(May 23, 2016 at 12:22 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(May 22, 2016 at 9:59 am)Jehanne Wrote: ...some of Jesus' family members, followers and friends were unhappy with his burial arrangements, and so, in the middle of the night, they went and stole Jesus' body.
There are other reasons to speculate why the disciples would steal the body, like intentional deception, which seems far more likely although implausible within the larger context of the Gospel accounts from Passion to Pentecost. Could it happen? I suppose it is remotely possible. Seems pretty unlikely that grieving family and the disheartened disciples would risk confrontation with armed Roman soldiers just because they didn't like where or how Jesus was interred. Granted, an atheist would consider it even more unlikely that a miracle happened, so I don't think it's really worthwhile present the Cross as historical fact to such people.
No street lights, radios, infrared detectors, etc.; they likely thought that they would "slip in" and out, and would not even been seen by the Romans, especially, given the holiday festivities.
