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Hugo Holbling · 10-09-2003, 11:01 PM

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Magus55 · 10-12-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by Roland

My question is why is Mary Magdalene confused about Jesus� condition and whereabouts in John�s account? If we are to believe Matthew�s version, she was told directly by an angel what had happened to Him.

She wasn't confused. In Matthew, the angel of the Lord told her. In John, she saw the angels, and then saw Jesus in His ressurected state. There is no contradiction. The Gospels are accounts from different people, so obviously they aren't gonna be word for word, identical. Each individual Gospel shows the events through the writers account. When you read all the gospels, you see the whole picture through the combination of each writer.

offa · 10-12-2003, 08:03 PM

my apologies, I have posted to the wrong thread. In this Magdalene thread i would like to resond to Amos about Magdalene's repeated visits to the tomb. I wrote without checking what is written. It only made sense to me that the tomb was inhabited on her first visit and vacant on her second visit. I stand by what I have written as far as Simon Magus and the napkin. I know that Jesus existed and that he died in about 70 AD, some 35 years after he was crucified.

Toto · 10-13-2003, 12:59 AM

offa - I have deleted your post above, since it is in the "Bible as Immoral" thread.

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10-13-2003, 09:51 AM

Hello offa, I don't deny the existence of Jesus but hold that he could have been any Jew. I think that the true value of the story lies in the metaphor because that is how Jews get to heaven.

The resurrected Jesus lived on to write the Revelation and the island Patmos is just an island to signify his isolated state of existence. Mary is from a penninsula for a similar reason, ie. she is very enigmatic, submissive yet persitent to get her way.

35 Sounds about right as a midlife event.

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10-12-2003, 08:03 PM	#23
offa Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Monroeville, Ohio, USA Posts: 440	my apologies, I have posted to the wrong thread. In this Magdalene thread i would like to resond to Amos about Magdalene's repeated visits to the tomb. I wrote without checking what is written. It only made sense to me that the tomb was inhabited on her first visit and vacant on her second visit. I stand by what I have written as far as Simon Magus and the napkin. I know that Jesus existed and that he died in about 70 AD, some 35 years after he was crucified.

10-13-2003, 12:59 AM	#24
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	offa - I have deleted your post above, since it is in the "Bible as Immoral" thread. Toto Moderator BC&H

10-13-2003, 09:51 AM	#25
Amos Guest Posts: n/a	Hello offa, I don't deny the existence of Jesus but hold that he could have been any Jew. I think that the true value of the story lies in the metaphor because that is how Jews get to heaven. The resurrected Jesus lived on to write the Revelation and the island Patmos is just an island to signify his isolated state of existence. Mary is from a penninsula for a similar reason, ie. she is very enigmatic, submissive yet persitent to get her way. 35 Sounds about right as a midlife event.

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