Jesus immediately sent Mary to tell the other disciples. They still “mourned and wept” over His death (Mark 16:10).
“But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it” (Mark 16:11).
Soon all the women came telling that they had seen the angels and Jesus Himself (Matthew 28:9).
“… but these words seemed to them an idle tale [simple story], and they did not believe them” (Luke 24:11).
Simon Peter also struggled with doubt. While Jesus was on trial, Peter said three times he did not know Jesus. Yet, when Jesus began to show Himself to the apostles, He chose to meet Peter first (Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5). Jesus then visited two sad disciples near Emmaus (Mark 16:12-13; Luke 24:13-35). These two hurried the seven miles back to Jerusalem and told the others. Again the others refused to accept such strange news. But their unbelief could not last long …
As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” But they were startled [surprised] and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for [because of] joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them (Luke 24:36-43).
At this meeting Thomas, one of the apostles, was not there,
”So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe” (John 20:25).