Was Jesus’ mother at the empty tomb?
A centuries-old Russian Orthodox icon depicts the early morning of the Resurrection with the Angel sitting on the stone and seven myrrh-bearing women with their names on their haloes: Martha of Bethany, the Mother of God, Martha’s sister Mary, Salome, another Mary, Susanna and Anna
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Let us straighten out our memories of the four accounts. In Matthew there is one angel (with clothing white as snow) who sat on the stone; in Mark one young man sitting inside the tomb, in a white robe; in Luke two men in dazzling clothes, standing; and in John, two angels in white, sitting inside, one at the head and the other at the feet.
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