Resurrection Assignment

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Mary Pittman
Mr. Brink
Bible XII
8 February 2016
Resurrection Assignment Part 1: I read pages 105-144 for a total of 39 pages from The Reality of the Resurrection Tenney, Merrill C. "The Historical Evidences." The Reality of the Resurrection. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. 105-44. Print. Part 2: 1- People claim that Jesus did not die, so therefore did not resurrect, because you need to die to come back to life. So, many believe that he did not actually die, and that he just simply woke up from being unconscious. In the Bible, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all claim, in different words, that Christ died or gave His spirit up. All four unanimously agreed of his physical death. Also, Roman soldiers were expert …show more content…

The stones that sealed tombs were normally heavier than a ton and because of its weight it could only be moved by a force of several strong men. It could not have been moved by the woman who visited it, or a large group of everyday men (the disciples). Also an official government seal was placed over it. Not only would it have been impossible to remove the stone and steal the body, but illegal. In Luke 24:2, it even says the women found the stone moved away, and could not have moved it. If the disciples truly did move away the stone and steal Jesus’ body, how could they have fought off the skilled guards that were guarding the tomb? Then proceed to remove the stone weighing more than one ton without anyone noticing? Then carry Jesus’ body back to where they were staying without a trace or sound? Neither the women or the disciples could have moved that …show more content…

Jesus was tightly wrapped in these clothes. The Jewish custom of wrapping a dead body consists of bandaging tightly these clothes from the armpits to the ankles, then spices that acted like glue were placed between the folds to seal up the clothes. Then more cloth was wrapped around the head head, then chin and tied at the top of the head to secure the jaw. When the tomb was rolled away, and the body was no longer there, the grave clothes were left behind. What is strange is that the grave clothes did not move, and were lying like a body was still inside of them, but the body was not. No robbers could have unwrapped his body and then easily wrap them back into place without a body in them. They would have torn them off and left them lying everywhere, or just take the body with the cloth on it, but they did neither of those because the clothes were lying there perfectly untouched. Jesus’ resurrected body was obviously different than his previous one, since he could go through grave clothes without moving them. The disciples could not scientifically explain this because they were not advance in their scientific thinking at all. The answer is simply that this physical evidence that marks the resurrection happened in this world, but did not originate in

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