For two thousand years, no one has been asking whether Peter or John reached the tomb first, and yet John was certain to note in his Gospel that he was faster than Peter. It's amazing to think how much we want to know, like more details about what Jesus said and did after his resurrection, and what details we do know, which is who would run a footrace between Peter and John.
But this is also one of those details that helps us see the Gospel as a true account. They wrote what they remembered. They weren't certain as which details would be the most important, so they recorded what stood out to them, and we've been piecing things together ever since.
We don't know everything we want to, but we know enough to believe. We take the rest on faith. But, if challenged to a race once you reach heaven, opt to race against Peter, not John.
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