Matthew magnifies the miraculous and closes all of the loopholes that he believes Mark has left open. So Mark’s “young man dressed in a white robe” becomes, in Matthew, a supernatural angel in translucent clothing (Matt. 28:2–3). The message of this angel has become much more supernatural: “[Jesus] has risen from the grave. He will go before you to Galilee. There you will see him” (Matt. 28:7).
