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Jesus, the most important survivor A following fragment in which rising from the midst of the dead occurs, is Acts 26:23. Here also suffering (without death) is combined with rising/recovery. Acts 26:22-23 go as follows: (22) To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here ...

I do think it interesting that some early writings (such as 1 Peter, but there are others) seem to focus on the suffering more than on the death. But words cannot express how much I disagree with your overall answer to the question. Approaches differ, I suppose. Yes, Ben, approaches differ, but it’...

MrMacSon wrote:
Can we dissect further the 'quote from the abstract of a recent article on suicide in ancient Greek [Greece?], which describes a reason for suicide that may have been applicable to Eleazar' (Psychiatriki 2014 Jul-Sep;25(3):200-7.)

Ancient Greece indeed.

Above I forgot something important about Eleazar. He was not only the one who offended Rome by ending the sacrifices from foreigners in the Temple, he also committed a war crime against a Roman army unit. Under his command the Roman garrison in Jerusalem was slaughtered after their safe retreat had ...

The story of the raising of Lazarus can be read as a historical, non-mythological story of the war years. FJV has stated something of EXTREME IMPORTANCE here. FJV is correct. Mr Wilson, thank you for this new thread. During my research I found a lot of converging evidence that the Gospels are a vei...

Everything I can find states he grew up in Galilee and was a Zealot and was shunned by the High Priesthood. Do I have him confused with someone else? Outhouse, I am very interested in your source that Eleazar son of Ananias grew up in Galilee. If this information is correct, it throws supplementary...

1 Peter 3.18 in its entirety: 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death [ θανατωθεὶς ] in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.... I am well aware of 3:18, as I have shown above. You give the whole verse, bu...

When you attempt an analysis of this type you must check how the terminology is used elsewhere before positing alternative meanings. Look at Mk 9:9,10, 12:25, Lk 20:35, 24:46, Jn 20:9, 1 Peter 1:3. Is there any doubt in these examples what ανιστημι εκ νεκρων means? Can you find any clear examples w...

I think you may be expecting way too much of Paul in terms of consistency. He was often not consistent --- and he sometimes stretched logic to the breaking point. Of course, an inconsistent Paul is much more interesting than a consistent one. I believe Paul was utterly consistent in propagating a f...

The Quadratus fragment The Quadratus fragment in Eusebius goes as follows: But the works of our saviour were always present, for they were real: those who were healed (οι θεραπευθεντες), those who rose from the dead (οι ανασταντες εκ νεκρων). We did not only see them get better and recover, but the...