BigJim

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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.

9When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Diogenes the Cynic

Um..that doesn't reconcile the contradiction, it just describes it. There are actually far greater contradictions in the resurrection accounts than that one, but it's silly to think you can wave it away by claiming that Luke just decided not to mention Jesus' very first appearance for some unfathomable reason.

buckshot23

One question. Does Luke say specifically that the woman did not see Jesus? Yes or no. If no then there is no contradiction. Luke was not as detailed as Mathew was. If I tell my friend that I had a burger and fries for lunch and later tell another that I had a number 1 combo from mcdonalds which includes a soft drink and burger and fries was I in error on either occasion? No I just provided more detail in one account.

buckshot23

Yeah I read it and I can't seem to see where Luke says that the women did not see Jesus. He just doesn't mention it here. Move along folks no contradiction here.

Edit:
I see you bolded a portion you think relevant. That merely says that they found the tomb empty.

BigJim

I've edited the post, bolding where they say they did not see his body.

To use your McDonalds analogy, you'd have to tell one friend that you had the #1 combo, and tell the other friend that you went there and they were out of hamburgers.

buckshot23

Not quite both accounts have them not finding a body.

buckshot23

Furthermore both accounts have them leaving the tomb without seeing the risen Jesus. It was on the road He appeared to them in Matthew.

Diogenes the Cynic

The fact that Luke declines to inform his audience of Jesus' first appearance is such a significant, glaring and inexplicable omission as to constitute a genuine contradiction. Sorry. Your Macdonald's analogy just doesn't old water. There is no difference betwee saying you had a combo and enumerating the items included in the combo.

And as I said, there are a lot more contradictions than that one.

BigJim

Fair enough, I didn't read Matt before I posted:


So to return once again to the fast food analogy, you told one friend you had the #3 combo, and it was a delicious Quarter Pounder with cheese; best hamburger you ever had. You told another friend that you had a combo, but you didn't recognize it as meat until several hours later, but by then, it was gone.

Diogenes the Cynic

A distinction without a difference. Luke does not say that they saw Jesus at all. It doesn't matter where they didn't see him. Furthermore, John has Mary see Jesus at the tomb. so put that in your pipe and smoke it.