Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. (Luke 24:10-11 ESV)
Luke, the historian who interviewed eyewitnesses of the life of Jesus, gives names here to a credibility to his record. These were women who knew Jesus best, inside and out. They loved the Truth, so their word should not have been questioned. BUT the apostles had a hard time accepting the truth, even though they were the first ones Jesus had told and they themselves had told these women what Jesus had said. How hard-headed and hard-hearted we men can be. We often choose not to believe. Thank God for His persistence and patience.
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