Reporter ‘Live-Tweets’ the Resurrection of Jesus for Easter
If the resurrection of Jesus happened in the age of the Twitter and the internet, how would it have been covered? How would the press react to what they were witnessing? Well, that’s exactly what WKYT/WYMT reporter Phil Pendleton did yesterday, “live-tweeting” as if he were reporting on the resurrection of Jesus as it happened.
Pendleton tweeted he was partly inspired by a number of news outlets live-tweeting the assassination of John F. Kennedy last year in honor of the 50th anniversary of that tragic event. Pendleton decided to do just that, acting like a stereotypically frantic reporter on the day of Jesus’ resurrection.
Below you can see highlights from Pendleton’s live-tweeting:
MARY MAGDALINE CALLED…SAID SHE WANTS ME TO WRITE STORY OF JESUS DEATH…INVITED ME TO TOMB EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 19, 2014
MARY SAID SHE AND SOME OTHERS ARE GOING TO ANOINT THE BODY OF JESUS…..SAID THEY'LL BE AT TOMB ABOUT DAWN.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 19, 2014
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED NEAR JESUS BURIAL PLACE. HEADED THERE WITH MARY MAGDALENE TO FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MARY AND SOME OTHER WOMEN WITH SPICES AT TOMB. SOMEHOW..LARGE STONE THAT COVERED JESUS TOMB HAS BEEN ROLLED AWAY. JESUS IS NOT INSIDE?
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MARY TELLS PETER THAT “THE LORD HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE TOMB AND WE DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS.”
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MARY LOOKS INTO THE TOMB AGAIN.
WOW…..THERE ARE NOW TWO GUYS WEARING THE WHITEST ROBES I HAVE EVER SEEN..IT’S SO BRIGHT IT’S HARD TO LOOK
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MEN IN WHITE SAY JESUS ISN’T HERE…HE’S RISEN.
MY HANDS ARE SHAKING….IT’S HARD TO
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN SUCH EXCITEMENT….YET FEAR AT THE SAME TIME.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MARY IS STILL CRYING..SHE KEEPS ASKING.."WHERE IS MY LORD? WHERE IS MY LORD?"
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
WAIT! OH MY! THAT’S JESUS! HOW…..IS..THIS…POSSIBLE??!!!!!
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
MARY JUST RAN OVER AND GRABBED HIM…BUT HE TOLD HER NOT TO HOLD ON TO HIM BECAUSE HE HASN’T RETURNED TO HIS FATHER.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
JESUS TELLS MARY TO TELL HIS BROTHERS…SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HE’S RETURNING TO HIS FATHER…AND HER FATHER…HIS GOD AND YOUR GOD.
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
ONE GUY MUST THINK THE THIRD GUY IS DUMB…SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM ONLY BEING A VISITOR TO JERUSALEM AND BEING IGNORANT OF EVERYTHING…
— Phil Pendleton (@philtvnews) April 20, 2014
[h/t HuffPost]
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