ContradictionsReading order 136Bible context 1 min read
Did the women immediately tell the disciples?
Matthew and Luke describe communication after the tomb visit, while Mark ends the supplied scene with frightened silence.
- Textual conflict
- Interpretive tension
- The passages pull in different directions, but the conflict depends on how their wording, scope, or narrative context is read.
- Importance
- Foundational
- A central claim about origins, salvation, divine justice, or religious authority.
The tomb departures lead to reported news and frightened silence, but Mark never specifies how long the silence lasts or excludes later communication.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
The women hurry to bring the disciples news
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
Matthew 28:8
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Matthew 28
And they remembered his words, And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luke 24:8-9
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Luke 24