Luke 23:50-5650 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, 51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God. 52 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. 53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. 54 It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.
Hi Elsie!
You seem to have extensive knowledge of the New Testament (as does Rabbi Tovia Singer), and I would like to see how you would respond to one of the Rabbi's claims.
He basically says that the story of the women taking spices to the tomb of Jesus on Sunday morning in Mark and Luke is totally false and ridiculous, as there would be no reason in the world for those women to extract the body of Jesus from the tomb, and put spices on it. He claims that was just a phony story device used by the writers of those two Gospels, as a way to get someone to discover the empty tomb, and he says that the later Gospel of John completely changes that story of the spices, in order to clean that "spice" account up. (Here is a link to the Rabbi's video where he discusses that point.)
"Jesus’ empty-tomb story could not have occurred – Rabbi Tovia Singer responds to caller" How would you respond to the Rabbi regarding his assertions?
(I have to say goodnight now, but I hope to find a response from you when I can get back on, to see how you would respond to the Rabbi.)
Thanks.