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to have heard; then to return with the many women and to report to the eleven. The account may be otherwise, assigning the first events to the women from Galilee, I mean the arrival at the tomb, the bringing of the spices, the appearance of the two men to them, and their words to them; so that the report to the eleven was no longer made by them alone, but by all together, each one relating what she had seen; among whom was Mary Magdalene again with the rest, herself also reporting to the disciples the things seen specifically by her alone.

8. But I also inquire into this, how in Mark it is said that after the Sabbath had passed they prepared spices, while in Luke they did this before the Sabbath on the day of Preparation itself. And this, being entwined with the former questions, would find a similar interpretation to them; we demonstrating that they were not the same women, but rather some were busy with the burial rites before the Sabbath on the day of Preparation itself, on which the Savior suffered, and others after the Sabbath; for Luke clearly testifies that they did these things on the very day of the passion, mentioning no names of women, but simply saying the women who had come with him from Galilee; but Mark records by name only three, who by themselves had made provision for the spices, not on the day of Preparation, but after the Sabbath had passed; and what follows shows that these were different women from those in Luke. These women in Mark see the young man sitting on the right, who also says to them: "Do not be afraid; you seek Jesus of Nazareth; he has risen, he is not here." But to the women in Luke two men appeared in shining apparel, and utter other words, saying: "Why do you seek the living among the dead?" and so forth; and those in Mark, having heard what was commanded, to tell the disciples; they said nothing to anyone; but those in Luke went and reported to the eleven; so that from all these things it is concluded that they were not the same women; therefore they did not do the recorded things at one and the same time.

9. "And as they were speaking these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst, and says to them, Peace be with you." Here someone might be perplexed how the Lord, appearing to the eleven disciples gathered together after the resurrection, according to Luke and John who both record these things in agreement, is no longer recorded as doing or saying the same things in both. That the two evangelists recorded the same vision, occurring at one and the same hour and day, must first be established; and this would become clear to you upon careful observation of the Scripture. For John, having said before, "But on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes, announcing to the disciples that she has seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her," immediately adds, saying: "When it was evening on that day, when the disciples were gathered, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said, Peace be with you." So it is clear from these things that what is in John was done in the evening on the very Lord's day of the resurrection; and according to Luke the same day and hour will be found; for he also says: "But on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb." Then, what follows, that having seen angels, they returned and reported to the disciples what they had seen. But Peter, hastening, goes to the tomb, and sees the linen cloths; and these things happened very early in the morning, on the day of the resurrection. And the Scripture immediately adds, saying: "And behold, two of them on that same day were going to a village." These were the ones with Cleopas; with whom he entered into Emmaus, took bread and blessed it, and as he gave it to them, he became invisible. Then it adds: "And rising up, they returned that very hour to Jerusalem, and found gathered the

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ἀκηκοέναι· εἶτα σὺν ταῖς πολλαῖς ἐπανελθεῖν καὶ διηγεῖσθαι τοῖς ἕνδεκα. ∆ύναται δὲ καὶ ἄλλως ὁ λόγος, τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ταῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας γυναιξὶν ἀπονεῖμαι, λέγω δὴ τὴν εἰς τὸ μνῆμα ἄφιξιν, καὶ τὴν τῶν ἀρωμάτων κομιδὴν, τήν τε γενομένην αὐταῖς τῶν δύο ἀνδρῶν ἐπιφάνειαν, καὶ τοὺς τούτων πρὸς αὐτὰς λόγους· τὴν μὲν οὖν ἀπαγγελίαν τὴν πρὸς τοὺς ἕνδεκα μηκέτι παρ' αὐτῶν μόνον γεγενῆσθαι, ἀλλ' ὁμοῦ παρὰ πασῶν, ἑκάστης ἃ τεθέατο διηγημένης· ἐν αἷς πάλιν τὴν Μαγδαληνὴν εἶναι μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν καὶ αὐτὴν τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἀπαγγέλλουσαν τὰ ἰδίως μόνῃ αὐτῇ ἑωραμένα.

Ηʹ. Ἐγὼ δὲ κἀκεῖνο ζητῶ, πῶς παρὰ μὲν τῷ Μάρκῳ εἴρηται, ὡς ἄρα διαγενομένου τοῦ Σαββάτου ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα, παρὰ δὲ τῷ Λουκᾷ πρὸ τοῦ Σαββάτου τοῦτ' ἔπραξαν ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ Παρασκευῇ. Καὶ τοῦτο δὲ τοῖς προτέροις συμπεπλεγμένον ζητήμασι, τῆς ὁμοίας ἐκείνοις τύχοι ἂν ἑρμηνείας· ἀποδεικνύντων δὲ ἡμῶν μὴ εἶναι τὰς αὐτὰς, ἀλλ' ἑτέρας μὲν τὰς πρὸ τοῦ Σαββάτου ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ Παρασκευῇ, καθ' ἣν πέπονθεν ὁ Σωτὴρ, περὶ τὴν κηδείαν ἀσχοληθείσας, ἑτέρας δὲ τὰς μετὰ τὸ Σάββατον· σαφῶς γὰρ ταύτας Λουκᾶς μεμαρτύρηκε κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ πάθους ταῦτα πεποιηκέναι, οὐδαμῶς ὀνόματος γυναικῶν μνημονεύσας, ἀλλ' ἁπλῶς γυναῖκας εἰπὼν τὰς συνελθούσας αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας· ὁ δὲ Μάρκος ὀνομαστὶ τρεῖς μόνας ἀνέγραψε καθ' ἑαυτὰς πρόνοιαν πεποιημένας τῶν ἀρωμάτων, οὐ τῇ Παρασκευῇ, ἀλλὰ μετὰ διαγενέσθαι τὸ Σάββατον· ἑτέρας δὲ εἶναι ταύτας παρὰ τὰς παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἐπαγόμενα δείκνυσιν. Αὗται μὲν οὖν γυναῖκες παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ τὸν νεανίσκον ὁρῶσι καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, ὃς καί φησιν αὐταῖς· «Μὴ φοβεῖσθε· Ἰησοῦν ζητεῖτε τὸν Ναζαρηνόν· ἠγέρθη, οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε.» Ταῖς δὲ παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ δύο ἄνδρες ἐπέστησαν ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ, καὶ ἑτέρας προφέρονται φωνὰς λέγοντες· «Τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν;» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· καὶ αἱ μὲν παρὰ τῷ Μάρκῳ ἀκούσασαι τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπαγγεῖλαι τὰ παρηγγελμένα· οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον· αἱ δὲ παρὰ τῷ Λουκᾷ πορευθεῖσαι ἀπήγγειλαν τοῖς ἕνδεκα· ὡς διὰ τούτων ἁπάντων συνάγεσθαι, μὴ τὰς αὐτὰς εἶναι· διὸ μηδὲ ὑφ' ἕνα καιρὸν πεποιηκέναι τὰ ἀναγεγραμμένα.

Θʹ. «Ταῦτα δὲ αὐτῶν λαλούντων αὐτὸς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔστη ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς. Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν.» Ἐνταῦθά τις ἀπορήσειε πῶς τοῖς ἕνδεκα μαθηταῖς ὁμοῦ συνηγμένοις μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐπιστὰς ὁ Κύριος κατὰ τὸν Λουκᾶν καὶ κατὰ Ἰωάννην συμφώνως ταῦτα ἀπομνημονεύσαντας, οὐκέτι παρ' ἀμφοτέροις ταὐτὰ πράττων οὐδὲ φάσκων ἀναγέγραπται. Ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν ὀπτασίαν οἱ δύο συνέγραψαν εὐαγγελισταὶ κατὰ μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ὥραν τε καὶ ἡμέραν γενομένην, παραστῆσαι δεῖ πρότερον· τοῦτο δ' ἂν γένοιτο φανερὸν ἐπιτηρήσαντί σοι ἀκριβῶς τὴν Γραφήν. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἰωάννης προειπὼν, «Τῇ δὲ μιᾷτῶν Σαββάτων ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ,» ἑξῆς ἐπισυνάπτει λέγων· «Οὔσης ὀψίας ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ συνηγμένων τῶν μαθητῶν, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ εἶπεν, Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν.» Ὥστ' εἶναι σαφὲς ἐκ τούτων ὅτι κατ' αὐτὴν τὴν Κυριακὴν ἡμέραν τῆς ἀναστάσεως ὀψίας ἦν πεπραγμένα τὰ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ· καὶ κατὰ τὸν Λουκᾶν ἡ αὐτὴ ἡμέρα καὶ ὥρα εὑρεθήσεται· λέγει γοῦν καὶ αὐτός· «Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν Σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέος, ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον αἱ γυναῖκες.» Εἶθ' ἑξῆς, ὅτι ἰδοῦσαι ἀγγέλους, ἐπανῆλθον καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἃ τεθέαντο. Πέτρος δὲ σπεύσας ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἀπαντᾷ, καὶ τὰ ὀθόνια θεωρεῖ· καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὄρθρου βαθέος ἐγένετο, τῇ ἀναστασίμῳ ἡμέρᾳ. Λέγει δὲ ἑξῆς ἐπισυνάπτουσα ἡ Γραφή· «Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἦσαν πορευόμενοι εἰς κώμην.» Οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ περὶ τὸν Κλεόπαν· οἷς συνεισελθὼν εἰς τὴν Ἐμμαοῦν, λαβὼν ἄρτον εὐλόγησε, καὶ ἐπιδιδοὺς αὐτοῖς, ἀφανὴς ἐγένετο. Εἶτ' ἐπιλέγει· «Καὶ ἀναστάντες ὑπέστρεψαν αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ εὗρον ἠθροισμένους τοὺς