{"id":3321,"date":"2015-04-14T09:38:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contradictingbiblecontradictions.com\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2016-06-06T21:45:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:45:16","slug":"how-many-women-came-to-the-sepulcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contradictingbiblecontradictions.com\/?p=3321","title":{"rendered":"How many women came to the sepulcher?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One<\/strong><\/span>
\n\tNow on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene<\/span> came [went] early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and saw the stone already taken away from the tomb.<\/em>
\n\tJohn 20:1<\/strong>  NASB<\/p>\n

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Two<\/strong><\/span>
\n\tNow after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary<\/span> came [went] to look at the grave.<\/em>
\n\tMatthew 28:1<\/strong>  NASB<\/p>\n

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Three<\/strong><\/span>
\n\t1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome<\/span>, bought spices, so that they might come [go] and anoint Him.
\n\t2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came [went] to the tomb when the sun had risen.
\n\t3 They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”<\/em>
\n\tMark 16:1-3<\/strong>  NASB<\/p>\n

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Five or more<\/strong><\/span>
\n\t1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came [went] to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [Here the critic adds a wrong text variant: … and certain others with them.<\/span> KJV]   
\n\t10 Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them<\/span> were telling these things to the apostles.<\/em>
\n\tLuke 24:1, 10<\/strong>  NASB<\/p>\n

(NASB has mistakenly translated come\/came<\/em> instead of go\/went<\/em>. The last translation defines merely the act of going<\/em> from the beginning and not the arrival at the tomb. The Greek verb erchomai<\/em> has the meaning: to go, to come. The intention is the movement, being on one's way, without specifically the meaning of arrival or depart. It is always the context that indicates these features as everbody can see in the texts.)
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SAB Contradiction 483<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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How many women<\/strong>?
\n\tThe question is clear. Where there 1, 2, 3, 5 or more women at the sepulcher who met Jesus being resurrected? Each gospel seems to give a different answer. However it is easy to settle it quickly.
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John 20:1<\/strong>
\n\tUnfortunately the critic forgot to read the entire text as in verse 2 Mary Magdalene returning from the sepulcher said to the apostles: “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and WE<\/span> do not know where they have laid Him.”
\n\tOne woman<\/strong><\/span> at the tomb dismissed.<\/p>\n

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Matthew 28:1<\/strong>
\n\tVery early at the moment that the first light of the sun appeared in the eastern sky and broke the darkness of the night, two women left their house to go to the sepulcher: Mary Magdalene and the other Mary (the mother of James). From Mark 16:2-3 we know that they first picked up Salome, before making their way to the grave. Then still being on their way the sun came above the horizon and the three women discussed how to get into the tomb.
\n\tSo it goes too far to assume that Matthew says that two women came at the tomb. Just two  took the initiative (of the three) to go to the sepulcher, that’s Matthew’s message.
\n\tTwo women<\/strong><\/span> at the tomb dismissed.<\/p>\n

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Mark 16:1-3
\n\tThree women<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>came to the sepulcher (Mark 15:40, 16:1).<\/p>\n

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Luke 24:1, 10<\/strong>
\n\tAgain three women are mentioned who were at the tomb (verse 10). Salome is called here: Joanna (certainly a second name).
\n\tThe critic has chosen for a wrong text variant in verse 1“… <\/em>and certain others with them,”<\/em> as if more women than three were there at the grave. No modern translation has this variant, they all follow older Greek texts as also the Vulgate, the old Latin translation, has done. Not wise of the critic to neglect more current translations in his one-sided use of the KJV.
\n\tFrom verse 10 we learn what had happened. The three women returned from the sepulcher  and first informed the other women who had followed Jesus; all together they went to the apostles to tell them the great news that Jesus was arisen. 
\n\tFive or more women<\/strong><\/span> at the tomb dismissed.<\/p>\n

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No Bible Contradiction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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