The Importance of Women in the Book of Revelation

Bart answers real questions submitted by misquoting Jesus fans. If you'd like to submit a question for future segments, please visit bartherman.com slash ask Bart. We are going to go now to Bart's answering questions from our listeners and we have several excellent ones that I want to know the answers to. Why does the author of Mark place the women followers of Jesus at the empty tomb, making them the first to discover Jesus has been raised? And does this suggest that the empty tomb story could be historical because it's not what we would expect? Or are there other reasons to explain why the women are featuring so predominantly here?