Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 26
? 26 Mark (16:7) says that the man sitting within the sepulchre delivered the same message. Luke does not mention that the two men gave any mes- sage for the disciples. John (20:17), however, says that Jesus himself asked Mary to tell his brethren: ‘I ascend unto my Father and your Father; and to my God and your God. ’ 5. Did They Convey the Message? —Matthew does not say any- thing about it, but it appears from verse 16 of chapter 28, that they did convey the message. But Mark says that they went quickly and fled trembling and amazed, neither said they anything to any man; for they were afraid. Luke says that the women told the disciples that Jesus is risen and John says that Mary informed them what Jesus had told her. 6. How did they receive the news? — Matthew says nothing about it. Mark says: When they heard that he was alive and had been seen of her, they believed not. Luke says: Their word seemed to them as idle tales and they believed them not. John is silent upon this point. 7. Where did Jesus meet them first? — Matthew says (as soon as they heard the message): The eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to a mountain