1 Corinthians 15:
3b-6
Christ died for our
sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that he was raised on the
third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Peter, then
to the Twelve.
Jesus appeared to
Peter, then to The Twelve??
Matthew 28: 1, 9-10
Jesus appears to
Mary Magdalene and
the other Mary [there were several] and commands them to go tell His
brothers.
NOTE: There is nothing in the gospels
that mention Jesus calling the disciples His brothers.
Matthew 28: 16
Jesus commands the
Eleven [not Twelve] disciples to go to the mountain in Galilee where He
would meet with them again.
Mark 16: 9-11
Jesus first
appears to Mary Magdalene
[alone] and she went and told those who had been with Him as they were weeping
and mourning about Jesus’ death, telling them that he was alive [had risen], but
they did not believe her.
Mark 16: 14
Later, Jesus
appears to the Eleven as they were eating and rebuked them for their
unbelief.
Luke 24: 9-12
The women came back
from the tomb and told these things (Cp.
24: 2-8) to the Eleven and the others. It was Mary Magdalene,
Joanna, Mary the mother of James and the others [women] with them.
They did not believe them because their words seem as nonsense. However, Peter
went to the tomb and seeing the strips of linen by themselves, went away
wondering as to what happened.
Luke 24: 18, 33-34
They (Clopas and
another unnamed disciple), after meeting Jesus on the road to Emmaus returned
to Jerusalem and found the Eleven, and those assembled with them,
confirming that the LORD has arisen and appeared to Simon [huh??].
John 20: 1-9
Mary Magdalene went
to the tomb and saw the stone rolled away, and she went and told Simon Peter
and the disciple that Jesus loved [only here]. Simon Peter ran to the
tomb and entered first, seeing the strips of linen lying there and the burial
cloth that was around Jesus’ head folded up by itself separate from the linen.
The other disciple (whom Jesus loved) went inside the tomb and he saw and
believed.
John 20: 10-18
The disciples went
back to their homes but Mary stood outside the tomb crying, Jesus appears to
her and commands her to go tell His brothers. [Afterward] Mary Magdalene went
to the disciples and told them that she had seen the LORD and He had said these
things to her.
John 20: 24
Now Thomas (called
Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
CONCLUSION:
The Apostle writes
that Jesus appeared to Simon but the gospels abundantly show that that he
appeared first and almost exclusively to Mary Magdalene before any of His
followers, so it seems that the priority given Simon Peter was somehow to
diminish the role of Mary Magdalene, or women in the Messianic movement. Since
Luke was a companion of Paul his narrative is the only one that says Jesus
appeared to Simon, so this incorporation into the Corinthian letter should not
be all that surprising. In the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, The
Eleven are mentioned. Matthew 27: 1-10, supported by Acts 1: 15-17, esp.
verse 26 mention about Judas hanging himself, but John’s gospel explodes this
because he mentions the Twelve. If Judas killed himself then this would
only leave eleven disciples and a replacement wasn’t found until after Jesus
ascended back to heaven. It also means that if Judas killed himself or somehow
left the group of “the Twelve” then apparently the writer of John’s gospel and
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