Sunday, September 22, 2013

Jesus Resurrection Clarified

 Do not confuse Isa (quran) with Jesus (Bible)

Characters in the Bible & History
The people who feature in the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus are as follows:
  1. Joseph of Arimathea: a secret follower of Jesus and a member of the Jewish High Council.
    (Matthew 27:57-60, Luke 23:50-55 and John 19:38-42)
  2. Nicodemus: another secret follower of Jesus. Like Joseph, a member of the Jewish High Council.
    (John 3:1-21; 7:50-52; 19:38-42)
  3. Simon Peter: one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
    (Matthew 4:18; 16:16; 17:24; 18:21; 19:27; 26:37,58,69, Mark 3:16; 5:37; 9:2, Luke 22:8,31; 24:12,34
    John 1:41; 21:3,15; 13:6, Acts 1:15; 2:14; 3:1; 4:8; 5:3,29; 8:14,20; 9:32,40; 10:9; 11:2; 12:3; 15:7)
  4. John: one of the twelve disciples, a cousin of Jesus, and also known as ‘the beloved apostle’
    (Matthew 4:21; 17:1, Mark 1:29; 5:37; 14:33, Luke 5:10; 9:49, John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20, Acts 1:13; 3:1; 8:14)
  5. Mary: mother of Jesus(Matthew 1:16; 2:11; 12:46 13:55, Luke 1:27,38,46,56; 2:5,16,19,34; 2:43,40, John 2:1,5,12; 19:25)
  6. Cleopas (also called ‘Clopas’ or ‘Alphaeus’): brother of Joseph and thus Jesus’ uncle.
    (Matthew 10:3; Luke 24:18; John 19:25)
  7. Various other apostles and disciples
  8. Mary (also called ‘the other Mary): wife of Cleopas, therefore aunt to Jesus and sister-in-law to his mother, Mary. She was also the mother of Joses and of the disciple James the Younger.
    (Matthew 27:61; 28:1, John 19:25)
  9. Salome: wife of Zebedee and mother of the two disciples James and John. She was also the sister of Jesus’ mother Mary, and thus was the aunt of Jesus.
    (Matthew 19:28; 20:20,21; 27:56, Mark 15:40; 16:1, John 19:25)
  10. Mary Magdalene (also called ‘Mary of Bethany’): sister of Martha and Lazarus.
    (Luke 10:39; John 11:1,20,32; 12:3)
  11. Joanna: wife of Herod Antipas’ steward, Chuza.
    (Luke 8:3; 24:10)
  12. At least one other woman: possible Susanna of Luke 8:3.
The diagram below shows Jesus’ immediate family relationships:

Locations 


  • Hasmonaean Palace: the Jerusalem residence during Passover of Joanna, wife of Herod Antipas’ steward
  • Garden of Gethsemane:
  • The tomb: to the north of the city, outside the walls
  • Bethany: home of Martha, Lazarus, and Mary (called Magdalene). About 1.5 miles from the city walls
  • The house of John the apostle: situated in Jerusalem 
Gospels:
  1. Matthew: the writer of this gospel account was the Levite, Matthew, the ex tax-collector.
  2. Mark: written by John Mark, much of it taken from the preaching of Peter of whom John Mark was a companion. Some material was also drawn from his own first-hand experience as a young man.
  3. Luke: a Greek who was a travelling companion of Paul. As he explains at the start of his account, his motivation is to provide a careful, accurate, historical record for the non-Jewish reader.
  4. John: authored by the apostle John, although set down on paper by one of his disciples (John 21:24).

Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion
  1. Garden of Gethsemane- Jesus Arrested & Betrayed.
  2. Peter and John followed him to Jerusalem, the others ran off.
  3. Jesus’ death on the cross that day, and among them were Mary Magdalene, and Jesus’ aunts Salome and Mary (wife of Cleopas), his mother, and his beloved cousin, John (Matthew 27:56; John 19:25-26). 
  4. Jesus committed his mother into the care of John (who was her nephewm- accounts one proof among many of 'Jesus itself on the Cross' John 19:25-27)
  5.  John 19:34 "...spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water."- signifying that the heart had stopped beating and the blood was settling in the chest cavity.  Jesus was dead.
  6. Body to the nearby tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea. 
  7. Luke (23:26), they "rested on the Sabbath".- So Jewish Customs not completed.
  8. Jewish authorities obtained permission from Pilate to place a Roman guard on the tomb (Matthew 28:11-15). 

Resurrection Part in Gospels.
  • Matthew 28:1-20
  • Mark 16:1-14
  • Luke 24:1-53
  • John 20:1-29
  • 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
  1. Matthew 28:1 Says ". . . Mary went to look at the tomb." Not only Mary Magdalene, Mary  Cleopas , Salome, Shushana, Johshna etc
  2. They first visited John’s house, where Cleopas remained and the two Mary’s, joined now by Salome, set off to call for Joanna at the Hasmonaean Palace.
  3. Mark, who gives Peter’s version of events, says that the three women set off "very early" and reached the tomb just after sunrise (Mark 16:1-2)

#Why Mary Magdalene Gone to Tomb? 
There are 2 causes
  a) DO JEWS MASSAGE DEAD BODIES AFTER THREE DAYS? Nope...
But What about on 3rd day? Its the 3rd Day- The Jews stop this ritual from 4th day ownwards.  Jesus Risen on the 3rd Day.
  b) Matthew 20:17-19 " ... to crucify Him. And the third day He shall rise again."; Some of them Believe that He may! 

Women at Reaching tomb:
  • From Far view, they saw - the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb (Mark 16:3)
  • "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!" (John 20:2) [Mary Uses "WE" not I, so a group was there]
  •  ‘When they looked up, they saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance’ (Mark 16:4).
              Combine all 4 Gospels to get Picture
  • Arriving at the edge of the garden, the women look up from a distance and see the stone has been rolled back the tomb.
  • Mary jumps to the obvious conclusion, and runs back to Peter and John in Jerusalem.
  • The other women continued to the tomb, and went on inside where they encountered the angels.
Angels as Described in Men
  • Informed the women that "Jesus had risen" Matthew (28:2), Mark (16:5), Luke (24:4), John (20:12)
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
  • Later peter & some followers came and saw Jesus Body was missing John 20:7-10, Mary Magdalene was weeping stood out side the tomb. Jesus appeared, before her, but she first didn't realized that it was Jesus. 
  • See John 20:16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
  • Here never mentioned mentioned the Feel of Mary- Frightened, Feared, Amazed, Joyed etc, we can see a mixture of this in the word “Rabboni!”.

(Shows the clarity of Resurrection)

Common Criticizing queries :
What if on the Cross where not Jesus, may be a Substitute? Answered, Jesus commit his mother to care of John.
When if Jesus not died on cross, then Resurrection is then Humanly possible? Answered, Jesus Died on cross verified.
Why Mary Magdalene went to Tomb? Answered , according to Jewish Custom & Faith.
Why Mary Magdalene not got frightened? while later his followers got feared? Answered, Cried "Rabboni", a Mixture of all

1 comment:

  1. What if on the Cross where not Jesus, may be a Substitute? Answered, Jesus commit his mother to care of John. John 19:25-27

    When if Jesus not died on cross, then Resurrection is then Humanly possible? Answered, Jesus Died on cross verified. John 19:34 : spear pierced his side, And verified dead.

    Why Mary Magdalene went to Tomb on 3rd day? Answered , according to Jewish Custom & Faith.

    Why Mary Magdalene not got frightened? while later his followers got feared? Answered, Cried "Rabboni", a Mixture of all

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