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To: reasonisfaith
Multiple attestation by the four Gospel authors.

Yes, that's what I thought. Is there anything independent of the Bible that corroborates these accounts? And do the accounts themselves match up? Let's see...

Mark says 3 women came and the tomb was already open with a man in white inside.

Matthew says it was 2 women, there was an earthquake, an angel moved the rock, and two soldiers were witnesses but they told everyone that the body was stolen.

Luke says it was 3 women, but one was different from who Mark says she was, the tomb was open, and two men tell them Jesus is risen.

John says Mary Magdalene visits the tomb and finds the stone rolled away. She tells Peter and "the beloved disciple", who run to the tomb and find the grave-clothes, then go home. Mary sees two angels and then Jesus, whom she does not recognize.

Now, compare that to the Gospel accounts of Jesus before Pilate. They are much more consistent there. Why? Logical answer: It really happened, and it was public record, where there's not much room for artistic license.

448 posted on 04/20/2014 5:51:32 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: A_perfect_lady

Any true event told by multiple witnesses will always have discrepancies in minor details but consistency in major details (such as the empty tomb).

I’m starting to get the sense you’re not looking for the truth—you’ve merely accepted your own version and are scrambling for any bits and pieces lying around to prop it up with.


456 posted on 04/20/2014 6:21:52 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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