And then there is this detail, which always makes me smile, for there is no reason to include it except to bring into our consciousness, by way of its commonplaceness, the urgency of the situation as it was felt by the disciples, and the reality of the personalities that formed what became the early Church: “…Peter and the other disciple both set out, and made their way to the tomb; they began running side by side, but the other disciple outran Peter, and reached the tomb first.”