Holy Women at Christ’s Tomb (c. 1590s). Mary Magdalene and ‘the other Mary’ encounter an angel at the tomb, who tells them that Christ has risen.
Photo: Public Domain Christians have Mary Magdalene and the other women to thank for the news of the Resurrection. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John recount the same happenings. Some details are different, but it is quite clear that Mary Magdalene and others found Jesus’s tomb empty and that they told the apostles. Peter and John believed them and…
