Bible Study: Matthew 28
Now as we read the four gospel accounts of this resurrection morning, there does seem to be certain discrepancies in the accounts. They do not all follow in exact, precise order or even in the recording of the events. This to me, of course, is good proof that there wasn’t collusion on the part of the gospel writers. They didn’t all get together and agree this is what we will say. But they all recorded the events from their perspective. From Matthew’s perspective, he was there. He was a part of the whole procedure.
Mark was just a child, and Mark’s gospel, they feel, was garnered by Mark’s listening to Peter’s account. So basically, it is accepted that in Mark’s gospel, you have a view of Peter’s viewpoint of the whole event. It is thought that perhaps Mark was the little boy that was in the garden when Jesus was arrested and someone grabbed him and he just wriggled free, left his coat and ran naked from the garden. Mark is the only one that records that and they say he records it because that was his own personal experience and he was throwing that into his gospel, it’s the only gospel that records this young boy’s excitement that night.
