"Whom did the women see at the tomb?" (Alleged Contradiction #E6870)
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Matthew 28:2
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Mark 16:5
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments …
Luke 24:4
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
John 20:12
Response
The “two men…in shining garments” in Luke were the “two angels” in John. Matthew records only “the angel of the Lord,” and Mark 16:5 records only one of them, but this is not a contradiction; not each author records every detail.
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