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You are the only one here who has been claiming that there were mass resurrections prior to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why? Because those familiar with the New Testament know that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was “the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). No man was resurrected before Jesus Christ. “And the graves were opened; and many bodeis of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves AFTER HIS RESURRECTION, and went into the holy city, and appeared uto many” (Matthew 27:52-53).

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EPIC FAIL - Matt 27 doesn’t say it was AFTER the resurrection. They didn’t appear in town until after the resurrection. Anyone familiar with the Bible knows that.

51At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

And, even if it were, then perhaps I should have used TIME FRAME, which still in no way negates my statement that Christ killed tens of thousands in the BoM which is completely incongruent with the resurrections in the Middle east.

AFA, the rest are not ‘my opinions’ they are facts. Shame you can’t seem to deal with facts. Suggestion - don’t go into a legal profession.

51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. 52 The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

You do not know for sure whether of not verses 52 and 53 were meant to be a parenthetical observation. You may be reading it too hastily. From other scriptures we know that Jesus was the first fruits of those who "slept" (that is were dead) who were resurrected.

"The earth shook and the rocks split" during the time when Jesus was on the cross, during the same period when the earth was shaking and rocks splitting in Mesoamerica, according to the Book of Mormon.

Jesus Christ was the first person resurrected into eternal life. (A dead man whom Jesus raised from the dead eventually died again). It was only after Jesus was resurrected into eternal life that "many holy people who had died were raised to [eternal] life".

Thus, there were not mass resurrections before Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It might be wise for you to emphatically admit this. Otherwise, you put yourself at odds with most other Christians, who believe that Jesus was the first of all persons to be resurrected into eternal life.