Patristic Quote of the Day

This discrepancy would be troubling unless we understand that Matthew remained silent about that angel whom they saw when they entered the tomb and Mark remained silent concerning the angel whom they saw sitting on the stone outside the tomb. If this be the case, the women saw two angels and heard from them about Jesus progressively; first from the one who sat on the stone outside the tomb and then from the one whom they saw sitting on the right when they entered the tomb. They went into the tomb then because they had been exhorted to by the angel sitting outside, when he said, “Come and see where the Lord was placed.”—St. Augustine, Harmony of the Gospels.