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The book ascribed to Matthew says, 27, v. 45, "Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour." Ver. 51 "At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split" , 52 "The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life." 53 "They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people." Such^^^ is the account which this dashing writer of the book of Matthew gives, but in which he is not supported by the writers of the other books. The writer of the book ascribed to Mark, in detailing the circumstances of the crucifixion, makes no mention of any earthquake, nor of the rocks rending, nor of the graves opening, nor of the dead men walking out. The writer of the book of Luke is silent also upon the same points. And as to the writer of the book of John, though he details all the circumstances of the crucifixion down to the burial of Christ, he says nothing about either the darkness- the veil of the temple- the earthquake- the rocks- the graves- nor the dead men. Now, if it had been true that those things had happened, and if the writers of those books had lived at the time they did happen, and had been the persons they are said to be, namely, the four men called apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, [b] it was not possible for them, as true historians, even without the aid of inspiration, not to have recorded them. The things, supposing them to have been facts, were of too much notoriety not to have been known, and of too much importance not to have been told. All these supposed apostles must have been witnesses of the earthquake, if there had been any; for it was not possible for them to have been absent from it; the opening of the graves and the resurrection of the dead men, and their walking about the city, is of greater importance than the earthquake. An earthquake is always possible and natural, and proves nothing but this opening of the graves is supernatural, and directly in point to their doctrine, their cause, and their apostleship. Had it been true, it would have filled up whole chapters of those books, and been the chosen theme and general chorus of all the writers; but instead of this, little and trivial things, and mere prattling conversations of, he said this, and he said that, are often tediously detailed, while this, most important of all, had it been true, is passed off in a slovenly manner by a single dash of the pen, and that by one writer only, and not so much as hinted at by the rest. [/b] It is an easy thing to tell a lie, but it is difficult to support the lie after it is told. The writer of the book of Matthew should have told us who the saints were that came to life again, and went into the city, and what became of them afterward, and who it was that saw them- for he is not hardy enough to say he saw them himself; whether they came out naked, and all in natural buff, he-saints and she-saints; or whether they came full dressed, and where they got their dresses; whether they went to their former habitations, and reclaimed their wives, their husbands, and their property, and how they were received; whether they entered ejectments for the recovery of their possessions, or brought actions of crim. con. against the rival interlopers; whether they remained on earth, and followed their former occupation of preaching or working; or whether they died again, or went back to their graves alive, and buried themselves. Strange, indeed, that an army of saints should return to life, and nobody know who they were, nor who it was that saw them, and that not a word more should be said upon the subject, nor these saints have anything to tell us! Had it been the prophets who (as we are told) had formerly prophesied of these things, they must have had a great deal to say. They could have told us everything and we should have had posthumous prophecies, with notes and commentaries upon the first, a little better at least than we have now. Had it been Moses and Aaron and Joshua and Samuel and David, not an unconverted Jew had remained in all Jerusalem. Had it been John the Baptist, and the saints of the time then present, everybody would have known them, and they would have out-preached and out-famed all the other apostles. But, instead of this, these saints were made to pop up, like Jonah's gourd in the night, for no purpose at all but to wither in the morning. Thus much for this part of the story...SMDH. If four men are eye-witnesses and ear-witnesses to a scene,they will, without any concert between them, agree as to time and place when and where that scene happened. Their individual knowledge of the thing, each one knowing it for himself, renders concert totally unnecessary; the one will not say it was in a mountain in the country, and the other at a house in town: the one will not say it was at sunrise, and the other that it was dark. For in whatever place it was, at whatever time it was, they know it equally alike. |
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@OP Please tell us how democratic JonaTAN is in relation to what they did to TAMBUWAL. barcanista:Bros. When are you going to address this thread www.nairaland.com/2154492/gospel-protection-according-saint-barcanista ? |
Ivanspring:And what is realistic in your assertion? |
Ivanspring:Smh. Is this how low your level of thinking is? |
Nutase: black man mentality.Your body is the police wey go catch you. |
halimaabi:Your stup1dity has been busted. get yourself a job. |
FrancisTony:This proves nothing. |
Timzy234:Until you tell us the reason why tambuwal was tear-gased by GEJ. |
Emusan:Okay. you can call him anything thats your cuppa. |
FrancisTony:hehehehe Lord have mercy |
Sai BUHARI. Haters will surely die of heart attack. |
vooks:Face the topic |
FrancisTony:Yes I agree with the above. But why are other christians not seeinh these glaring contradictions and inconsistencies? Perhaps, because they have holy spirit, No? |
FrancisTony: I don't get your point here, can you please elaborate. |
barcanista:A man that places importance to his e-life suggests a man that has a very miserable real life. - Demdem |
Seun should please close this useless thread. |
These people are shameless Muazu after insulting OBJ on his twitter handle? SMDH |
bobo65:mumu. |
Seun should please close this useless thread ![]() |
bobo65:Ol boy...Go use that money feed yourself first. Person go win your money u go start dey cry now ![]() |
KwoiZabo:Please make use of your God-given brain. stop being a slowpoke. |
@OP Let me tell you something, here in SW our obas are not "onijekuje"...even if they are nobody gives a rat-hole about it, they cant change our decision. I can't remember the last time olubadan of ibadan comes out to speak to the public talkless of coming out to campaign for a clueless drunkard. why should he even bother himself again if his record in SW is good? GeJ till March28 Buhari till jesus come |
clevvermind:LOL Joker. https://cdn.madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/old-man-holla-378x336.jpg |
FrancisTony:Yee paro mo. . . fakati ![]() |
Meeeeeehn i hate cultist ![]() They are mediocre people who hate high achievers. Ilorin is becoming somethinh else with the way young boys jointhose lunatics |
FrancisTony:Stop lying ![]() |
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I don't get your point here, can you please elaborate.
