[ml/nj]

For if he really rose, that validates his claim to be divine

Not really. Consider Ezkiel 37:

13 Then you shall know that I am the L-RD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people!

14 I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the L-RD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the L-RD.

Resurrection says nothing about the resurrected. It only says something about the resurrecter.

ML/NJ

[GonzoII]

"Resurrection says nothing about the resurrected. It only says something about the resurrecter."

Indeed it does. It says he's God. He foretold his death, and the day on which he would raise himself therefrom, and made it clear that he would be doing the resurrecting.

The first two statements being historically verified leave no problem with excepting his divinity and his capacity for accomplishing the last.

Jn:2:19: "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

[BlueMoose]

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