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the same words. But if Luke anticipated the time before sunrise, it is reasonable that he also records the two men who appeared then, but not the young man.

7. Since there are four evangelists, the visions recorded by them also appear to be equal in number; and the times are four, and those who appeared at 22.996 each time, are distinct; likewise also the women who saw them are different; and the words of those who appeared to them, are various. For the first time was that in Matthew, said to be "late on the Sabbath"; the fourth and last was that recorded in Mark "when the sun had risen"; and in between are the one in John and the one in Luke; for which reason also those who appeared at each time are distinct. For late on the Sabbath there was one angel from the tomb; after whom was the Savior himself. And early, while it was still dark, two angels inside the tomb; after whom again was the same Savior. But at early dawn, according to Luke, two other men were seen, named as such, not having appeared inside the tomb. Then, later than all of them, the young man, who was seen by those who arrived after the sun had risen. Therefore, if all of them, having spoken of one time and having recorded the same place, did not declare the same appearances, someone might have found fault reasonably. But if they distinguished the times, and assigned a distinct time and place for each, and accordingly recorded different visions. So that if all of them had mentioned one appearance, and said that one angel had appeared, or had spoken in agreement of two angels, or again of two men or one young man; and then varied the times, or did not indicate the same places, one could also find fault in this way. But as it is, the account remains precise and irreproachable, introducing visions that vary at different times and places, and their viewers are in turn different; the first two being different from the second, and the third likewise different from the fourth. For instance, then, after the young man's conversation with the last women, whose names are not recorded, Mark adds: "And when they heard it, they fled, and said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid;" these women, therefore, were of such a character, both fearful and exceedingly timid, so as not even to be persuaded by the young man who said to them: "Go and tell his disciples and Peter, ‘Behold, he is going before you to Galilee;’" for having heard these words, they did the opposite; but the women in Luke, returning from the tomb, announced all these things to the eleven. Likewise also the woman in John comes to the disciples, reporting what she had seen. But only the women in Mark, having come last of all, and truly arriving late, so as to arrive after sunrise, are not deemed worthy to see the Savior, nor the dazzling angel, nor the two inside the tomb, nor the two men in Luke; but they saw only a certain young man clothed in a white robe, seeing the vision in a manner corresponding to the smallness of their understanding; and having seen him in white garments for the sake of the feast, they were nevertheless amazed; for Mark testified to this for them; although in the case of the former women, amazement was nowhere mentioned. But it is likely that the Magdalene, devoting herself and persevering, saw not only the first visions of those who appeared to her alone, but also the young man in Mark who was seen by the other women. And you might say the same 22.997 in the case of the history according to Luke, who, after the arrival of the many women, and after the sight of the two men who appeared to them, narrates, saying: "And returning from the tomb, they announced all these things to the eleven;" to which he adds, "Now they were Mary Magdalene," and so forth. For it was not unlikely that now again the Magdalene, having arrived long before and having remained earnestly by the tomb, was found there when many women who had come together from Galilee were approaching the tomb carrying the spices, so that she too, along with the others, saw the two men, and of their words

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τοὺς αὐτοὺς λόγους. Εἰ δ' ὁ Λουκᾶς τὸν πρὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολῆς καιρὸν προὔλαβεν, εἰκότως καὶ τοὺς τότε ὀφθέντας δύο ἄνδρας, ἀλλ' οὐ τὸν νεανίσκον ἱστορεῖ.

Ζʹ. Τεττάρων δὲ ὄντων τῶν εὐαγγελιστῶν, ἰσάριθμοι τούτων καὶ αἱ πρὸς αὐτῶν ἀναγραφεῖσαι φαίνονται ὀπτασίαι· οἵ τε καιροὶ τέσσαρες, καὶ οἱ καθ' 22.996 ἕκαστον καιρὸν ὀφθέντες, ἰδιάζοντες· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ αἱ θεώμεναι, διάφοροι· καὶ οἱ τῶν ὀφθέντων αὐτοῖς λόγοι, διαλλάττοντες. Πρῶτος μὲν γὰρ ἦν καιρὸς ὁ παρὰ τῷ Ματθαίῳ ὀψὲ Σαββάτων λεγόμενος· τέταρτος δὲ καὶ τελευταῖος ὁ παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ ἡλίου ἀνατείλαντος ἱστορηθείς· μέσοι δὲ ὅ τε παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ καὶ ὁ παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ· διὸ καὶ οἱ ὀφθέντες κατὰ καιρὸν ἰδιάζοντες. Ὀψὲ μὲν γὰρ Σαββάτων ἄγγελος εἷς ἐκ τοῦ μνήματος· μεθ' ὃν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Σωτήρ· πρωῒ δὲ ἔτι σκοτίας οὔσης, εἴσω τοῦ μνήματος ἄγγελοι δύο· μεθ' οὓς πάλιν ὁ αὐτὸς Σωτήρ. Ὄρθρου δὲ βαθέος ἕτεροι κατὰ τὸν Λουκᾶν δύο ἄνδρες ὠνομασμένοι οὐκ εἴσω τοῦ μνήματος ὀφθέντες. Εἶθ' ὕστερον ἁπάντων ὁ νεανίσκος, ὁ ταῖς ἡλίου ἀνατείλαντος ἀφικομέναις τεθεαμένος. Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἕνα καιρὸν εἰρηκότες οἱ πάντες καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀναγράψαντες τόπον, οὐ τὰς αὐτὰς ἐπιφανείας ἐδήλουν, κἂν εὐλόγως ἄν τις ἐμέμψατο. Εἰ δ' ἀφώρισαν τοὺς χρόνους, ἔνειμάν τε καθ' ἕκαστον χρόνον καὶ τόπον ἰδιάζοντα, ἀκολούθως δὲ διαφόρους καὶ τὰς ὀπτασίας ἀνέγραψαν. Ὡς εἴπερ ἦσαν μιᾶς μὲν οἱ πάντες ἐπιφανείας μνημονεύσαντες, καὶ ἕνα φάντες ἄγγελον ὦφθαι ἢ δύο συμφώνως ἀγγέλους εἰρηκότες, ἢ αὖ πάλιν δύο ἄνδρας ἢ νεανίσκον ἕνα· εἶτα τοὺς καιροὺς διήλλαττον, ἢ μὴ τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐδήλουν τόπους, ἦν ἂν καὶ οὕτω μέμψασθαι. Νῦν δ' ὁ λόγος ἀκριβὴς μένει καὶ ἀδιάβλητος ἐπὶ καιροῖς διαφόροις καὶ τόποις ἐναλλαττούσας τὰς ὀπτασίας εἰσάγων, καὶ τὰς τούτων θεωροὺς πάλιν διαφόρους, ἑτέρας μὲν τὰς δύο πρώτας, παρὰ τὴν δευτέραν· καὶ τὰς τρίτας δὲ ὡσαύτως ἑτέρας τῶν τετάρτων. Αὐτίκα δ' οὖν μετὰ τὴν τοῦ νεανίσκου πρὸς τὰς τελευταίας γυναῖκας ὁμιλίαν, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματα οὐκ ἐμφέρονται, ἐπιλέγει ὁ Μάρκος· «Καὶ ἀκούσασαι ἔφυγον, καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον, ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ·» αὗται μὲν οὖν τοιαῦται καὶ ἔμφοβοι, καὶ λίαν δειλαὶ, ὡς μηδὲ πεισθῆναι τῷ νεανίσκῳ φάντι πρὸς αὐτάς· «Ὑπάγετε καὶ εἴπατε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Πέτρῳ, Ἰδοὺ προάγει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν·» τούτων γὰρ ἀκούσασαι τῶν λόγων, τοὐναντίον διεπράξαντο· αἱ δὲ παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ ἀποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνήματος ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς ἀπαγγέλλουσα ἃ ἑώρακε. Μόναι δὲ αἱ παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ πασῶν ὕσταται ἐλθοῦσαι, καὶ ἀληθῶς ὀψισθεῖσαι, ὡς μετὰ ἀνατολὴν ἡλίου ἐπιστῆναι, οὔτε τὸν Σωτῆρα θεάσασθαι καταξιοῦνται, οὔτε τὸν ἄγγελον τὸν ἐξαστράπτοντα, οὔτε τοὺς δύο τοὺς εἴσω τοῦ μνήματος, οὔτε τοὺς δύο τοὺς παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ ἄνδρας· ψιλὸν δέ τινα νεανίσκον εἶδον περιβεβλημένον στολὴν λευκὴν, ἀναλόγως τῇ τῆς διανοίας αὐτῶν σμικρότητι τὴν ὀπτασίαν ἰδοῦσαι· καὶ τοῦτον δὲ λευχείμονα τῆς ἑορτῆς χάριν θεασάμεναι, ὅμως ἐθαυμάσθησαν· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐταῖς ὁ Μάρκος· καίτοιγε ἐπὶ τῶν προτέρων μηδαμοῦ τοῦ θάμβους ὠνομασμένου. Τὴν Μαγδαληνὴν δὲ σχολάζουσαν καὶ προσκαρτεροῦσαν, εἰκὸς οὐ μόνον τὰς πρώτας ὄψεις τεθεᾶσθαι τῶν αὐτῇ μόνῃ ὀφθέντων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ ταῖς λοιπαῖς γυναιξὶν ἑωραμένον νεανίσκον. Ταὐτὸν δ' ἂν εἴποις 22.997 καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς κατὰ τὸν Λουκᾶν ἱστορίας, ὃς μετὰ τὴν ἄφιξιν τῶν πολλῶν γυναικῶν, καὶ μετὰ τὴν θέαν τῶν ὀφθέντων αὐταῖς δύο ἀνδρῶν διηγεῖται λέγων· «Καὶ ἀποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα·» οἷς ἐπιφέρει, «Ἦσαν δὲ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία,» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Οὐκ ἀπεικὸς μὲν γὰρ ἦν, καὶ νῦν πάλιν τὴν Μαγδαληνὴν πάλαι προαφιγμένην καὶ παραμείνασαν εὐτόνως παρὰ τῷ μνήματι εὑρῆσθαι, ὅτε πολλαὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας συνελθοῦσαι γυναῖκες ἀπήντων ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον φέρουσαι τὰ ἀρώματα, ὥστε καὶ αὐτὴν ἅμα ταῖς λοιπαῖς τοὺς δύο ἄνδρας τεθεᾶσθαι, καὶ τῶν λόγων αὐτῶν