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The following is an excerpt from the book Does the Bible Have Contradictions? by Matthew Elton, copyright 2009 Matthew Elton.

In (Matthew 16:2; 28:7; Mark 16:5-6; Luke 24:4-5; 23), the women were told what happened to Jesus' body, while in (John 20:2) Mary was not told.  Is this a contradiction?

We know from John 20:1 that Mary Magdalene did come to the tomb and we know from the other gospel accounts that Salome and another woman named Mary was with her. As soon as Mary Magdalene saw the stone rolled away, she ran to tell the apostles. The angel then explained to the other women what had happened, but Mary was not there.