demonstrating the humanity of the characters and making the account real rather than plastic and stale.
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Real Characters, Real Reactions: Providing the “Color” of Resurrection Day
[1] I’m using the word as a in sports commentary. “The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information... Color commentators are often former athletes or coaches."
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