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Do 500 brethern establish a reliable claim to the resurrection?

Do 500 brethern establish a reliable claim to the resurrection?

Paul claims that Jesus appeared to "more than five hundred brethren at one time." Does this present a reliable witness to the Christian claim that Jesus was resurrected? Answer: Some Christians maintain that hallucinations or visions cannot explain the supposed post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. They claim that some five hundred people, at one time, cannot be deluded with the same vision. It is true that it is unlikely that two or more people would have the same hallucination, not to men
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Who was first to see Jesus after his supposed resurrection?

Who was first to see Jesus after his supposed resurrection?

The whole world has heard that Jesus resurrected after his crucifixion. But did anyone actually see it? How can one believe that this truly happened? Are there differences in Christianity vs Judaism? Let us find out in this question and answer post. Whom does the New Testament say was the first person to see Jesus after his supposed resurrection? Answer: New Testament readers have a number of choices. Paul states: "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Three days in Tomb?

Three days in Tomb?

Did Jesus fulfill his prediction that he would be buried for three days and three nights and then be resurrected? Let us find out in this Question and Answer post. Question: Did Jesus fulfill his prediction that he would be buried for three days and three nights and then be resurrected? Answer: The author of Matthew quotes Jesus as saying to the scribes and Pharisees: "For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and th
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Resurrection of Jesus as fact

Resurrection of Jesus as fact

Why do Jews refuse to accept the resurrection of Jesus as fact? Was it witnessed by many people? Answer: There is a tendency among Christians to harmonize the individual Gospel accounts with the presumption that each is historically true but reporting only a part of a larger story. Herein lies a basic fallacy in the Gospel narratives of the resurrection. The narratives describe events surrounding the most crucial episode in Christology, the alleged resurrection, but they do not describe the e
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Did Jews believe the suffering servant was the messiah?

Did Jews believe the suffering servant was the messiah?

Is it true (as Christians claim) that Jews at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple believed that Isaiah 53 spoke of a suffering messiah who was to die as an atonement for the sins of others and then be resurrected? Let's find out. Answer: A number of interpretations as to the identity of the "suffering servant" and what he was to accomplish may have been current during the Second Temple period. However, there is no evidence to support the Christian contention that the interpretation
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Where The Pre-Existence Comes To Play With The Followers of Jesus

Where The Pre-Existence Comes To Play With The Followers of Jesus

Continued from Part 12 The author of John expounds the belief that Jesus had a prehuman existence as the Word who was “in the beginning with God” and through whom “all things came into being.” John emphasizes this belief throughout his entire Gospel (John 1:1-3; 17:5, 24).  He describes Jesus as “an only begotten from a father” (John 1:14) and “the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18; see also John 3:16, 1 John 4:9).  John’s belief in Jesus as “the only begotten Son of God” rests, as does Pau
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Eternity of Torah and Mitzvos

Eternity of Torah and Mitzvos

By Nissan Dovid Dubov After the Resurrection, will the 613 commandments still apply? 1 In particular, what of those that require involvement with the physical world? If, as some authorities hold,2 there is no eating or drinking, how will one observe the mitzvah of reciting the Grace after Meals which is based on the verse,3 “And you shall eat and be satisfied, and bless the L‑rd your G‑d”? More broadly, what is the meaning of the Talmudic teaching that4 “the righteous will sit with their crown
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz
Was there a Resurrection of the Dead when Jesus Died?

Was there a Resurrection of the Dead when Jesus Died?

When Jesus died, was there a resurrection of the dead? Let's find out. Answer: Matthew--and only Matthew--tells us that a profound event occurred after Jesus gave up the ghost and rose to heaven. "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama zabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man
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Zalman Kravitz

Zalman Kravitz