Depends which Gospel you read!

Bible Scholarship Jesus

Bart Ehrman takes the different resurrection accounts in the Gospels and compares them:

  • How many women go to the tomb?  Mary Magdalene by herself or with other women (and how many?)  Depends which Gospel you read!
  • Was the stone rolled away already or not?  Depends which Gospel you read!
  • Whom did they see there?  A young man?  Two men?  An angel?  Depends which Gospel you read!
  • Did they go tell the disciples what they had seen or tell absolutely no one because they were afraid? Depends which Gospel you read!

What about the Birth Stories? My work, not Bart’s.

  • Did Shepherds (Luke) or Wise Men (Matthew) visit the Baby Jesus? Depends which Gospel you read!
  • Did the family go to Egypt? Depends which Gospel you read!
  • Why did the family go to Bethlehem? Depends which Gospel you read! Census in Luke or silence in Matthew?