[PAR35]

Many of the exegetists spoke of the resurrection of the body prior to the now widespread practice of cremation.

Long before cremation became common in the west, death by fire (or the body being largely consumed by fire following death) was not uncommon.

There are those who consider cremation a desecration of God's creation, but the act has no impact upon the Lord's ability to resurrect the dead.

[Steelfish]

Yet the common understanding was that the “dead” physical body would be resurrected just as Christ’s dead physical body was raised.