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Kris Komarnitsky, one the first proposers of this theory, says that while most scholars consider the resurrection belief a consequence of grief or bereavement visions, it is possible that the resurrection belief actually preceded and induced the post-mortem visions of Jesus. According to Komarnitsky, the cognitive dissonance reduction and a ...
In the Gospel of Mark, generally agreed to be the earliest Gospel, written around the year 70, [3] [4] Jesus predicts his death three times, recorded in Mark 8:31-33, 9:30-32 and 10:32-34. Scholars note that this Gospel also contains verses in which Jesus appears to predict his Passion and suggest that these represent the earlier traditions ...
As with neighboring groups, they understood death to be the end. Their afterlife, sheol (the pit), was a dark place from which none return. By Jesus' time, however, the Book of Daniel (Daniel 12:1–4) and a prophecy in Isaiah (26:19) [12] had made popular the idea that the dead in sheol would be raised for a last judgment.
Jesus's death was interpreted as a redemptive death "for our sins", in accordance with God's plan as contained in the Jewish scriptures. [239] [note 7] The significance lay in "the theme of divine necessity and fulfilment of the scriptures", not in the later Pauline emphasis on "Jesus's death as a sacrifice or an expiation for our sins". [11]
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "By the expression 'He descended into Hell', the Apostles' Creed confesses that Jesus did really die and through his death for us conquered death and the devil 'who has the power of death' (Hebrews 2:14). In his human soul united to his divine person, the dead Christ went down to the realm of the dead.
Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament. Oxford University Press, US. ISBN 0-19-518250-2. Roberts, Paul William (1995). Journey of the Magi: In Search of the Birth of Jesus. Stoddart. ISBN 0-7737-2908-9. Twyman, Tracy R. (2011). The Judas Goat: The Substitution Theory of the Crucifixion. ASIN B004NSV234
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It adds, immediately after the death of Jesus, "The curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom", [17] but does not mention an earthquake or the opening of tombs. The Gospel of Luke concurs with the length and timing of the darkness but also does not mention an earthquake or the opening of tombs.