Sunday, September 24, 2023

Why didn’t the Apostles Believe the Women?


 In the Gospels, we are informed that the apostles did not believe the women when they told them that they had seen the risen Christ. According to the Gospel Narrative the following occurred:

When the ladies came to the apostles, they told how they had seen the angels, and how Jesus was risen from death to life. And they asked how they had seen it. And they answered - some said they saw an angel stand, and some said they saw two angels standing: and so they believed them not and held their words as but trifle. [From Section 106 of The Gospel Narrative: The Oldest Written Account of Jesus Christ]

Dr. J. Clontz

Matthew 28:9 And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. And there they will see me.”

Luke 24:9 Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them – they told this to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

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