(May 22, 2016 at 11:08 am)abaris Wrote: Business as usual for the Romans was to let the body rot on the cross and to throw it into some ditch at some time. The whole tomb story doesn't add up in lights of history, even more so if Jesus would have been indeed considered traitor or insurgent. There's no way they would have granted a dignified burial, for the simple reason of crime prevention and deterrent.
I don't think that it was a "dignified burial"; rather, the Romans were the ones who were in charge, but at the same time, the Romans were the ones were pioneered the concept of federalism, which means that the Romans respected local government. As such, it is easy to image that some of Jesus' followers, friends and family were upset at his speedy arrest, quick trial and summary execution. But, they were consoled by the fact that Jesus was now in Heaven with God, but they wanted his body to have at least a semi-respectable burial. In order to "keep the peace," the Jewish leaders decided, quickly, to offer Jesus' followers a "fig leaf" (pardon the pun) and he was allowed to be buried in a tomb. The Romans didn't really "give a shit", and so, the Romans gave the local authorities what they wanted. Some, however, were still unhappy, and so, the body went missing. Completely plausible scenario, which resulted in a World religion.
