women went to the tomb and found it empty.
who went to the tomb and found it empty?
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the four gospels narrate how several women, including mary magdalene, found the tomb of jesus to be empty when they visited his tomb to anoint his body with spices and oils. instead, they met with an angel who told them that jesus had been raised from the dead. 





























the empty tomb account is one of several post-mortem appearances of jesus, as recorded in the gospels, which lead to the belief that jesus was raised from the dead and exalted to divine status.





























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section::::similarities and differences.:similarities.
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according to brown, the body of jesus was buried in a new tomb by joseph of arimathea in accordance with mosaic law, which stated that a person hanged on a tree must not be allowed to remain there at night, but should be buried before sundown. new testament historian bart d. ehrman dismisses the story of the empty tomb; according to ehrman, "an empty tomb had nothing to do with it [...] an empty tomb would not produce faith." according to ehrman, the empty tomb was needed to underscore the physical resurrection of jesus, but is it doubtful that jesus was buried by joseph of arimathea. it is unlikely that a member of the sanhedrin would have buried jesus; crucifixion was meant "to torture and humiliate a person as fully as possible," and the body was left on the stake to be eaten by animals; criminals were usually buried in common graves; and pilate had no concern for jewish sensitivities, which makes it unlikely that he would have allowed for jesus to be buried. the english theologian and historian n. t. wright, however, emphatically and extensively argues for the reality of the empty tomb and the subsequent appearances of jesus, reasoning that as a matter of history both a bodily resurrection and later bodily appearances of jesus are far better explanations for the rise of christianity than are any other theories, including those of ehrman.
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