Matthew and Mark: “Be not affrighted” ([Mark xvi, 6]; [Matt. xxviii, 5]).
Luke: “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” ([xxiv, 5].)
John: “Woman, why weepest thou?” ([xx, 13].)
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Did Mary Magdalene observe the divine messengers when she first came to the tomb?
Synoptics: She did ([Matt. xxviii, 1–5]; [Mark xvi, 1–5]; [Luke xxiv, 1–4]).
John: She did not ([xx, 1, 2], [11, 12]).