08-29-2012, 06:13 PM
Thirdwoe Wrote:So, it could have been that even though the tombs were indeed opened at the time of the earthquake when M'Shikha's physical body had died, the Saints may not have actually risen until after M'Shikha rose first...
I'll have to study this more.
Shlama,
Chuck
I have translated it with these texts you citate, in harmony. THey cannot have been resurrected indeed. Because, Yeshu was the first.
I know that many would shiver with the idea of a non-standard translation like this, but I suspect that this verse, somewhere, has been damaged. It also has given food for cult teaching like in 2 Timothy 2:18.
52 de tombs were opened and many bodies of the holy ones who slept got up,
53 and were thrown out. After his resurrection they were seen by many who entered the holy city.
Explanation: The earthquake caused the bones/skeletons to be thrown out. This is a possibility.
They were not resurrected, but after the sabbath, which was probably at sunday for travelers TO Jerusalem the first moment to be seen.
During the sabbath, nobody would dare to travel to Jerusalem because that was a forbidden act. This is why Matthew wrote that the 'bones of the holy ones' were seen. Not that teh bones themselves went into the city!
Another strange thing, why would the holy ones WAIT 3 days until they moved into Jerusalem?
Why did not any other apostle or writer discuss the issue? It certainly would have caused upheaval and plots to kill them again because it would prove that Jesus was the messiah (sort of).