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The resurrection & Deut 13 - If a prophet says "Let us worship another god" - Do NOT follow him, even if he gives a sign/miracle
For mainstream Christian denominations (including Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, mainline Protestants, and Evangelicals), Resurrection is NOT the key to Jesus's identity. Rather, the resurrection ...
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Is it possible for a spirit to eat fish?
Most branches of Christianity believe that Jesus rose from the dead bodily (ie he wasn't merely a spirit at that point). The very context of the verse you are referring to, is that he was eating the ...
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The resurrection & Deut 13 - If a prophet says "Let us worship another god" - Do NOT follow him, even if he gives a sign/miracle
Its hard to understand why you should think for a minute that Jesus taught anyone to follow any other god than the God of the Jewish Tanakh (ie the Old Testament). If you can add to your question to ...
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What common apologetic arguments support the view that it is more likely that Jesus was resurrected than his body was stolen?
I'm going to preface this by reminding the community that whether or not a theory is true is off-topic. What is taught is what's at hand, and also what's asked. The following is only addressing what ...
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Who resurrected Jesus - the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
Discussing "Whether Christ was the cause of His own Resurrection?" (Summa Theologica III q. 53 a. 4), St. Thomas Aquinas writes (co.):
in consequence of death Christ's Godhead was not ...
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How can apologists argue that if Jesus did not rise again then Christianity and the Church would not have lasted, when other religions have?
The comment by @curiousdannii points us in the right direction.
Origins of Major religions.
1) Judaism also calls on its believer's to remember the miracles that set them free from Egypt (an event I ...
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What evidence is there for the Resurrection of Jesus?
That's actually a very good question that people do not ask as often as they should. You are right that it is important to distinguish between evidence and the explanation of that evidence.
With ...
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How did the church calculate Sunday as the day of the resurrection?
There are a couple of facets to the answer.
First of all, the Gospels themselves attest that the Resurrection occurred (or, at any rate, was discovered) on the “first day of the week”:
Now after the ...
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Zealot hypothesis for empty tomb
As I see it, this is the core of your question:
Has this hypothesis been mentioned in the literature before?
The answer is "Yes, it's been thought of". It's such a common proposal, and such an ...
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How long was Jesus in the tomb?
These three sacrifices of the Passover, Feast of unleavened bread, and the waving of the first fruit typified the death burial and resurrection of Christ and establish a timeline. At Passover on ...
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Where were the two 'thieves' that were crucified at the same time as Jesus, laid to rest?
The following is about Gehenna from the New World Encyclopedia.
Originally it referred to a garbage dump in a deep narrow valley right outside the walls of Jerusalem where fires were kept burning ...
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Who resurrected Jesus - the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
How do Trinitarian Christians explain this to people who neither understand nor believe the Trinity?
As an orthodoxly trinitarian Christian, I can only answer by saying how I would answer a non-...
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What is the significance of what Jesus ate after his resurrection?
Some commentators do employ a bit of speculation on this question, including Augustine himself. The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture summarizes Augustine, saying that the fish "represent the ...
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Zealot hypothesis for empty tomb
That was exactly what those who convinced Pontus Pilate to have Jesus executed were afraid of as we read in Matthew 27:62-66 New World Translation
62 The next day, which was after the Preparation,+...
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Did Peter fully enter the tomb?
Commentators who consider the Bible inerrant and attempt to resolve the apparent discrepancy agree that Luke is simply omitting details that John includes. For example, James Burton Coffman writes:
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Did the conversion of Paul occur before or after the Ascension?
Have you considered what the narrative in Acts, 9:1-9, records?
The Conversion of Saul [NRSV]
1 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high ...
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The resurrection & Deut 13 - If a prophet says "Let us worship another god" - Do NOT follow him, even if he gives a sign/miracle
The form of your logic seems to be as follows
Premise
Scripture teaches believers should not follow other gods, gods whom they have not known.
Deuteronomy 13:1“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams ...
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Do some deists believe in Resurrection of Christ?
“Christian deist” is a contradiction in terms. Christians believe in the pre-incarnate existence of Jesus as the eternal and uncreated Word of God who was with God in the beginning and who is God. “...
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Can pastors at Evangelical denominations teach that Jesus was resurrected with an invisible and immaterial body?
There's no authenticating body for evangelicalism, so who could stop an "evangelical" church preaching heresy if that's what they decided they wanted to do? But to teach an immaterial ...
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What is the historical basis for the claim that there were hundreds of eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Jesus?
Below is a paragraph from Josephus’ ‘Antiquities of the Jews’ (18:63–64). At first I was hopeful that it would provide you with a secular, historical source to support eye-witness testimony to the ...
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What is meant by the Jehovah's Witness statement "Jesus was dead, forever dead."?
What is meant by the Jehovah's Witness statement “Jesus was dead, forever dead.”? Here are a number of quotations from their literature on the subject:
Studies in the Scriptures Volume 5 (1899 p 454)...
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How do Jehovah's witnesses respond to the historical evidence for the physical resurrection?
It is highly unlikely that Jehovah’s Witnesses have even heard of William Lane Craig or Dr. Gary Habermas, let alone read or listened to anything they believe with regard to the resurrection of Jesus. ...
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Where was the blessed Virgin Mary on Jesus' resurrection?
As one might imagine, a mother mourning for a child is beyond comprehension, if it has not happened to you.
Some will find Mary in this verse.
It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother ...
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Did Jesus and the repentant thief reunite in heaven on the very day they died?(Catholic view)
The Catholic Church certainly teaches that the good thief—often traditionally called St. Dismas—did in fact merit and receive salvation:
The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the ...
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Immortal soul concept: why does Bible say Jesus was resurrected after 3 days, as he should never have been really dead?
You appear to not be separating Physical death from Spiritual death. Jesus did in fact suffer physical death and he did in fact take up that physical life again.
John 10:17 and 18 KJV Therefore ...
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What evidence is there for the Resurrection of Jesus?
The best historical evidence to Jesus resurrection would have to be given by someone with nothing to gain from it. As a follower of Christ and believer that He is the Messiah, I have something to gain ...
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How long was Jesus in the tomb?
Jesus predicted that he would be buried for three days and three nights (72 hours). Why would you doubt his word?
Christianity has a long-standing tradition of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Almost ...
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How similar was the resurrected body of Jesus to his physical human body?
Jehovah's Witnesses are among those who take a different view of the "body or bodies" that Jesus appeared to his followers in after his resurrection.
Below is quoted from jw.org:
After Jesus’ ...
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What did Paul mean when he called Jesus the "firstborn from the dead"?
peace be with you!
I would like to address your question in two parts:
Was Paul referring to being dead to sin
Let's make it perfectly clear that Jesus committed no sin, so it's not referring to ...
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