Who became frightened at the messengers?
Matthew: “The keepers did shake, and became as dead men” ([xxviii, 4]).
Mark and Luke: “They [the women] were affrighted” ([Mark xvi, 5]; [Luke xxiv, 5]).
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What did the women do when they became frightened?
Mark: “They went out quickly and fled” ([xvi, 8]).
Luke: “They bowed down their faces to the earth” ([xxiv, 5]).