Emphasis Preaching Journal

At first, just the word that someone had seen him was enough. The eyewitnesses were present. Of course, no one had witnessed the resurrection event itself, but that was not nearly as important as the fact that there were many eyewitnesses and they would be around for some time. See 1 Corinthians 15 for an early word.

Since everybody seemed convinced Jesus would soon return and God's kingdom would come with time-shattering effect, there was little reason to interview anybody and record eyewitness accounts.