Let God Speak! Mark's Gospel

Day 46:
Mark 16:1-8 and Matthew 28:11-15
The Resurrection

Marks account of the resurrection becomes dis-jointed after verse 8 and the common view is that verses 9-20 have been added in by someone else later on. It is possible that an original ending written by Mark was lost.  To be honest no-one really knows why Mark's Gospel ends as it does but that does not affect the authenticity of the rest of the book.

Since the point of this guide is to focus on Jesus, and letting God speak, it does not really matter where we take the story of the resurrection from. The next few days take readings from Mark, Matthew, Luke, John and the Acts of the Apostles to try and leave a true historical account of the resurrection in your mind as you finish off this journey through the remarkable life of Jesus.

Try and put yourself in the place of these three women who were the first to discover the empty tomb! How would you have reacted to this unsettling event?

Let God speak to you about this first resurrection encounter and the attempted cover up described by Matthew. What effect has this had on you?