Timeline for answer to Was the empty tomb unclean after the resurrection? by Dottard
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| Jun 22, 2020 at 20:51 | comment | added | Dottard | @GusL. - you have raised a host of questions here that should be the subject of separate questions. For a partial answer to one of your questions see my reply at hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/48582/… | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 12:05 | comment | added | Gus L. | Also, there is no evidence that Mary entered the tomb and she does go and mingle with the disciples according to 20:18. In fact, the text is careful to say that she "bent over to look into the tomb" (20:11) instead of entering in just as the BD initially did in 20:5. It seems that the BD's pause before entering indicated his awareness of the significance of entry. Another good question is why Peter just barreled right in. | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 12:04 | comment | added | Gus L. | I also updated to question to include whether Peter and John would have CONSIDERED themselves unclean in John 20:8. I'm leaning towards yes, they thought themselves unclean, because of 20:9, "as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead". They would have just thought, as Mary did, that someone had taken the body, and would have returned home to ceremonially cleanse for seven days. | |
| Jun 22, 2020 at 12:02 | comment | added | Gus L. | Thanks Dottard. We don't know that John was the disciple in John 20. The scholarly consensus bends towards John not being the Beloved Disciple. Also, we don't know that Peter, John (or the BD), or Mary were there at the first resurrection appearance. Thomas wasn't, for example. Also, I've frequently read the "don't touch me" comment from Jesus to Mary in John 20:17 in terms of Exodus 19:15, "prepare for the third day, do not go near a woman" so that they could ascend to God. I wonder about what this odd interchange could mean otherwise if he didn't still respect the purity laws. | |
| Jun 21, 2020 at 22:43 | history | answered | Dottard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |