RE: Proving The Resurrection By the Minimal Facts Approach
June 27, 2015 at 9:33 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2015 at 9:39 am by Randy Carson.)
(June 27, 2015 at 9:28 am)Cato Wrote: Not according to Mark they didn't.
Wrong. Look at what the original ending of Mark says concerning the resurrection of Jesus.
Quote:Mark 16
16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
Even in the shorter version of Mark 16, we see the clear proclamation, "He has risen!" And Mark leaves his readers with no doubts that the disciples will see Jesus just as He promised. Further, given that Mark wrote 25-30 years after the resurrection, he obviously knew of the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus to the disciples even if he did not record them in his gospel.
Even the skeptic must admit that even if Mark knew NOTHING of such appearances, he knew and proclaimed the resurrection in the words of the young man (angel) recorded in v. 6.
