Who was the first person to see Jesus after he left the tomb?

(KJV)John: "Mary Magdalene" (20: 1).

Matthew: "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary" (18: 1).

Mark: "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome" (16: 1, 2).

Luke: "Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women" (24:1-10).

The verses above indicate that there was a group of women, as related in Luke 23: 55-56, who took note of where Jesus was laid with the intention of returning after the sabbath to anoint his body with spices. That John mentions only Mary Magdalene is of no consequence whatsoever if a case for contradiction is to be built, since he did not say that she was the only one, nor does he say that there were no other women present. John mentions this Mary specifically because she brought the news of the empty tomb back to Peter and John.

Thus, a simple reading of the totality of the complementary accounts would tell us that a group of women came to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body. This group contained all the women listed above.

Who spoke with the resurrected Jesus first?Looking at the verses which could directly address the question the only conclusion would be that the question is strictly un able because the Gospels do not address it, they simply record who Jesus spoke to, not the order, and most certainly not the time sequence. The key thing was that He arose and that He appeared to a number of different people at different times.

What is clear is that He spoke to the same women who came to anoint His dead body, as mentioned above. Mary Magdalene is mentioned by John (20:15-16), and Matthew mentions the group (Matthew 28:9). A case could be made that Jesus spoke first to Mary Magdalene, as she appears to have remained at the tomb alone after Peter and John left and that He then met the other women on His way elsewhere (possibly to catch up with the Emmaus disciples see Luke 24:15-32). This is all feasible but again cannot be proven since the focus is not on strict chronology but on the incredible fact of the resurrection itself.

So, the short is 'we don't really know'.