Does the Bible contradict itself? April 19

Sunday night gave us an interesting topic of discussion "Does the Bible contradict itself?" The evening started off with discussing a story of a high school girl asking another girl why she didn't believe in God. This led to the girl searching through the Bible looking for contradictions in some of the Bible stories. She landed on the resurrection story in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each version is different from the other in the details of who and what exactly happened. Here is a quick overview:

Women who came to the tomb...


The tomb's entrance stone...

Angelic appearance...

The women felt...

Matthew

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary


Angel appeared and rolled it away

Dressed in white - like lightening

Afraid but with great joy

Mark

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary


Stone already had been moved

Young man dressed in white

Astonished and afraid; run away

Luke

Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, & Joanna

Stone already had been moved

Two men like "lightning"

Frightened

John

Only Mary Magdalene


Stone already had been moved

Two angels in white

Mary doesn't seem afraid