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saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
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A Self-Refuting Lie
Commentators unanimously highlight the logical absurdity of the story the priests invented. As multiple scholars point out, if the guards were asleep, they could not have known who stole the body or that it was stolen at all. This flimsy, self-contradictory lie demonstrates the weakness of the earliest attempt to deny the resurrection.
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Stole him away while we slept (εκλεψαν αυτον ημων κοιμωμενων). Genitive absolute. An Irish bull on the face of it. If they were as…
19th Century
Anglican
His disciples came by night —The story was self-contradictory on its face. How could they tell who had stolen the body if they had…
Baptist
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
If they were asleep, how did they know what happened…
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The guards reported to the chief priests () the earthquake, the angel, and the empty tomb. It is very difficult to believe that soldiers of Pilate …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, say ye his disciples came by night They charged them to tell every one that should ask them about this affai…
Presbyterian
To what wickedness will men not be brought by the love of money! Large sums of money were given to the soldiers for promoting what they knew to be …
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13th Century
Catholic
After the Evangelist finished the mysteries of the Lord’s Passion, he treats of the triumph of the Lord’s Resurrection: and it is divided as follow…
