Empty Tomb Puzzle

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but how do you get past the simple solution that the priest had to put away Jesus once and for all by opening the tomb.

You get past it by remembering (duh) that the whole thing is not a historical treatise but a synthesised, copied, edited story with absolutely no external validation from legitimate, contemporary sources?

This is the kind of comment I expected, just babble.

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You get past it by remembering (duh) that the whole thing is not a historical treatise but a synthesised, copied, edited story with absolutely no external validation from legitimate, contemporary sources?

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1)Very very few writings from the ancient world would qualify as a historical treatise by today's standards.
2)To say they were sythesised and edited is pure speculation on your part.
3) John was made independent of the Synoptics. Each is a contemporary source for the other.

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but how do you get past the simple solution that the priest had to put away Jesus once and for all by opening the tomb.

The argument from absence is very weak without additional support.

I have given two arguments about the empty tomb, both valid and reasoned. The priest could have ended it right there by opening the tomb, and would have if it was holding evidence in their favor. The disciples all 12 died horrible deaths, for what, a lie, by no means. Some of the twelve would have given up the lie before death, so the twelve must have know the truth of the resurrection. HE IS RISEN.