Who Said It?
According to the gospel of John, this person said: "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they've put him!"
MARY MAGDALENE (John 20:13)
Upon arriving at the tomb where Jesus was placed, THESE 3 GOSPELS record this declaration: "HE IS NOT HERE! HE IS RISEN!"
MATTHEW 28:6, MARK 16:6, & LUKE 24:6
Jesus asked THIS disciple three times: "Do you truly love me?" And then told him: "Feed my sheep."
PETER (John 21:15-17)
Luke says, after THIS, they worshipped him and stayed in Jerusalem with great joy, staying at the temple praising God, while Mark says the disciples went out and preached everywhere.
THE ASCENSION (Mark 16:19-20, Luke 24:51-53)
We are told in the gospel of John that this character, whose tomb Jesus was laid in, was a disciple of Jesus but only secretly because of THIS
He feared the Jews (he was afraid) (John 19:38)
These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
JESUS (Mark 16:17-18)
3 Gospels record that the tomb Jesus was placed in was new. Apparently this gospel writer didn't think it was important enough to note.
MARK (Matthew 27:60, Luke 23:53, John 19:41)
Wherever Arimathea is, THIS guy is from there, and is good and upright, was waiting on the kingdom of God, and did not consent to what happened to Jesus.
JOSEPH (Luke 23:50-51)
Two gospels tell us that Jesus appeared to two believers as they were traveling on the road, but Mark tells what matters is that Jesus appeared THIS WAY.
Luke's gospel tells us that the first women to the tomb were afraid of THESE and bowed down with their faces to the ground.
TWO MEN/ANGELS (Luke 24:4-5)
"Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
Thomas
THE SEA OF TIBERIAS (John 21:1)
John mentions that the other Mary, not Mary Magdalene, is married to THIS person, who Luke also mentions as one of two disciples that Jesus approached as they were heading to Emmaus.
CLEOPAS OR CLOPAS (Luke 24:18, John 19:25)
John records Peter and another disciple, the one Jesus loved, John, racing to the temple. It was an incredible race that this disciple won.
John (John 20:3, 8)
Matthew records the guards playing dead because they were so afraid of the angel sitting on the stone, whose appearance was like lightning and clothes were white as snow. How magnificent that must have been, since they were not afraid of THIS as the angel came down from heaven.
A violent earthquake (Matthew 28:2-4)
"His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.
THE GUARDS OR SOLDIERS (Matthew 28:12-13)
3 gospels record an angel interacting with Mary as she was in the tomb after the stone had been rolled away. Matthew's gospel writer records the angel being "HERE" as both Marys approached the tomb.
SITTING "ON THE STONE" (Matthew 28:2)
Luke's version has Mary and Mary, as well as others telling all of the disciples what they had seen when the returned from the tomb. Every gospel reader thinks like Olaf when they read THIS name.
(Samantha, I don't even know a Samantha!")
JOANNA (Luke 24:9-10)
When the gospel writers describe people, they include where they are from, important character traits, and more, but when Mark tells us that Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene, he describes her by saying, you know...the Mary that THIS happened to.
7 demons were driven out of (Mark 16:9)
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, they did THIS, because they were afraid of the Jews.
Locked the doors (John 20:19)
"Sir, we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again. So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."
CHIEF PRIESTS OR PHARISEES (Matthew 27:62-66)
In 3 Gospels, Joseph is the only one who asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. The gospel of John records this person along with Joseph.
NICODEMUS (John 19:39)
Mary was so sad when she saw that Jesus was not in the tomb, he comforted her, asking: "Why are you crying?" She didn't realize it was Jesus, she thought he was THIS
THE GARDENER (John 20:15)
The gospel of John says that the strips of linen were lying there in the tomb, while the burial cloth that was around Jesus' head was separated and THIS
FOLDED (John 20 6-7)
Peter had walked on water once before, but then doubted and sank. However, when John told Peter, "It is the Lord", Peter was not afraid to do THIS, while the other disciples followed in the boat.
JUMP IN THE WATER (John 21:7)