(May 2, 2013 at 7:28 pm)Tonus Wrote:(May 2, 2013 at 6:15 pm)Undeceived Wrote: The Roman punishment for letting a prisoner escape was death.
But they weren't guarding an imprisoned man; they were guarding a DEAD BODY, presumably so that his disciples would not abscond with it during the night and claim that he had risen from the dead. Why would they expect not to be punished if they reported that A CORPSE DISAPPEARED, when that was almost certainly the reason they were posted?
Which gets us back to the proof angels exist and the Gabriel stone. If in fact the Christian claim is correct, that no one would expect a resurrection and therefore it must be true, why would anyone guard against what no one would expect?
