***Updated 4/10/20***
Happy Resurrection Day 2020!
Here is a PDF of “Harmonizing the Resurrection”.
This is part of a broader gospel harmony I’ve created, and gives a plausible order and harmonization of resurrection events based on the 4 gospels (plus 1 Corinthians 15).
The list of resurrection events (in sequence)
- Weekly Sabbath
- Women buy and prepare anointing spices
- Women go to Jesus’ tomb
- Angel moves stone and frightens guard away
- Women arrive to tomb, see stone removed
- Mary Magdalene notifies John and Peter
- Mary Magdalene, Peter, and John return to tomb
- Peter and John leave after finding tomb empty
- Mary Magdalene discovers angels in tomb; departs to consult “gardener”
- Other women talk with angels
- Mary Magdalene realizes the “gardener” is Jesus
- Other women join Mary Magdalene and Jesus
- Women leave to tell disciples
- Guard conspires with Jewish leaders
- Disciples doubt women’s report
- 2 to Emmaus encounter Jesus
- Peter encounters Jesus
- Group of disciples (minus Thomas) encounter Jesus
- Group of disciples (including Thomas) encounter Jesus
- Disciples journey back to Galilee
- 7 apostles encounter Jesus while fishing in Galilee
- Jesus appears to 500+ people at Galilean mountain
- Jesus appears to James (His brother)
- Disciples return to Jerusalem (for Pentecost)
- Jesus meets with disciples
- Jesus ascends to heaven 40 days after resurrection
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