in the story of the church made up of believers, both men and women. Third, and this is already implied in the preceding comments, in Luke the women are not commanded to go and tell the disciples, as both Mark and Matthew have it. The women are not errand runners for disciples; they are disciples. While it is true they relate their experience to the eleven and others, such reporting was congenial to the excitement of the event and no different from other exchanges of witness. Finally, the faith and