re did he really rise in article apr athos rutgers edu reedr cgsvax claremont edu writes in article apr athos rutgers edu luomat alleg edu timothy j luoma writes in article apr athos rutgers edu suppose you were part of the christian consipracy which was going to tell people that christ had risen never mind the stoning the being burned alive the possible crucifixion let s just talk about a scourging the whip that would be used would have broken pottery metal no one was ever flogged beaten burned fed to the lions or killed in any other way because of a belief in the resurrection sorry to disappoint you i think you are vastly oversimplifying things we know that early christians suffered totures because of their witness to christ for example act his speech persuaded them they called the apostles in and had them flogged then they ordered them not to speak in the name of jesus and let them go act the apostles left the sanhedrin rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the name it appears that the jewish rulers of that time had a particular aversion to even hearing jesus s name act we gave you strict orders not to teach in this name he said yet you have filled jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man s blood finally the first apostle s death james of zebedee was certainly not by rome s hand any more than the first martyr stephen the idea of resurrection is one which can be found in a host of different forms in the religions of antiquity the problem was not the resurrection which was a mediorce issue for a tiny fragment of the jewish population the problem was that if one believed in the resurrection then one must believe in jesus as truly being the son of god and what he stood for and preached during his ministry on earth that would have been extremely difficult for some people especially those that had plotted to kill him randy john g ata technical consultant internet ata hfsi com hfs inc va uucp uunet hfsi ata westpark drive ms voice mclean va fax
