Which apostles reached Jesus’ empty tomb first after the Resurrection?

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St. Peter the Apostle St. Peter the Apostle, painting by Gerardus Laurentius Keultjes, 1816; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

According to the Gospel of Luke, Peter is noted for running to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection after hearing reports that it was empty.1

While the Gospel accounts vary regarding the details of the Resurrection, the New Testament records that it was the women—including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James—who first discovered the empty tomb. The Gospels do not explicitly state that any of the apostles reached the tomb before the women; rather, they emphasize the women's role as the initial witnesses to the empty tomb.2