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THE AMAZING ORDER OF EVENTS OF THE RESURRECTION

        It is not easy to harmonize into a connected story the fragmentary records of the four gospels about the resurrection of Jesus. In a few sentences there are generalizations of many details. We are not told all the incidents in the precise order of their occurrence.         Let it be remembered that there were different groups of disciples, lodging at various places, going to the tomb in different companies, and that they were not expecting Jesus to rise, but were visiting the tomb to complete the embalming of his body for permanent burial.        The first sight of the empty tomb, and the angel announcement that Jesus had risen, threw them into wild excitement.        They ran to tell the others, hurrying back and forth in alternate joy, fear, anxiety, wonder, and bewilderment.       Many things happened that are not recorded. Of what is recorded, one writer tells one thing; another, another thing. One gives in a sentence what another describes in detail. Some,