Peter, ref: the tomb

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John 20:10: Then the disciples went back to their homes.
John 20:11: but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb.
John 20:12:and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
John 20:14:At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus

why did our LORD, not appear to Peter at the tomb… “it baffles, me?” like after all, he did become leader of the Church? is there a lesson for us…here? to wait, like mary did?
 
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John 20:10: Then the disciples went back to their homes.
John 20:11: but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb.
John 20:12:and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
John 20:14:At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus

why did our LORD, not appear to Peter at the tomb… “it baffles, me?” like after all, he did become leader of the Church? is there a lesson for us…here? to wait, like mary did?
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Let’s be honest: we don’t know for sure. Luke 24:34 has: “The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon,” and 1 Corinthians 15:5 notes that Jesus “appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.” Leaving aside the whole confusion as to whether the Cephas of the epistles is the same person as Simon Peter, that’s all we hear about Peter seeing the risen Lord. We are never told how He appeared or where or when it happened, just that it occurred.
 
I think these “oddities” of culture and behavior in the Gospels and the Bible make it it impossible to refute as legend instead of fact when there are these unexpected occurrences.

Imagine reading “All eleven apostles and His mother, with Peter closest to the stone waiting until the first glimpse of daylight to embrace the Risen Lord!”

Given all that transpired before and even after the Ressurection it makes sense that Peter was not there, no one was.
 
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