Would Christians disfavor this report: “Mary and the women are Jesus’s empty tomb discoverers”

  • Clarifying the question

    Several sources say that after Jesus’s crucifixion and entombment, a group of Jesus’s women followers—including Mary Magdalene—discovered Jesus’s tomb empty. (E.g. see Mk 16, Mt 28, Lk 28, Jn 28).

    So here is our question:
    Would Christians—with their biases and goals—see more reason to wish it false that it was these women who discovered Jesus’s tomb empty? Would many judge partially irksome or unpalatable the circulation of the women's reported role in it?

Yes Reasons affirming the proposition Would Christians disfavor this report: “Mary and the women are Jesus’s empty tomb discoverers”

  • They’d hate them as first witness-heralds

    In general, Christians would disfavor Mary & women being first witness-heralds of the resurrection.[Full page]

    This full page analysis 3 arguments:

    • It’d clearly be self-stigmatizing for their Gospel.
    • It’d clearly be subpar as an evidence source (in their origin story).
    • Later Christians downplayed their role.
No Reasons challenging the proposition Would Christians disfavor this report: “Mary and the women are Jesus’s empty tomb discoverers”

  • They’d like "missing body" evidence

    Early Christians would have found favorable—to acquire and use—evidence for their belief that Jesus’ body went missing (to ultimately support Jesus’ resurrection) [Full page.] This is relevant because they may consequently find this argument evidentially valuable: “The testimony of Mary et. al. proves Jesus’s tomb was empty!”

    But against the truth of that first claim,…

    And against the relevance of that first claim…