Matthew 28
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.
4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that he seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Mark 16
1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away; for it was very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment, and they were affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Luke 24
1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold two men stood by them in shining garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
John 20
1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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 ot the sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
(he finds Jesus' clothes, Simon Peter catches up and sees the same)
10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
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.
Now, let's stop and think for a minute. Never mind that this is actually Monday morning, not Easter Sunday.
The accounts disagree on who comes to the sepulchre.
Matthew says two Marys. Mark says two Marys and Salome. Luke 24:10 says two Marys, Joanna, and other women that were with them. John says Mary Magdalene all by herself.
Matthew mentions an earthquake that scares the guards away. Nobody else mentions guards or earthquakes.
Matthew says there was an angel sitting outside the tomb. Mark says there was a man sitting inside. Luke says there were two men inside, but nobody noticed them at first. John says nobody was there at first, until the disciples (who are not part of the other three accounts) came and went, at which point there were two angels inside.
So, was it one man? Two men? One angel? Two angels? Inside? Outside? Take your pick. Even assuming one of them is true, and even with the benefit of hindsight, the Bible couldn't rise above 25% accuracy with four mutually-exclusive accounts.
