Quote:The guard was against Jesus' disciples stealing his body.
You know, when the Romans crucified someone they left the fucking body on the cross as a warning to others. That was the whole point of crucifixion: sending a message. The Romans were far more adept at killing someone if they wanted a simple killing. A sword thrust was much cheaper.
But in the little passion play that xtians concocted a reason had to be found to get the body off the cross and into a tomb....then the tomb had to be guarded so it wasn't stolen but then there had to be no one around to see the godboy exit the tomb...except in the "gospel of peter
Quote:10. When therefore those soldiers saw it, they awakened the centurion and the elders, for they too were close by keeping guard. And as they declared what things they had seen, again they saw three men come forth from the tomb, and two of them supporting one, and a cross following them. And the heads of the two reached to heaven, but the head of him who was led by them overpassed the heavens. And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, You have preached to them that sleep. And a response was heard from the cross, Yes.
which has veritable legions of Romans and "Elders" camping out watching to see if the godboy makes an appearance. It also has a giant walking, talking, cross which probably explains why it didn't make it into the bible.....it was too fucking stupid even for early xtians to swallow!
