Resurrection Order of Events
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by Merril F. Unger

Order of the Events of the Resurrection

  1. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome start for the tomb, Lk 23:55-24:1
  2. They find the stone rolled away, Lk 24:2-9
  3. Mary Magdalene goes to tell the disciples, Jn 20:1-2
  4. Mary, the mother of James, draws near and sees the angel, Mt 28:1-2
  5. She goes back to meet the other women following with spices
  6. Meanwhile Peter and John arrive, look in and depart, Jn 20:3-10
  7. Mary Magdalene returns weeping, sees two angels, then Jesus, Jn 20:11-18
  8. The r…
Chicago: Moody Press, The New Unger's Bible Handbook, by Merril F. Unger