The Skeptics Annotated Bible (864 page)

2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.

4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,

7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.

9
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

(20.9) “For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.”
367 Did Jesus tell the apostles about his resurrection?

10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.

(20.11-14)
“Mary … saw Jesus.”
408 To whom did Jesus first appear?
426 Were the men or angels sitting or standing?
411 Was Mary Magdalene happy or sad when she saw the risen Jesus?

11 But
Mary
stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

12 And seeth
two angels
in white
sitting
, the one at the head, and the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.

(20.12)
“Two angels … sitting … where the body of Jesus had lain.”
406 Were the men (or angels) inside or outside?
404 Who did the women see?

13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.

14 And when
she
had thus said, she turned herself back, and
saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.

(20.14)
“She … saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.”
(Maybe it wasn’t Jesus.)
409 Did Mary Magdalene recognize Jesus?

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

17 Jesus saith unto her,
Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father
: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and
to my God, and your God.

(20.17a)
“Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.”
Jesus tells Mary Magdalene not to touch him because he hasn’t yet ascended—as if the touch of a woman would defile him and somehow prevent him from ascending into heaven. One wonders why he insisted that Thomas touch him (Jn 20.27), and why he permitted his apostles to touch him and hold him by the feet before his ascension (Mt 28.9).
410 Was it OK to touch the risen Jesus?

(20.17b)
“To my God, and your God”
349 Is Jesus God?