{"id":1046,"date":"2023-12-03T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/272-matt-colby-the-empty-tomb\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:43:18","slug":"272-matt-colby-the-empty-tomb","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/272-matt-colby-the-empty-tomb\/","title":{"rendered":"272: Matt Colby – The Empty Tomb"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the second class titled \u201cThe Empty Tomb\u201d from a series titled “Reasons to Believe” that was given by Bro. Matt Colby at the Brant County CYC Ultimate Frisbee Challenge in 2019.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris, and I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
\nweek on this podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe select one Talk a week to
\nhelp us get the Bible in our <\/p>\n

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\nDaily News feed.
\nWe post a new episode at the <\/p>\n

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\nstart of each week.
\nWith the short intro beforehand <\/p>\n

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\nto kind of set the stage for the
\ntalk you’re about to listen to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now, let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone, this is Jason Hensley
\nand I’m going to be joining you <\/p>\n

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\nnow on the good Christadelphian
\nTalks Podcast. <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you for having me.
\nI’m quite excited to be able to <\/p>\n

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\ntalk to you about this week’s
\ntalk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is my first one, So this is
\na talk by Brother Matt Colby. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was given in 2019 at the
\nBrant County CYC Ultimate <\/p>\n

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\nFrisbee Challenge, which sounds
\nlike a pretty exciting event. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this talk’s not about
\nFrisbees or anything along those<\/p>\n

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\nlines.
\nInstead, this talk is called the<\/p>\n

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\nEmpty Tomb, and it is part of a
\nseries all about reasons to <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve.
\nFirst off, that’s just a really <\/p>\n

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\nexciting topic.
\nI think that as more and more <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge becomes available,
\nthere’s going to be people <\/p>\n

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\nasking more and more questions.
\nWhy do we believe in Scripture? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy do we believe in the Lord
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy do we believe in a coming
\nKingdom of God? <\/p>\n

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\nThese are going to be questions
\nthat people are going to ask us <\/p>\n

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\nor that our young people are
\ngoing to be asking, and we need <\/p>\n

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\nto have answers for them.
\nThis series presents some good <\/p>\n

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\nanswers.
\nI think it’s a very good <\/p>\n

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\nintroduction for us in getting
\ninto some of these challenging <\/p>\n

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\nquestions.
\nAnd I specifically chose the <\/p>\n

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\nsecond class because.
\nAs you can probably guess from <\/p>\n

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\nthe title, The Empty Tomb, it’s
\nall about the resurrection of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus.
\nAnd what I really love about <\/p>\n

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\nthis is the resurrection of
\nChrist is essentially what <\/p>\n

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\neverything hinges on for us as
\nChristians. <\/p>\n

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\nOur faith is really based on
\nwhether or not that took place. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what Brother Matt does is he
\nwalks through it, he walks <\/p>\n

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\nthrough evidences different
\npossibilities of what could have<\/p>\n

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\nhappened.
\nAnd he ultimately, as you can <\/p>\n

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\nprobably guess, comes to the
\nconclusion that clearly a <\/p>\n

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\npowerful miracle must have taken
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I leave you with that.
\nListen to this class. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope that you enjoy it.
\nI hope that you’re inspired by <\/p>\n

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\nit, and that you can recognize
\nby hearing these things the <\/p>\n

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\nsolid foundation upon which our
\nlives and everything we know is <\/p>\n

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\nbuilt.
\nThe Lord Jesus has been raised <\/p>\n

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\nand we believe that and we know
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nThanks for coming here this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m really happy to be here with
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the four of the world’s
\nmajor religions are based on <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we might call philosophical
\npropositions. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they have something to say,
\nyou know, about morality and and<\/p>\n

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\nmaybe who we should be and how
\nwe should act. <\/p>\n

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\nBut they don’t really make a
\nbolder claim about the state of <\/p>\n

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\nthings, about the state of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nBut there are four of the
\nworld’s major religions that do <\/p>\n

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\nhave something a little bit
\nbolder to say about God, about <\/p>\n

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\nthe universe, about what we
\nshould believe. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and those four religions are
\nJudaism, Buddhism, Islam and <\/p>\n

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\nChristianity.
\nAnd of those four religions that<\/p>\n

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\ntake a stronger stance, well,
\nwithin Judaism, somebody of the <\/p>\n

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\nJudaistic faith today would tell
\nyou that that their founding <\/p>\n

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\nfather, Abraham, is dead and
\nburied. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Buddhists would tell you
\nthat Guatemala Buddha died and <\/p>\n

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\nwas buried, and that was it.
\nAnd those of the Islamic faith <\/p>\n

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\nwould tell you that their
\nfounder, the great Prophet <\/p>\n

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\nMuhammad, died and was buried.
\nAnd that’s the last we saw of <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nAnd of those four, perhaps of <\/p>\n

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\nthe most major world religions,
\nonly Christianity makes a bolder<\/p>\n

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\nclaim, says something that seems
\ncrazy. <\/p>\n

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\nThat seems unbelievable.
\nIt puts it right out there for <\/p>\n

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\nus to test the accuracy of it.
\nBecause only Christianity claims<\/p>\n

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\nthat at a point in history a man
\nwas raised from the dead. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd not only that, but that a
\nlot of people saw it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it puts it out there so that
\nwe can examine it, look at the <\/p>\n

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\nevidence for or against it.
\nAnd of course we know that man <\/p>\n

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\nwas was our Lord Jesus the
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the fact that he really
\nlived, that he was a real live <\/p>\n

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\nhuman being is is really beyond
\ndispute today in scholarly <\/p>\n

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\ncircles among historians, even
\namong atheist historians. <\/p>\n

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\nEverybody who knows anything
\nwho’s looked at the facts would <\/p>\n

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\nacknowledge that that as much as
\nany historical figure ever <\/p>\n

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\nreally lived and and was a true
\nperson, Jesus was. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here’s a quote from from an
\natheist historian named Michael <\/p>\n

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\nGrant about Jesus.
\nHe says to sum up, modern <\/p>\n

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\ncritical methods fail to support
\nthe Christ myth theory. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as you may guess, the Christ
\nmyth theory says that Jesus is <\/p>\n

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\njust a made-up person.
\nHe wasn’t real at all. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this is an atheist historian
\nwho wrote this in his review of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Gospels.
\nHe says it has again and again <\/p>\n

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\nbeen answered and annihilated by
\nfirst ranked scholars. <\/p>\n

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\nIn recent years no serious
\nscholar has ventured to <\/p>\n

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\npostulate the non historicity of
\nJesus, or at any rate very few, <\/p>\n

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\nand they have not succeeded in
\ndisposing of the much stronger, <\/p>\n

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\nindeed very abundant, evidence
\nto the contrary. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd at the end of our class last
\nnight we saw that debate, a part<\/p>\n

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\nof the debate where the well
\nknown atheist Richard Dawkins is<\/p>\n

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\nforced to admit that yes, Jesus
\nreally did live. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a fact, It’s a historical
\nfact as much as any other piece <\/p>\n

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\nof history that we know about.
\nBut he goes on to say, but if <\/p>\n

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\nyou want to say that the
\nmiracles that he performed <\/p>\n

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\nreally happened and that he
\nreally was raised from the dead,<\/p>\n

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\nhe said all of that.
\nI can’t believe it. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says it.
\nIt defies logic. <\/p>\n

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\nBut come with me to 1st
\nCorinthians chapter 15. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is how important the
\nresurrection of Jesus is to the <\/p>\n

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\nChristadelphian faith.
\nAnd when Paul’s writing here to <\/p>\n

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\nthe Corinthians, it would seem
\nthat that in their ecclesia they<\/p>\n

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\nhad a problem.
\nThe problem was some people were<\/p>\n

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\nteaching that there’s no
\nresurrection of the dead. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Paul is is combating that
\nidea here. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to start reading to
\nyou in in verse 12 First <\/p>\n

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\nCorinthians chapter 15.
\nAnd Paul says, now if Christ is <\/p>\n

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\nproclaimed as raised from the
\ndead, how can some of you say <\/p>\n

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\nthat there is no resurrection of
\nthe dead? <\/p>\n

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\nBut if there is no resurrection
\nof the dead, then not even <\/p>\n

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\nChrist has been raised.
\nAnd if Christ has not been <\/p>\n

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\nraised, then our preaching is in
\nvain and your faith is in vain. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are even found to be
\nmisrepresenting God, because we <\/p>\n

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\ntestified about God that he
\nraised Christ, whom he did not <\/p>\n

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\nraise.
\nIf it is true that the dead are <\/p>\n

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\nnot raised, For if the dead are
\nnot raised, not even Christ has <\/p>\n

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\nbeen raised, And if Christ has
\nnot been raised, your faith is <\/p>\n

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\nfutile, and you are still in
\nyour sins, then those also who <\/p>\n

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\nhave fallen asleep in Christ
\nhave perished. <\/p>\n

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\nIf in Christ we have hope in
\nthis life only, we are of all <\/p>\n

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\npeople, most to be pity.
\nBut in fact, Christ has been <\/p>\n

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\nraised from the dead, the first
\nfruits of those who have fallen <\/p>\n

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\nasleep.
\nAnd Paul says, look, if there’s <\/p>\n

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\nno resurrection of the dead,
\nthen Jesus wasn’t raised from <\/p>\n

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\nthe dead.
\nAnd if Jesus wasn’t raised from <\/p>\n

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\nthe dead, then there’s no
\nforgiveness of sins. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if there’s no forgiveness of
\nsins, then what are we doing <\/p>\n

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\nthis for?
\nAll of our preaching, all of our<\/p>\n

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\ngood works, all of it is for
\nnothing because we’re just going<\/p>\n

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\nto be die, and that’s going to
\nbe it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the point is that the entire
\ngospel message, in fact the <\/p>\n

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\nentirety of the Christian faith
\nin the Bible, hangs in the <\/p>\n

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\nbalance based on whether or not
\nat a point in history a man <\/p>\n

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\nreally was raised from the dead.
\nBecause if it’s not true, then <\/p>\n

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\nwe might as well throw the rest
\nof it out too. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if it is true, well, then
\nyou’d want to give really <\/p>\n

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\nserious consideration to
\neverything else that we read in <\/p>\n

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\nthe word of God.
\nSo in this class we want to ask <\/p>\n

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\nthat question.
\nDo we think it’s true? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd why?
\nWhy do we think it’s true? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s the evidence for it?
\nWe want to look at the story of <\/p>\n

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\nthe trial and the crucifixion
\nand the resurrection of Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwith a critical eye.
\nAnd I want you to come with me <\/p>\n

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\nto start to, to John Chapter 11.
\nThis was, if you will, sort of <\/p>\n

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\nas far as this story goes.
\nIt was the beginning of the end <\/p>\n

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\nin John Chapter 11.
\nAnd towards the end of John <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 11, the leaders of the
\nJews had a problem. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the problem was that Jesus
\nhad performed a miracle that was<\/p>\n

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\nso impressive that even the
\nskeptics had. <\/p>\n

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\nNow it seemed like gone and
\nfollowed after Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nEverybody who was on the fence
\nabout him was now in Jesus the <\/p>\n

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\nJesus camp, because Jesus had
\nraised Lazarus from the dead. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the leaders of the Jews
\nhave a problem and I’ll start <\/p>\n

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\nreading at verse 47 of John
\nChapter 11. <\/p>\n

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\nThey they come together and they
\nhave a meeting to discuss what <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re going to do about this
\nproblem. <\/p>\n

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\nStarting at verse 47 of John
\nChapter 11, it says So the chief<\/p>\n

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\npriests and the Pharisees
\ngathered the council and said, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat are we to do?
\nFor this man performs many <\/p>\n

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\nsigns.
\nIf we let him go on like this, <\/p>\n

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\neveryone will believe in him,
\nand the Romans will come and <\/p>\n

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\ntake away both our place and our
\nnation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut one of them, Caiaphas, who
\nwas high priest that year, said <\/p>\n

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\nto them, you know nothing at
\nall, nor do you understand that <\/p>\n

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\nit is better for you that one
\nman should die for the people <\/p>\n

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\nthan that the whole nation
\nshould perish. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, the argument that Caiaphas
\nused is a familiar one. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, what he was saying is
\nthis. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve seen this before.
\nThere have been false messiahs <\/p>\n

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\nbefore that have led people away
\nafter them, and they’ve risen up<\/p>\n

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\nand revolt against the Roman
\nEmpire. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd every single time the Romans
\ncame down and crushed that <\/p>\n

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\nrevolt.
\nAnd now here is this Jesus, and <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s got a larger following than
\nanybody we’ve ever seen. <\/p>\n

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\nIf he decides that he wants to
\nstart something, that he wants <\/p>\n

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\nto rise up and revolt against
\nthe Romans, the revolt is going <\/p>\n

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\nto be so big, and the Romans
\nwill be so angry that they’ll <\/p>\n

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\ncome down with such force that
\nthey’ll not only will they <\/p>\n

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\ncompletely crush that revolt,
\nbut they’ll lose their patience <\/p>\n

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\nwith us because the Romans had
\nlet the Jews continue to govern <\/p>\n

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\nthemselves, continue to worship
\nas they as they please. <\/p>\n

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\nBut, he said, now that won’t be
\nthe case. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’ll take all that away from
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nWe won’t be able to live the way
\nwe’ve always lived. <\/p>\n

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\nWe won’t be able to worship the
\nGod we’ve always worshipped. <\/p>\n

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\nOur nation will be taken away if
\nwe let this continue. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he says, for the good of our
\nnation, we’ve got to put a stop <\/p>\n

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\nto it.
\nAnd yes, it might be wrong to <\/p>\n

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\nmurder a man, but don’t the
\nneeds of the many outweigh the <\/p>\n

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\nneeds of the few?
\nOr in this case, the needs of <\/p>\n

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\nthe One isn’t the greater good
\nat stake. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got to preserve our
\nnation. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’ve got to do this thing,
\nas uncomfortable as it might <\/p>\n

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\nmake you feel, We’re going to
\nhave to kill this man. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd from this point on, the
\nJewish leaders make it known <\/p>\n

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\nthat they’ll be very pleased if
\nanybody comes to them with any <\/p>\n

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\ninformation that leads to the
\nrest of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nEssentially, when we read into
\nit, they put a bounty on the <\/p>\n

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\nhead of Jesus.
\nIf anybody can help us out, give<\/p>\n

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\nus information that leads to the
\nrest of this man, we’ll be very <\/p>\n

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\nhappy with you and we’ll reward
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nBut they had a problem.
\nThey couldn’t just go and arrest<\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nThey had a lot of fears. <\/p>\n

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\nCome back with me.
\nJust a few pages to John, <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 7.
\nThey had sent their own Temple <\/p>\n

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\nGuard who was on their payroll
\nto go arrest Jesus and those <\/p>\n

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\nguards came back empty handed.
\nAnd that’s the context for when <\/p>\n

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\nwe start in verse 45 of John
\nChapter 7. <\/p>\n

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\nThe officers then came to the
\nchief priests and Pharisees who <\/p>\n

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\nsaid to them, why did you not
\nbring him? <\/p>\n

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\nThe officers answered.
\nNo one ever spoke like this man.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Pharisees answered them.
\nHave you also been deceived? <\/p>\n

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\nHave any of the authorities or
\nthe Pharisees believed in him? <\/p>\n

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\nBut this crowd that does not
\nknow the law is accursed <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus, who had gone to him
\nbefore, and who was one of them,<\/p>\n

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\nsaid to them, Does our law judge
\na man without first giving him a<\/p>\n

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\nhearing and learning what he
\ndoes? <\/p>\n

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\nThey replied, Are you from
\nGalilee? <\/p>\n

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\nTwo Search and see that no
\nprophet arises from Galilee. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, in their response to these
\nsoldiers, they actually said two<\/p>\n

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\nthings that we know were wrong.
\nFirst, they they say to him, <\/p>\n

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\nlook, none of the leaders, none
\nof us has believed on him, and <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re the people who know
\neverything. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, they were wrong, weren’t
\nthey? <\/p>\n

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\nBecause the man who just spoke,
\nNicodemus, we’re in on the <\/p>\n

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\nsecret at this point.
\nAlthough they don’t know <\/p>\n

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\nNicodemus was one of them and he
\nwas a secret follower of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll find out later there
\nwas another man, Joseph of <\/p>\n

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\nArimathea, in their midst.
\nThey did have people who were <\/p>\n

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\nperhaps secretly following
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd not only that, they say,
\nlook, he comes from the filthy <\/p>\n

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\nregion of Galilee.
\nThere’s never been a prophet <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s come from there.
\nBut both Jonah and Nahum had <\/p>\n

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\ncome from the region of Galilee.
\nBut the point is this. <\/p>\n

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\nThey had a problem.
\nThey couldn’t even get their own<\/p>\n

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\nsoldiers to go and arrest this
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how were they going to be
\nable to do it successfully? <\/p>\n

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\nThey were afraid.
\nThey were afraid that wherever <\/p>\n

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\nthey went to try to find him,
\nthe people would be there to <\/p>\n

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\nstop them.
\nAnd perhaps more than that. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not written in the New
\nTestament, but but it’s an <\/p>\n

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\nassumption maybe we can make.
\nThey might have been afraid of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus himself because this man
\nhad undeniably power of God. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had performed miracles.
\nMany of these leaders had <\/p>\n

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\nwatched it happen.
\nThey’d seen it and he never <\/p>\n

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\nheard anybody before.
\nBut who knew if when backed up <\/p>\n

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\nagainst a corner, he might lash
\nout and what he could do and <\/p>\n

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\nwhat he might be capable of.
\nSo they needed somebody to <\/p>\n

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\ndeliver him, not only away from
\nthe people when there were <\/p>\n

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\ncrowds around him that could
\nprotect him. <\/p>\n

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\nThey needed somebody to deliver
\nhim when he was in the right <\/p>\n

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\nstate of mind.
\nNow we don’t have time to turn <\/p>\n

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\nto to every passage that we
\nmight normally end this story, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause we’re going to be
\nlooking at the events leading up<\/p>\n

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\nto the arrest of Jesus, and then
\nwe’re going to be looking at his<\/p>\n

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\ntrial.
\nWe know that Jesus was there in <\/p>\n

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\nthe upper room with Judas, the
\nman who would betray him, And I <\/p>\n

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\nwant you to come with me Now
\nback to Luke, chapter 22. <\/p>\n

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\nI imagine that the Pharisees and
\nthe leaders of the Jews in their<\/p>\n

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\nwildest dreams never thought
\nthat they might actually get an <\/p>\n

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\ninformant who was one of Jesus’s
\ninner circle of disciples. <\/p>\n

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\nBut that’ll be exactly what
\nhappens when Judas hears about <\/p>\n

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\nthe bounty that’s on the head of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m going to start reading at
\nverse three of Luke chapter 22. <\/p>\n

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\nThen Satan entered into Judas
\ncalled Iscariot, who was of the <\/p>\n

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\nnumber of the 12.
\nHe went away and conferred with <\/p>\n

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\nthe chief priests and officers
\nhow he might betray him to them,<\/p>\n

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\nand they were glad and agreed to
\ngive him money. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he consented and sought an
\nopportunity to betray him to <\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nIn the absence of the crowd, you<\/p>\n

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\nsee, that was important.
\nIt had to be in the absence of <\/p>\n

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\nthe crowd.
\nThere couldn’t be people around <\/p>\n

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\nhim when this happened.
\nSo Judas goes away from that <\/p>\n

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\nmeeting with them, looking for
\nthe right opportunity. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so Judas is sitting there
\nwith Jesus in the upper room at <\/p>\n

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\nthat Last Supper with the other
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus is talking about his
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Judas realizes what’s going
\nto happen next. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knows where they’re going to
\ngo. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus turns to Judas, and he
\nsays that which you’re about to <\/p>\n

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\ndo, do it quickly.
\nYou remember that. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the other disciples don’t
\nunderstand what Jesus means by <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nBut Judas knows and he leaves. <\/p>\n

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\nHe walks out into the night, and
\nat that point we lose track of <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nWhat happens between when we see<\/p>\n

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\nhim there and when we next see
\nhim? <\/p>\n

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\nAt the arrest of Jesus?
\nBecause you would think Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nsaid what you’re about to do, do
\nit quickly. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can imagine him running
\nthrough the streets of the city,<\/p>\n

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\nbut it will be hours and hours
\nuntil the arrest party arrives <\/p>\n

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\nwith Judas to actually arrest
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nIf he was supposed to do it
\nquickly, how come it took so <\/p>\n

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\nlong?
\nHow can we explain that? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’re going to look at this
\nstory now with more of a <\/p>\n

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\ncritical eye.
\nWe’ve got to be able to explain <\/p>\n

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\nthese gaps that the Bible
\ndoesn’t go to any lengths to <\/p>\n

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\nexplain for us.
\nWe know that it was late at <\/p>\n

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\nnight by the time that Judas and
\nthe arrest party came to to <\/p>\n

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\narrest Jesus for a number of
\nreasons because the disciples <\/p>\n

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\nwere exhausted.
\nJesus went to the garden and was<\/p>\n

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\npraying in the garden of
\nGethsemane. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there are three separate
\noccasions where he goes back and<\/p>\n

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\nfinds the disciples sleep And he
\nsays asleep. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he says can you not wait
\nwith me one hour? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd they say OK, OK And he goes
\nand they fall asleep again three<\/p>\n

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\ndifferent times.
\nIt was well past their bedtime. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we know that it must have
\nbeen quite dark by the time they<\/p>\n

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\ngot there, because Jesus can see
\na little bit far away the <\/p>\n

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\ntorches of the arrest party as
\nthey come in the darkness of the<\/p>\n

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\nnight.
\nAnd John chapter chapters <\/p>\n

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\n14\/15\/16 and 17 all take place
\nin the upper room after Judas <\/p>\n

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\nhas left the room where Jesus
\ngoes on to talk at length with <\/p>\n

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\nhis disciples.
\nAnd then he gives this great, <\/p>\n

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\npowerful prayer with them.
\nAnd then they sing hymns before <\/p>\n

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\nthey even leave the upper room
\nto go and walk out. <\/p>\n

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\nIt would have taken them
\nprobably 20 to 30 minutes to <\/p>\n

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\nwalk out to the Garden of
\nGethsemane. <\/p>\n

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\nHours and hours go by before
\nJudas actually comes back. <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we explain that?
\nSo let’s just imagine for a <\/p>\n

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\nsecond what it might have been
\nlike for Judas, what he would <\/p>\n

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\nhave had to go through in order
\nto set this up. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s say he walks out the
\ndoor. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:14,800 –> 00:20:17,760
\nJesus said, what you’re about to
\ndo, do quickly, and he’s running<\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:17,760 –> 00:20:21,720
\nthrough the streets of the city
\nto meet someone we don’t know. <\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:21,960 –> 00:20:25,280
\nHe must have had a contact.
\nHe knocks on somebody’s door. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:25,880 –> 00:20:29,480
\nThis is at night and the door
\nopens. <\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:30,720 –> 00:20:35,400
\nWhat must Judas have said to
\nwhoever his contact was? <\/p>\n

334
\n00:20:36,760 –> 00:20:40,280
\nHe must have said something like
\nnow is the time. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:20:41,160 –> 00:20:43,560
\nI can tell you exactly where
\nhe’s going to be tonight. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:43,560 –> 00:20:46,480
\nIt’s going to be in a place away
\nfrom the city, away from the <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:46,480 –> 00:20:50,160
\ncrowds, and he is thinking and
\ntalking about death. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:50,480 –> 00:20:52,720
\nYou’ll never find him in a
\nbetter state of mind. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:53,480 –> 00:20:57,880
\nHe is depressed.
\nThis is what they were waiting <\/p>\n

340
\n00:20:57,880 –> 00:21:01,520
\nfor.
\nBut now they had a problem. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:01,520 –> 00:21:05,480
\nYou see, they had no idea when
\nthe moment was going to come. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:05,480 –> 00:21:08,520
\nThey had this man now on their
\npayroll, but they didn’t know <\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:08,520 –> 00:21:10,760
\nwhen the moment was going to be,
\nbecause it had to be the perfect<\/p>\n

344
\n00:21:10,760 –> 00:21:14,000
\nmoment.
\nAnd all of a sudden he’s <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:14,000 –> 00:21:17,200
\nknocking on their door.
\nAnd the very next day the feast <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:17,200 –> 00:21:20,160
\nis about to start.
\nThe festive pilgrims, most of <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:20,160 –> 00:21:21,600
\nthem, have already arrived in
\nthe city. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:21,600 –> 00:21:24,080
\nThe city would be busier at this
\ntime of year than almost any <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:24,080 –> 00:21:26,680
\nother time of the year.
\nSo they were afraid of the <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:26,680 –> 00:21:28,560
\ncrowds.
\nBut more than that, according to<\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:28,560 –> 00:21:31,320
\nthe law, they could not try a
\nman for this kind of a crime <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:31,320 –> 00:21:34,600
\nduring the feast.
\nSo they had to either convict <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:34,600 –> 00:21:39,160
\nhim tonight where the moment
\nwould be lost, it would be gone.<\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:39,400 –> 00:21:41,280
\nThey had to make a choice.
\nThey had to make a decision. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:41,680 –> 00:21:43,880
\nBut if they were going to go
\nthrough with this, there were a <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:43,880 –> 00:21:46,360
\nlot of things they were going to
\nhave to arrange very, very <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:46,360 –> 00:21:49,160
\nquickly because they were going
\nto do some things that were <\/p>\n

358
\n00:21:49,160 –> 00:21:50,520
\nillegal.
\nWe’re going to find they didn’t <\/p>\n

359
\n00:21:50,520 –> 00:21:53,360
\ncare if they had to break the
\nlaw to make this happen. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:21:53,840 –> 00:21:55,880
\nThey just didn’t want to anger
\nthe people. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:21:56,960 –> 00:21:59,800
\nThey were willing to do whatever
\nit took to get rid of this man. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:00,040 –> 00:22:02,240
\nThere were a lot of things that
\nwere illegal about what they’re <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:02,240 –> 00:22:06,840
\nabout to do.
\nFor example, under Jewish law, <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:07,560 –> 00:22:12,600
\nit was illegal for the Temple
\nGuard to arrest somebody who was<\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:12,600 –> 00:22:15,800
\naccused of a crime.
\nUnder Jewish law is the <\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:15,800 –> 00:22:19,280
\nresponsibility of the person or
\npersons who witnessed the crime <\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:19,440 –> 00:22:23,720
\nto go and and bring that person
\nto the Sanhedrin Council and to <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:23,720 –> 00:22:26,720
\nbring them before the judge.
\nIt was illegal for them to just <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:26,720 –> 00:22:28,360
\nsend the soldiers out to get
\nhim. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:28,640 –> 00:22:31,600
\nBut when Judas arrives, John
\nchapter 18 and verse three tells<\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:31,600 –> 00:22:33,880
\nus that the Temple guard is
\nthere with him. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:33,880 –> 00:22:37,440
\nThat was against the law, but of
\ncourse the leaders of the Jews <\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:37,440 –> 00:22:39,680
\nwere going to take no chances.
\nThis man had power. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:22:39,680 –> 00:22:43,760
\nThey wanted to make sure they
\nhad the manpower to bring him <\/p>\n

375
\n00:22:43,760 –> 00:22:47,240
\nback and to if his disciples
\nwere there to to beat them back <\/p>\n

376
\n00:22:47,440 –> 00:22:51,240
\nas well.
\nIt was illegal under Jewish law <\/p>\n

377
\n00:22:51,240 –> 00:22:53,560
\nto try a capital charge By
\nnight. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:22:54,160 –> 00:22:58,360
\nA capital charge is 1, which if
\nthe person is is convicted, they<\/p>\n

379
\n00:22:58,360 –> 00:23:01,200
\nwould be put to death.
\nIt’s illegal to do that. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:01,200 –> 00:23:03,960
\nIt was illegal to do that under
\nJewish law at night. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:03,960 –> 00:23:07,920
\nBut they’re about to hold this
\ntrial at night and it was <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:07,920 –> 00:23:13,840
\nillegal for the judges of the
\ntrial to cross examine the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:13,840 –> 00:23:18,160
\nprisoner after the testimony of
\nthe witnesses had broken down. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:18,960 –> 00:23:26,320
\nCome with me to mark chapter 14
\nand have a look at this. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:26,320 –> 00:23:32,960
\nThis is now we’re in the trial
\nof Jesus, and I’m going to start<\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:32,960 –> 00:23:36,800
\nreading to you from verse 55 of
\nMark chapter 14. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:39,240 –> 00:23:44,480
\nNow the chief priests and the
\nwhole council, we’re seeking <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:44,480 –> 00:23:47,760
\ntestimony against Jesus to put
\nhim to death, but they found <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:48,040 –> 00:23:52,800
\nnone, for many bore false
\nwitness against him, but their <\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:52,800 –> 00:23:57,520
\ntestimony did not agree.
\nYou see, here’s how it works. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:23:58,080 –> 00:24:01,360
\nDuring a trial under Jewish law,
\nyou’re probably familiar with <\/p>\n

392
\n00:24:01,360 –> 00:24:04,480
\nthe biblical law that somebody
\ncould not be convicted if there <\/p>\n

393
\n00:24:04,480 –> 00:24:07,040
\nwas just one witness.
\nThere had to be at least two and<\/p>\n

394
\n00:24:07,040 –> 00:24:12,120
\npreferably 2 or more witnesses.
\nAnd so if they had more than one<\/p>\n

395
\n00:24:12,120 –> 00:24:14,920
\nwitness, those witnesses would
\nbe, we call it, sequestered. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:15,320 –> 00:24:17,640
\nThey’d be kept somewhere in a
\nseparate room, away from <\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:17,640 –> 00:24:20,160
\neverybody else.
\nYou didn’t want them talking to <\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:20,160 –> 00:24:21,440
\neach other.
\nYou wanted to make sure you were<\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:21,440 –> 00:24:24,280
\ngetting the truth of the matter.
\nNo collaboration between the <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:24,280 –> 00:24:26,720
\nwitnesses.
\nSo the judges, which would be <\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:26,720 –> 00:24:28,840
\nthe members of the the
\nleadership council, the <\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:28,840 –> 00:24:32,320
\nSanhedrin Council of the Jews,
\nwould call the first witness out<\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:33,600 –> 00:24:36,920
\nand that witness would give his
\ntestimony of what he had seen. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:36,920 –> 00:24:39,200
\nIt had to be, you know, of
\nsomething that was a criminal <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:39,200 –> 00:24:42,080
\nact.
\nAnd at this point, there are <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:42,080 –> 00:24:45,320
\nthree types of testimony under
\nJewish law. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:46,840 –> 00:24:49,160
\nAnd the first kind of testimony
\nis called a vain testimony. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:24:49,160 –> 00:24:51,000
\nA vain testimony looks like
\nthis. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:24:51,160 –> 00:24:53,520
\nA single witness comes out and
\nthey give their testimony. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:24:53,520 –> 00:24:57,440
\nAnd for whatever the reason, the
\njudges throw that testimony out.<\/p>\n

411
\n00:24:57,440 –> 00:25:00,280
\nThey say no, that you know, the
\nfacts don’t line up, We don’t <\/p>\n

412
\n00:25:00,280 –> 00:25:02,400
\nbelieve you.
\nWe find this to be not a <\/p>\n

413
\n00:25:02,400 –> 00:25:05,680
\ncredible witness, a vain
\ntestimony, that witness is <\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:05,680 –> 00:25:08,040
\ndismissed and they don’t accept
\nhis testimony. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:09,080 –> 00:25:11,600
\nThe second type of testimony
\nunder under Jewish law is called<\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:11,600 –> 00:25:14,720
\na standing testimony.
\nSo that means the first witness <\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:14,720 –> 00:25:17,880
\ncomes out, they testify as to
\nwhat they have seen. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:18,640 –> 00:25:22,040
\nAnd the council says, OK, fair
\nenough, thank you very much. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:24,760
\nAnd they dismiss that witness
\nand call out the next one. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:24,960 –> 00:25:28,880
\nHis testimony stands, but it
\nremains for it to be confirmed <\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:28,880 –> 00:25:31,640
\nby the other witnesses.
\nThis is why the witnesses are <\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:31,640 –> 00:25:34,080
\nkept sequestered, so they can’t
\nhear what the other one is <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:34,080 –> 00:25:38,440
\nsaying when they’re testifying.
\nAnd what they want to ensure is <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:38,440 –> 00:25:40,920
\nthat the testimony of all the
\nwitnesses lines up. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:25:41,120 –> 00:25:43,640
\nThe judges were expected to be
\nvery critical of the testimony <\/p>\n

426
\n00:25:43,640 –> 00:25:45,920
\nof the witnesses and look at all
\nthe facts and look for any <\/p>\n

427
\n00:25:45,920 –> 00:25:49,520
\ninconsistencies in the story.
\nAnd if the testimony of the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:25:49,520 –> 00:25:52,520
\nwitnesses doesn’t line up, the
\nJewish law says, you’ve got to, <\/p>\n

429
\n00:25:52,520 –> 00:25:55,480
\nyou’ve got to throw out the case
\nand set the set the prisoner <\/p>\n

430
\n00:25:55,480 –> 00:25:58,560
\nfree.
\nBut when all of the witnesses <\/p>\n

431
\n00:25:58,560 –> 00:26:01,040
\ncome in, their stories are all
\nstand and they all agree <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:01,040 –> 00:26:03,080
\ntogether.
\nAnd the judges say, yes, these <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:03,080 –> 00:26:05,280
\nare acceptable testimonies, He
\nis guilty. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:05,720 –> 00:26:09,440
\nThat’s what is referred to as an
\nadequate testimony when the <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:09,440 –> 00:26:12,800
\ntestimony under the Jewish law,
\nthey say it’s when the testimony<\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:12,800 –> 00:26:14,840
\nof the witnesses agrees
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:15,960 –> 00:26:20,440
\nSo did you notice, Have a look
\nat this in verse 56 that I that <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:20,440 –> 00:26:23,880
\nwe just read.
\nMany bore false witness against <\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:23,880 –> 00:26:27,760
\nhim but their testimony did not
\nagree. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:29,840 –> 00:26:33,440
\nSo they had multiple witnesses,
\nLots of witnesses that came <\/p>\n

441
\n00:26:33,440 –> 00:26:35,560
\nforward but their stories were
\ncontradictory. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:26:36,280 –> 00:26:38,720
\nNow remember at this point there
\nwere at least a couple members <\/p>\n

443
\n00:26:38,720 –> 00:26:41,360
\non the Jewish Sanhedrin Council
\nwho were secret followers of <\/p>\n

444
\n00:26:41,400 –> 00:26:43,680
\nJesus.
\nSo while the rest of them might <\/p>\n

445
\n00:26:43,680 –> 00:26:46,800
\nhave been in on this, on this
\nscheme to arrest and kill this <\/p>\n

446
\n00:26:46,800 –> 00:26:50,240
\nman, there were a few that were
\ndoing their job, truly doing <\/p>\n

447
\n00:26:50,240 –> 00:26:53,360
\ntheir job and and saying no.
\nLook look the facts don’t add <\/p>\n

448
\n00:26:53,360 –> 00:26:54,640
\nup.
\nThese witnesses don’t have their<\/p>\n

449
\n00:26:54,640 –> 00:26:59,120
\nstories straight, and at this
\npoint, by law, they were <\/p>\n

450
\n00:26:59,120 –> 00:27:02,720
\nsupposed to have thrown out the
\ncase, and it was illegal at this<\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:02,720 –> 00:27:05,920
\npoint, when the testimony of the
\nwitnesses had broken down, for <\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:05,920 –> 00:27:09,640
\nany of the judges to cross
\nexamine the prisoner. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:11,720 –> 00:27:14,400
\nBut that’s exactly what is about
\nto happen. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:27:15,200 –> 00:27:19,720
\nNow let me give you an example
\nof what this might look like in <\/p>\n

455
\n00:27:19,720 –> 00:27:22,200
\nthis specific trial in a case
\nwhere the testimony of the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:27:22,200 –> 00:27:24,600
\nwitnesses does not agree
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:27:26,960 –> 00:27:29,840
\nSo one of the things that Jesus
\nwill be charged with is that he <\/p>\n

458
\n00:27:29,840 –> 00:27:31,560
\nthreatened to destroy the
\ntemple. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:27:31,560 –> 00:27:34,840
\nThis was sacrilege.
\nIt could be under Jewish law, <\/p>\n

460
\n00:27:34,840 –> 00:27:38,800
\npunishable by death.
\nNow these are three different <\/p>\n

461
\n00:27:39,240 –> 00:27:42,240
\nquotes from three different
\ngospels of what Jesus said. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:27:43,240 –> 00:27:46,360
\nTwo of them are from the trial
\nof Jesus and the third one in <\/p>\n

463
\n00:27:46,360 –> 00:27:49,800
\nJohn is is the actual account of
\nwhat Jesus said. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:27:50,600 –> 00:27:53,960
\nSo in Mark chapter 14 and verse
\n58, one of the witnesses said <\/p>\n

465
\n00:27:54,720 –> 00:27:58,240
\nJesus said I will destroy this
\ntemple that is made with hands <\/p>\n

466
\n00:27:58,240 –> 00:28:01,320
\nand within three days I will
\nbuild another made without <\/p>\n

467
\n00:28:01,320 –> 00:28:05,520
\nhands.
\nOK, so that’s the kind of <\/p>\n

468
\n00:28:05,520 –> 00:28:07,680
\ntestimony that might stand in a
\ntrial. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:28:08,360 –> 00:28:10,840
\nHe said I’m going to destroy
\nthis temple, says the witness. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:28:11,840 –> 00:28:13,960
\nBut we look at a parallel
\naccount of the same story and <\/p>\n

471
\n00:28:13,960 –> 00:28:17,400
\nanother witness says in
\nMatthew’s account that Jesus <\/p>\n

472
\n00:28:17,400 –> 00:28:22,440
\nsaid I am able to destroy the
\ntemple of God and to build it in<\/p>\n

473
\n00:28:22,440 –> 00:28:25,280
\nthree days.
\nNow look at those two quotes and<\/p>\n

474
\n00:28:25,280 –> 00:28:29,440
\nare they the same?
\nAnd they’re not, Because in the <\/p>\n

475
\n00:28:29,440 –> 00:28:32,640
\nfirst quote Jesus said I’m going
\nto destroy this temple, said the<\/p>\n

476
\n00:28:32,640 –> 00:28:34,640
\nwitness.
\nBut in the second one, the <\/p>\n

477
\n00:28:34,640 –> 00:28:39,400
\nwitness says, he simply said I’m
\ncapable of destroying this <\/p>\n

478
\n00:28:39,720 –> 00:28:42,640
\ntemple.
\nNow the first one surely could <\/p>\n

479
\n00:28:42,640 –> 00:28:47,640
\nbe construed as as as sacrilege,
\nbut the second one, he’s just <\/p>\n

480
\n00:28:47,640 –> 00:28:49,760
\nsaying, you know, I could do it
\nif I wanted. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:28:49,760 –> 00:28:52,360
\nI’ve got the power to do it now.
\nThey might consider that to be a<\/p>\n

482
\n00:28:52,360 –> 00:28:55,000
\npompous claim, but it’s
\ncertainly not breaking the law. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:28:55,240 –> 00:28:58,520
\nThis is an example of where two
\nwitnesses would have a slight <\/p>\n

484
\n00:28:58,520 –> 00:29:00,760
\ndetail that’s different in the
\ntelling of their stories that <\/p>\n

485
\n00:29:00,760 –> 00:29:04,920
\nthe judges would be expected to
\nto to compare and say no, these <\/p>\n

486
\n00:29:04,920 –> 00:29:09,080
\ntestimonies don’t line line up.
\nAnd what did Jesus actually say?<\/p>\n

487
\n00:29:09,080 –> 00:29:11,120
\nIt’s recorded in John chapter 2,
\nverse 19. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:29:11,160 –> 00:29:14,480
\nJesus said destroy this temple,
\nYou destroy this temple. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:29:14,640 –> 00:29:17,680
\nAnd in three days I will raise
\nit up. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:29:18,000 –> 00:29:20,360
\nAnd the record adds that that
\nJesus was speaking <\/p>\n

491
\n00:29:20,360 –> 00:29:22,080
\nmetaphorically.
\nHe was talking about the temple <\/p>\n

492
\n00:29:22,080 –> 00:29:24,080
\nof his body.
\nWho’s saying, you kill me and <\/p>\n

493
\n00:29:24,080 –> 00:29:27,360
\nI’ll be raised in three days.
\nThat’s what he actually said. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:29:28,920 –> 00:29:31,600
\nDid you notice one interesting
\nthing that all three of these <\/p>\n

495
\n00:29:31,600 –> 00:29:33,960
\naccounts got right?
\nBecause consider this, If a <\/p>\n

496
\n00:29:33,960 –> 00:29:36,760
\nhistorian is looking at the
\ngospel accounts, they’re <\/p>\n

497
\n00:29:36,760 –> 00:29:39,360
\ntreating this like they treat
\nany other historical record when<\/p>\n

498
\n00:29:39,360 –> 00:29:42,480
\nthey’re trying to assess whether
\nor not these are accurate. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:29:42,800 –> 00:29:45,640
\nEach one of these gospels are
\ndifferent ancient manuscripts <\/p>\n

500
\n00:29:45,640 –> 00:29:48,560
\nthat were found written at
\ndifferent times by different <\/p>\n

501
\n00:29:48,560 –> 00:29:50,040
\npeople.
\nSo they compare them to each <\/p>\n

502
\n00:29:50,040 –> 00:29:54,680
\nother to line up the facts.
\nAnd in every single case, each <\/p>\n

503
\n00:29:54,680 –> 00:29:58,560
\nof the three writers got the
\nsame detail, the same they all <\/p>\n

504
\n00:29:58,640 –> 00:30:02,360
\nremembered were recorded, that
\nJesus said it was going to <\/p>\n

505
\n00:30:02,360 –> 00:30:05,320
\nhappen in three days.
\nEverybody remembers, Jesus said <\/p>\n

506
\n00:30:05,320 –> 00:30:07,960
\nbefore it ever happened.
\nHe said it’s going to be, it’s <\/p>\n

507
\n00:30:07,960 –> 00:30:11,640
\ngoing to be in three days that
\nthis will happen, isn’t that <\/p>\n

508
\n00:30:11,640 –> 00:30:13,920
\ninteresting that that should all
\nline up? <\/p>\n

509
\n00:30:17,040 –> 00:30:23,120
\nNow come with me to Matthew
\nchapter 26 and have a look <\/p>\n

510
\n00:30:23,120 –> 00:30:37,160
\ntowards the end of the chapter.
\nAt verse 63 the testimony of the<\/p>\n

511
\n00:30:37,160 –> 00:30:41,920
\nwitnesses has broken down and
\nthe high priest is beside <\/p>\n

512
\n00:30:41,920 –> 00:30:44,400
\nhimself because they put all
\nthis effort into convicting this<\/p>\n

513
\n00:30:44,400 –> 00:30:46,560
\nman and they’re going to have to
\nthrow out the trial. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:30:46,880 –> 00:30:49,840
\nHe doesn’t know what else to do.
\nAnd in verse 62 the high priest <\/p>\n

515
\n00:30:49,840 –> 00:30:52,840
\nstood up and said, have you no
\nanswer to make? <\/p>\n

516
\n00:30:53,120 –> 00:30:56,040
\nWhat is it that these men
\ntestify against you? <\/p>\n

517
\n00:30:57,440 –> 00:31:00,680
\nNow I mentioned it was against
\nthe law at this point for the <\/p>\n

518
\n00:31:00,680 –> 00:31:04,160
\njudges to cross examine the
\nprisoner after the testimony of <\/p>\n

519
\n00:31:04,160 –> 00:31:08,040
\nthe witnesses had broken down,
\nand Caiaphas is breaking the <\/p>\n

520
\n00:31:08,040 –> 00:31:10,320
\nlaw.
\nNow when he does that anyway, <\/p>\n

521
\n00:31:12,160 –> 00:31:15,520
\nverse 63.
\nBut Jesus remains silent, And <\/p>\n

522
\n00:31:15,520 –> 00:31:19,920
\nthe high Priest said to him, I
\nadjure you by the living God, <\/p>\n

523
\n00:31:19,920 –> 00:31:23,480
\ntell us if you are the Christ,
\nthe Son of God. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:31:24,760 –> 00:31:26,440
\nJesus said to him, You have said
\nso. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:31:26,640 –> 00:31:29,840
\nBut I tell you from now on you
\nwill see the Son of Man seated <\/p>\n

526
\n00:31:29,840 –> 00:31:34,240
\nat the right hand of power and
\ncoming on the clouds of heaven. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:31:36,680 –> 00:31:39,680
\nThen the high priest tore his
\nrobes and said he has uttered <\/p>\n

528
\n00:31:39,760 –> 00:31:42,480
\nblasphemy.
\nWhat further witnesses do we <\/p>\n

529
\n00:31:42,480 –> 00:31:45,040
\nneed?
\nYou have heard his blasphemy. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:31:45,240 –> 00:31:48,440
\nWhat is your judgment?
\nAnd they answered, he deserves <\/p>\n

531
\n00:31:48,840 –> 00:31:51,880
\ndeath.
\nAnd at this point they had him. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:31:52,640 –> 00:31:56,080
\nThey had him under Jewish law.
\nBut even more importantly for <\/p>\n

533
\n00:31:56,080 –> 00:31:57,800
\nthem, they had him under Roman
\nlaw. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:31:59,160 –> 00:32:03,920
\nBecause a little bit later on,
\nwhen Pontius Pilate is standing <\/p>\n

535
\n00:32:03,920 –> 00:32:06,440
\nin front of them, they’ve
\nconvicted him of death. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:32:06,440 –> 00:32:08,720
\nBut now they need to convict him
\nin a Roman court. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:32:10,560 –> 00:32:12,560
\nAnd Pilate says, what has this
\nman done? <\/p>\n

538
\n00:32:12,800 –> 00:32:16,240
\nHe should go free.
\nPilate wanted nothing to do with<\/p>\n

539
\n00:32:16,240 –> 00:32:19,640
\nthe death of Jesus.
\nAnd they said, this man has made<\/p>\n

540
\n00:32:19,640 –> 00:32:24,440
\nhimself the Son of God.
\nHe’s impinging on the power of <\/p>\n

541
\n00:32:24,440 –> 00:32:26,920
\nCaesar.
\nHe’s claiming a power greater <\/p>\n

542
\n00:32:26,920 –> 00:32:28,680
\nthan that of your sovereign
\nleader. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:32:29,920 –> 00:32:33,440
\nYou see, when they had Jesus on
\nclaiming to be the Son of God, <\/p>\n

544
\n00:32:33,920 –> 00:32:36,680
\nthey had him not just under
\nJewish law, but Roman law. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:32:36,840 –> 00:32:39,600
\nAnd at that point, Pilate has
\nnothing he can say. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:32:40,040 –> 00:32:42,880
\nHe says, All right, turn him
\nover to you. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:32:42,880 –> 00:32:47,920
\nIt’s in your hands.
\nHe knew that they had him at <\/p>\n

548
\n00:32:47,920 –> 00:32:51,880
\nthis point.
\nAnd when he said what he said to<\/p>\n

549
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:59,200
\nhim, I adjure you by the living
\nGod to tell us if you are the <\/p>\n

550
\n00:32:59,200 –> 00:33:01,320
\nChrist.
\nThat’s what’s known under Jewish<\/p>\n

551
\n00:33:01,320 –> 00:33:03,720
\nlaw as the oath of the
\ntestimony. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:33:04,720 –> 00:33:07,640
\nNow we talked about the Talmud
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:33:08,080 –> 00:33:17,000
\nHere’s a quote from the Mishnah
\nabout the Oath of the Testimony.<\/p>\n

554
\n00:33:17,280 –> 00:33:21,200
\nThis is what the law says.
\nIf one shall say, I adjure you <\/p>\n

555
\n00:33:21,200 –> 00:33:25,200
\nby the Almighty, by Sabaya, by
\nthe gracious and merciful, by <\/p>\n

556
\n00:33:25,240 –> 00:33:28,960
\nthe long-suffering, by the
\nCompassionate, or by any of the <\/p>\n

557
\n00:33:28,960 –> 00:33:32,840
\nDivine titles, behold, they are
\nbound to answer. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:33:33,080 –> 00:33:35,040
\nThis is what was known as the
\nOath of the Testimony. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:33:35,560 –> 00:33:39,560
\nIf somebody invokes that any of
\nthe sacred titles of God to get <\/p>\n

560
\n00:33:39,560 –> 00:33:43,800
\nyou to to answer a question
\naccording to Jewish law, you had<\/p>\n

561
\n00:33:43,800 –> 00:33:46,960
\nto answer and that’s exactly
\nwhat the high priest had done. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:33:46,960 –> 00:33:49,920
\nHe was breaking the law and
\ncross examining the prisoner but<\/p>\n

563
\n00:33:49,920 –> 00:33:52,640
\ndemanding by the law that Jesus
\nanswered the question. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:33:52,800 –> 00:33:56,400
\nAnd the remarkable thing is,
\neven though his accusers and the<\/p>\n

565
\n00:33:56,400 –> 00:33:59,080
\nleaders of the Jews were
\nbreaking law after law and <\/p>\n

566
\n00:33:59,080 –> 00:34:06,400
\nconvicting him that night, Jesus
\nfollows the law and he answers <\/p>\n

567
\n00:34:06,400 –> 00:34:10,199
\nthe question because at that
\npoint, all he had to do was keep<\/p>\n

568
\n00:34:10,199 –> 00:34:13,440
\nhis mouth closed, and according
\nto the law, he could have been <\/p>\n

569
\n00:34:13,440 –> 00:34:16,159
\nset free.
\nHis fate was in his own hands, <\/p>\n

570
\n00:34:16,400 –> 00:34:20,080
\nand he could choose not to be
\ncrucified in that moment. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:34:21,600 –> 00:34:24,480
\nBut he follows their laws.
\nBut more importantly, he follows<\/p>\n

572
\n00:34:24,480 –> 00:34:28,000
\nthe will of God, and they had
\nhim. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:34:31,440 –> 00:34:33,800
\nSo let’s come back to our
\noriginal question that we asked <\/p>\n

574
\n00:34:33,960 –> 00:34:35,800
\nbefore examining this part of
\nthe story. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:34:37,120 –> 00:34:41,960
\nWhy did it take so long for
\nJudas and the arrest party to <\/p>\n

576
\n00:34:41,960 –> 00:34:44,600
\nget to the garden, to arrest
\nJesus? <\/p>\n

577
\n00:34:44,880 –> 00:34:47,880
\nWhy did it take hours and hours?
\nWhy didn’t it happen right away?<\/p>\n

578
\n00:34:48,800 –> 00:34:53,120
\nAnd the answer is, it had to.
\nThe leaders of the Jews had to <\/p>\n

579
\n00:34:53,120 –> 00:34:55,040
\nmake a split decision.
\nThis is the moment. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:34:55,040 –> 00:34:57,760
\nBut we’ve got to do it tonight.
\nWe’re going to break all of <\/p>\n

581
\n00:34:57,760 –> 00:34:59,280
\nthese laws.
\nHow are we going to do it and <\/p>\n

582
\n00:34:59,280 –> 00:35:01,240
\nget away with it?
\nWe need witnesses. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:35:01,400 –> 00:35:03,200
\nThey had to rustle up some
\nwitnesses. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:35:03,200 –> 00:35:06,360
\nThey got a lot of witnesses.
\nBut it would take time to do <\/p>\n

585
\n00:35:06,360 –> 00:35:07,960
\nthat.
\nThey’d have to rouse people from<\/p>\n

586
\n00:35:07,960 –> 00:35:10,280
\ntheir sleep that they knew would
\nhelp them out in the trial. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:35:11,040 –> 00:35:13,520
\nBut things were rushed, so by
\nthe time the trial actually <\/p>\n

588
\n00:35:13,520 –> 00:35:16,720
\nhappens, they hadn’t had time to
\nproperly prepare the witnesses. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:35:17,680 –> 00:35:19,960
\nAnd so their stories are all
\ndifferent and it doesn’t stand <\/p>\n

590
\n00:35:19,960 –> 00:35:21,720
\nup.
\nNevertheless, they had to make <\/p>\n

591
\n00:35:21,720 –> 00:35:23,760
\nall these arrangements.
\nThey had to get the trial set <\/p>\n

592
\n00:35:23,760 –> 00:35:24,840
\nup.
\nThey had to wake up all the <\/p>\n

593
\n00:35:24,840 –> 00:35:26,160
\nmembers of the Sanhedrin
\ncouncil. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:35:26,320 –> 00:35:29,600
\nThey had to to get the Temple
\nGuard ready to go with Judas to <\/p>\n

595
\n00:35:29,600 –> 00:35:32,360
\narrest Jesus before they finally
\nwent there. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:35:32,680 –> 00:35:35,200
\nAnd we find that knowing
\neverything that had to take <\/p>\n

597
\n00:35:35,200 –> 00:35:37,800
\nplace and all the considerations
\nthat would have been weighing <\/p>\n

598
\n00:35:37,920 –> 00:35:42,120
\ndown these Jewish leaders, it
\nonly could have taken hours and <\/p>\n

599
\n00:35:42,120 –> 00:35:45,920
\nhours.
\nIf you were one of the writers <\/p>\n

600
\n00:35:45,920 –> 00:35:49,800
\nof the gospels and you were
\nmaking up this store, but you <\/p>\n

601
\n00:35:49,800 –> 00:35:52,120
\nwanted people to believe it, but
\nit was fictional. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:35:53,360 –> 00:35:57,240
\nDon’t you think that you would
\nwrite it as if Judas left? <\/p>\n

603
\n00:35:57,680 –> 00:35:59,520
\nJesus said what you’re about to
\ndo, do quickly. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:35:59,520 –> 00:36:02,560
\nAnd then it did happen quickly.
\nBecause when you don’t think <\/p>\n

605
\n00:36:02,560 –> 00:36:05,040
\nthrough all the details and you
\ndon’t examine Jewish law and <\/p>\n

606
\n00:36:05,040 –> 00:36:08,400
\nJewish culture and all the
\nthings that had to happen, the <\/p>\n

607
\n00:36:08,400 –> 00:36:11,240
\ncasual reader would think, this
\nis strange. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:36:11,240 –> 00:36:15,640
\nWhy didn’t it happen right away?
\nBut when we look at all the <\/p>\n

609
\n00:36:15,640 –> 00:36:18,760
\ndetails and Jewish law and
\nJewish culture and we realize <\/p>\n

610
\n00:36:18,760 –> 00:36:21,840
\nwhat had to have happened, it
\nonly makes sense. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:36:22,360 –> 00:36:25,240
\nA detail like this one, that it
\ntook hours and hours for them to<\/p>\n

612
\n00:36:25,240 –> 00:36:28,040
\nget there just lines up
\nperfectly with real life. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:36:28,960 –> 00:36:31,760
\nAnd the Bible doesn’t go to any
\nlengths to explain why it took <\/p>\n

614
\n00:36:31,760 –> 00:36:35,600
\nso long, because the Bible isn’t
\neven trying to defend itself <\/p>\n

615
\n00:36:35,600 –> 00:36:37,080
\nhere.
\nIt’s just telling an accurate <\/p>\n

616
\n00:36:37,080 –> 00:36:41,080
\naccount of how things happened.
\nNow let’s jump forward to the <\/p>\n

617
\n00:36:41,080 –> 00:36:49,640
\nresurrection, because as we saw
\nlast night, ancient historians <\/p>\n

618
\n00:36:49,640 –> 00:36:52,360
\nand modern historians alike are
\nconfronted with a problem. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:36:52,360 –> 00:36:54,920
\nIf they don’t believe that the
\nresurrection really happened, <\/p>\n

620
\n00:36:54,920 –> 00:36:59,720
\nwhich many of them don’t,
\nbecause all accounts in our <\/p>\n

621
\n00:36:59,720 –> 00:37:01,720
\nhistory points to the fact that
\nit did. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:37:02,640 –> 00:37:04,400
\nAnd nothing has really come down
\nto us. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:37:04,400 –> 00:37:06,880
\nDespite all the chances that
\npeople would have had and all <\/p>\n

624
\n00:37:06,880 –> 00:37:10,280
\nthe people that were opposed to
\nthe Christian religion to say <\/p>\n

625
\n00:37:10,280 –> 00:37:13,480
\nno, this didn’t really happen.
\nNothing has come down to us to <\/p>\n

626
\n00:37:13,480 –> 00:37:18,280
\nsay that that’s the case, that
\nthe tomb wasn’t empty. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:37:20,640 –> 00:37:23,480
\nAnd so there are a lot of
\ntheories that go into explaining<\/p>\n

628
\n00:37:24,280 –> 00:37:27,680
\nhow this might have happened.
\nWhy was it that the tomb of <\/p>\n

629
\n00:37:27,800 –> 00:37:29,880
\nJesus was empty?
\nBecause it seems to be a <\/p>\n

630
\n00:37:29,880 –> 00:37:33,440
\nhistorical fact that it was.
\nSo I’m going to, I’m going to <\/p>\n

631
\n00:37:33,440 –> 00:37:35,040
\ntell you about some of these
\ntheories now. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:37:35,760 –> 00:37:39,240
\nAnd the first four of them we’re
\ngoing to go through pretty <\/p>\n

633
\n00:37:39,240 –> 00:37:41,800
\nquickly because I think we can
\nexplain them away pretty <\/p>\n

634
\n00:37:41,800 –> 00:37:43,240
\nquickly.
\nThey’re not particularly <\/p>\n

635
\n00:37:43,560 –> 00:37:45,040
\nbelievable.
\nAnd then we’ll spend some more <\/p>\n

636
\n00:37:45,040 –> 00:37:48,440
\ntime on the fifth one.
\nSo the first theory is what’s <\/p>\n

637
\n00:37:48,440 –> 00:37:53,120
\nknown as the swoon theory.
\nThis theory goes something like <\/p>\n

638
\n00:37:53,120 –> 00:37:55,040
\nthis.
\nJesus didn’t actually die on the<\/p>\n

639
\n00:37:55,040 –> 00:37:57,600
\ncross.
\nHe did suffer crucifixion, but <\/p>\n

640
\n00:37:57,600 –> 00:37:58,920
\nhe just fainted at the end of
\nit. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:38:00,000 –> 00:38:02,880
\nAnd the soldiers and everybody
\nelse thought he was dead, took <\/p>\n

642
\n00:38:02,880 –> 00:38:04,920
\nhim down from the cross.
\nThey wrapped him up, put him in <\/p>\n

643
\n00:38:04,920 –> 00:38:08,480
\nthe tomb, and then he woke up
\nand left. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:38:10,320 –> 00:38:13,360
\nNow the incredible thing about
\nthis theory is that if, if it <\/p>\n

645
\n00:38:13,360 –> 00:38:18,480
\nwere true, everybody mistook
\nJesus for dead, He survives <\/p>\n

646
\n00:38:18,480 –> 00:38:22,480
\ncrucifixion.
\nHe’s wrapped tightly up into the<\/p>\n

647
\n00:38:22,480 –> 00:38:27,640
\nburial linens placed inside the
\ntomb, and in his incredibly <\/p>\n

648
\n00:38:27,640 –> 00:38:30,280
\nweakened condition and his
\nemaciated state, having just <\/p>\n

649
\n00:38:30,280 –> 00:38:34,080
\nsurvived crucifixion, he wakes
\nup, is able to somehow break <\/p>\n

650
\n00:38:34,080 –> 00:38:37,840
\nfree of the burial linens, and
\nthen roll away the stone of the <\/p>\n

651
\n00:38:37,840 –> 00:38:41,240
\ntomb, which weighed over a ton
\nand took a team of soldiers and <\/p>\n

652
\n00:38:41,240 –> 00:38:43,680
\nhorses with ropes and pulleys to
\npull it into place. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:38:44,160 –> 00:38:47,640
\nHe’s able to push that away by
\nhimself, just this regular guy, <\/p>\n

654
\n00:38:48,160 –> 00:38:52,800
\nand I think we can dismiss the
\nswoon theory out of hand now. <\/p>\n

655
\n00:38:52,800 –> 00:38:55,240
\nAnother theory is is the theft
\ntheory. <\/p>\n

656
\n00:38:55,600 –> 00:38:59,880
\nThe theft theory says either the
\nJews like the Jewish leaders or <\/p>\n

657
\n00:38:59,880 –> 00:39:04,880
\nthe Romans stole the body of
\nJesus, perhaps to keep it away <\/p>\n

658
\n00:39:04,880 –> 00:39:08,800
\nfrom his disciples.
\nMaybe that could explain why the<\/p>\n

659
\n00:39:08,800 –> 00:39:11,280
\ntomb was empty.
\nThey themselves took the body. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:39:12,280 –> 00:39:14,360
\nNow if that were true, you’d
\nhave to ask yourself this <\/p>\n

661
\n00:39:14,360 –> 00:39:18,360
\nquestion immediately.
\nThe leaders of the Jews had a <\/p>\n

662
\n00:39:18,360 –> 00:39:21,360
\nproblem on their hands.
\nThe tomb was empty. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:39:21,640 –> 00:39:23,720
\nThis was a big problem for them.
\nThey didn’t like it. <\/p>\n

664
\n00:39:25,160 –> 00:39:29,200
\nIf they had stolen the body of
\nJesus, it would be as simple as <\/p>\n

665
\n00:39:29,200 –> 00:39:32,200
\nsaying just several weeks after
\nthe resurrection, when the <\/p>\n

666
\n00:39:32,200 –> 00:39:36,360
\napostles are saying he has been
\nraised, the Lord has risen, The <\/p>\n

667
\n00:39:36,360 –> 00:39:38,840
\nJewish leaders could have said
\nno, here’s his body, we’ve got <\/p>\n

668
\n00:39:38,840 –> 00:39:41,080
\nit.
\nAnd Christianity would have died<\/p>\n

669
\n00:39:41,080 –> 00:39:43,440
\nright there.
\nDon’t you think they would have <\/p>\n

670
\n00:39:43,440 –> 00:39:46,240
\ndone it now?
\nThe same is true with the <\/p>\n

671
\n00:39:46,240 –> 00:39:49,000
\nRomans.
\nIt would take a few years for <\/p>\n

672
\n00:39:49,000 –> 00:39:51,880
\nthe Romans to really start to
\nhate Christianity, but they <\/p>\n

673
\n00:39:51,880 –> 00:39:53,120
\nwould.
\nWe’re going to talk about that a<\/p>\n

674
\n00:39:53,120 –> 00:39:55,200
\nlot in the last class tomorrow
\nmorning. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:39:55,200 –> 00:39:59,160
\nThe rapid spread of Christianity
\nafter just a few years went by. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:39:59,160 –> 00:40:02,200
\nThe Romans would really, really
\nlike to be able to just kill <\/p>\n

677
\n00:40:02,200 –> 00:40:05,560
\nChristianity.
\nDon’t you think If they had <\/p>\n

678
\n00:40:05,560 –> 00:40:08,080
\nstolen the body of Jesus, they
\nwould have just brought it out <\/p>\n

679
\n00:40:09,280 –> 00:40:12,680
\nand Christianity would have died
\nright there and they never did. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:40:13,640 –> 00:40:17,000
\nI don’t think the Jews or the
\nRomans stole the body of Jesus. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:40:17,600 –> 00:40:20,400
\nNow there’s also the
\nhallucination theory, which says<\/p>\n

682
\n00:40:20,400 –> 00:40:23,640
\nthat the disciples of Jesus and
\neverybody else who saw the risen<\/p>\n

683
\n00:40:23,640 –> 00:40:27,040
\nLord Paul tells us that over 500
\npeople saw him at one time. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:40:27,040 –> 00:40:31,000
\nEverybody was hallucinating.
\nThey all saw the same thing. <\/p>\n

685
\n00:40:31,680 –> 00:40:34,440
\nNow, if you know anything about
\nhallucination, then you can <\/p>\n

686
\n00:40:34,440 –> 00:40:37,880
\nprobably understand why.
\nThis is kind of an incredible <\/p>\n

687
\n00:40:38,200 –> 00:40:40,680
\ntheory.
\nThose who those people who are <\/p>\n

688
\n00:40:40,680 –> 00:40:43,680
\nprone to hallucinations tend to
\nhave certain characteristics. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:40:43,680 –> 00:40:46,440
\nThey tend to be high strung,
\nnervous, and have a <\/p>\n

690
\n00:40:46,440 –> 00:40:48,520
\npredisposition towards what they
\nwant to see. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:40:48,720 –> 00:40:51,080
\nNow you can certainly say that
\nmaybe about the disciples right <\/p>\n

692
\n00:40:51,080 –> 00:40:53,600
\nafter the death of Jesus, they
\nwould really like to have seen <\/p>\n

693
\n00:40:53,880 –> 00:40:57,800
\nthe risen Lord, but what about
\nall the 500 people at once? <\/p>\n

694
\n00:40:57,800 –> 00:41:02,240
\nYou see, hallucinations tend to
\nhappen in claustrophobic tight <\/p>\n

695
\n00:41:02,240 –> 00:41:07,280
\nspaces inside, in the dark, not
\nin broad daylight outside. <\/p>\n

696
\n00:41:08,800 –> 00:41:12,200
\nHow can you explain all 12
\ndisciples seeing the exact same <\/p>\n

697
\n00:41:12,200 –> 00:41:15,640
\nhallucination at the same time?
\nOr even more than that? <\/p>\n

698
\n00:41:15,720 –> 00:41:19,280
\n500 people at one time all
\nseeing the same thing at the <\/p>\n

699
\n00:41:19,280 –> 00:41:20,960
\nsame time, the same
\nhallucination? <\/p>\n

700
\n00:41:20,960 –> 00:41:23,840
\nThat’s not real.
\nAnd even if you’re willing to <\/p>\n

701
\n00:41:23,840 –> 00:41:26,720
\naccept that, how do you explain
\nthat all these people who <\/p>\n

702
\n00:41:26,720 –> 00:41:30,440
\ncontinue to hallucinate and see
\nJesus in various situations, all<\/p>\n

703
\n00:41:30,440 –> 00:41:34,160
\ntheir hallucinations stopped at
\nexactly the same time? <\/p>\n

704
\n00:41:35,480 –> 00:41:38,000
\nIf you don’t believe in God and
\nmiracles and Jesus being <\/p>\n

705
\n00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:40,440
\nanything other than a regular
\nhuman being, how do you explain <\/p>\n

706
\n00:41:40,440 –> 00:41:43,640
\nthat and you can’t?
\nI don’t think we can give any <\/p>\n

707
\n00:41:43,640 –> 00:41:45,520
\ncredence to the hallucination
\ntheory. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:41:46,160 –> 00:41:49,840
\nThere’s the wrong tomb theory
\nwhich says that when the women <\/p>\n

709
\n00:41:49,840 –> 00:41:54,640
\nfirst found the empty tomb, you
\nknow, they didn’t have GPS and <\/p>\n

710
\n00:41:54,640 –> 00:41:55,920
\nthey just were in the wrong
\nplace. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:41:55,920 –> 00:41:58,480
\nThey went to the wrong tomb,
\nwhich happened to be empty and <\/p>\n

712
\n00:41:58,640 –> 00:42:02,640
\nit was just a geographical error
\nand and they never went to the <\/p>\n

713
\n00:42:02,640 –> 00:42:06,000
\nreal place.
\nBut we know for sure that that <\/p>\n

714
\n00:42:06,000 –> 00:42:08,120
\nthere are a couple people who
\nknew exactly where the body of <\/p>\n

715
\n00:42:08,120 –> 00:42:11,720
\nJesus was.
\nOne was Joseph of Arimathea. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:42:11,720 –> 00:42:15,240
\nIt was his tomb.
\nSo don’t you think as soon as he<\/p>\n

717
\n00:42:15,240 –> 00:42:18,800
\nheard the news that Jesus was
\nrisen, he’d he’d say, oh run <\/p>\n

718
\n00:42:18,800 –> 00:42:21,640
\nback to his tomb and and the
\nstone would be rolled away. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:42:21,840 –> 00:42:24,480
\nIf it wasn’t, if it was still
\nthere, the stone was still <\/p>\n

720
\n00:42:24,480 –> 00:42:26,280
\nthere.
\nDon’t you think he would have <\/p>\n

721
\n00:42:26,280 –> 00:42:28,480
\nsaid no, You guys are just at
\nthe wrong tomb. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:42:29,840 –> 00:42:33,320
\nAnd more than that, the record
\ntells us that the women who who <\/p>\n

723
\n00:42:33,320 –> 00:42:37,480
\nfound the tomb empty before
\nanybody else, when Jesus was <\/p>\n

724
\n00:42:37,480 –> 00:42:42,000
\ntaken down from the cross and he
\nwas wrapped up and taken to his <\/p>\n

725
\n00:42:42,000 –> 00:42:45,720
\nburial place, to the tomb they
\nmarked the place where he was <\/p>\n

726
\n00:42:45,720 –> 00:42:48,720
\nlaid, That’s how they knew to
\ncome back to the right spot. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:42:49,800 –> 00:42:52,400
\nI don’t think we can give much
\ncredence to the wrong tomb <\/p>\n

728
\n00:42:52,400 –> 00:42:55,040
\ntheory either.
\nWhich brings us to the most <\/p>\n

729
\n00:42:55,040 –> 00:42:58,520
\ncredible theory of all to
\nexplain away why the tomb could <\/p>\n

730
\n00:42:58,520 –> 00:43:06,040
\nhave been empty, which is the
\nfraud theory, and this one <\/p>\n

731
\n00:43:06,040 –> 00:43:11,160
\nactually starts in the Bible.
\nFraud theory says the disciples <\/p>\n

732
\n00:43:11,160 –> 00:43:14,480
\nstole the body.
\nCome with me to Matthew chapter <\/p>\n

733
\n00:43:14,480 –> 00:43:22,680
\n28 and the Roman soldiers who
\nwere guarding the tomb. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:43:22,680 –> 00:43:24,160
\nI’m sure many of you are aware
\nof this. <\/p>\n

735
\n00:43:24,160 –> 00:43:30,160
\nThey had a problem because they
\nwoke up and the tomb was empty <\/p>\n

736
\n00:43:31,600 –> 00:43:36,680
\nand the penalty for failing
\nguard duty in the Roman army was<\/p>\n

737
\n00:43:36,680 –> 00:43:39,760
\ndeath.
\nIf it became known to their <\/p>\n

738
\n00:43:39,760 –> 00:43:44,000
\nleaders, to their centurions
\nthat that their prisoner who was<\/p>\n

739
\n00:43:44,000 –> 00:43:47,400
\ndead had escaped, they would be
\nput to death. <\/p>\n

740
\n00:43:48,280 –> 00:43:50,280
\nThey know that.
\nSo they don’t go to their <\/p>\n

741
\n00:43:50,280 –> 00:43:53,120
\nleaders, They go to the Jewish
\nleaders who had paid them to be <\/p>\n

742
\n00:43:53,120 –> 00:43:56,240
\nthere in the 1st place and they
\nsay help us out, help us out. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:43:56,240 –> 00:43:58,360
\nWe don’t know what to do here.
\nCan you please help us? <\/p>\n

744
\n00:44:01,800 –> 00:44:03,800
\nAnd this is what the leaders of
\nthe Jews say to them. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:44:03,800 –> 00:44:09,600
\nIn verse 13 of Matthew chapter
\n28, the Jewish leader said to <\/p>\n

746
\n00:44:09,600 –> 00:44:14,560
\nthese soldiers tell people his
\ndisciples came by night and <\/p>\n

747
\n00:44:14,560 –> 00:44:17,080
\nstole him away while we were
\nasleep. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:44:17,760 –> 00:44:20,960
\nAnd if this comes to the
\ngovernor’s ears, we will satisfy<\/p>\n

749
\n00:44:20,960 –> 00:44:26,760
\nhim and keep you out of trouble.
\nSo they say, look, this is a <\/p>\n

750
\n00:44:26,760 –> 00:44:29,600
\nproblem for us too.
\nSo here’s what we’ll do. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:44:30,200 –> 00:44:32,480
\nYou tell everybody that you fell
\nasleep on the job. <\/p>\n

752
\n00:44:32,920 –> 00:44:35,920
\nNow, we know normally you’d be
\nput to death for that, but we <\/p>\n

753
\n00:44:35,920 –> 00:44:38,800
\nbribed our leaders, so we’ll
\nmake sure, because they’re on <\/p>\n

754
\n00:44:38,800 –> 00:44:41,520
\nour payroll, that they won’t do
\nanything to you. <\/p>\n

755
\n00:44:41,840 –> 00:44:45,040
\nAnd you just tell this story for
\nus and everything will be fine. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:44:45,520 –> 00:44:47,320
\nAnd that’s the story that they
\ntell. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:44:47,680 –> 00:44:49,920
\nAnd we’ll see in a minute.
\nThat’s the story that the Jews <\/p>\n

758
\n00:44:49,920 –> 00:44:53,760
\nwould still be telling people
\nseveral 100 years later that the<\/p>\n

759
\n00:44:53,760 –> 00:44:57,240
\ndisciples stole the body.
\nYou know, the 1st and immediate <\/p>\n

760
\n00:44:57,240 –> 00:45:00,160
\nquestion that I would ask in
\nthis situation is if if <\/p>\n

761
\n00:45:00,160 –> 00:45:02,560
\nsomebody’s telling me that the
\ndisciples stole the body of <\/p>\n

762
\n00:45:02,640 –> 00:45:06,000
\nJesus and perpetrated a lie on
\nthe entire world to tell <\/p>\n

763
\n00:45:06,000 –> 00:45:09,080
\neverybody he has risen and
\nstarted a new religion based on <\/p>\n

764
\n00:45:09,080 –> 00:45:11,600
\nthis lie that Jesus was
\nresurrected from the dead. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:45:13,400 –> 00:45:18,240
\nI’d say if the soldiers never
\nactually fell asleep, they were <\/p>\n

766
\n00:45:18,240 –> 00:45:21,280
\nawake, then why didn’t they stop
\nthe disciples? <\/p>\n

767
\n00:45:22,320 –> 00:45:26,200
\nAnd if they had fallen asleep at
\nthe at their post, then how did <\/p>\n

768
\n00:45:26,200 –> 00:45:29,640
\nthey know it was the disciples?
\nYou see, there’s a conundrum <\/p>\n

769
\n00:45:29,640 –> 00:45:31,760
\nhere.
\nEither way, their story doesn’t <\/p>\n

770
\n00:45:31,760 –> 00:45:35,280
\nadd up logically, but I’m going
\nto give you some more evidence I<\/p>\n

771
\n00:45:35,280 –> 00:45:40,520
\nthink of of why we we can’t
\nreally trust in the fraud theory<\/p>\n

772
\n00:45:40,520 –> 00:45:44,200
\neither, why it doesn’t hold up
\nsome some additional evidence. <\/p>\n

773
\n00:45:44,880 –> 00:45:47,120
\nAnd the first one, the first
\npiece of evidence I’ll submit <\/p>\n

774
\n00:45:47,120 –> 00:45:53,120
\nfor you is is the life of the
\nhalf brother of Jesus, James, <\/p>\n

775
\n00:45:53,360 –> 00:45:57,000
\nknown by many at the time as
\nJames the Just. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:45:58,240 –> 00:46:01,480
\nHe would eventually be the de
\nfacto leader of the largest <\/p>\n

777
\n00:46:01,480 –> 00:46:04,000
\necclesia in the world, the
\nJerusalem Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:46:06,120 –> 00:46:12,440
\nBut while Jesus was alive and up
\nuntil he was crucified, James <\/p>\n

779
\n00:46:12,760 –> 00:46:15,040
\nwas not a believer.
\nHe was a skeptic. <\/p>\n

780
\n00:46:15,880 –> 00:46:18,400
\nYou remember that story when
\nJesus was was preaching to a <\/p>\n

781
\n00:46:18,400 –> 00:46:22,960
\ncrowd of people and his mother
\nand his brothers try to get to <\/p>\n

782
\n00:46:22,960 –> 00:46:24,920
\nhim.
\nThey want to give him a message.<\/p>\n

783
\n00:46:24,920 –> 00:46:27,720
\nAnd the message we presume they
\nwant to give to him is come down<\/p>\n

784
\n00:46:27,720 –> 00:46:30,480
\nfrom your soapbox and stop
\ntalking all this nonsense. <\/p>\n

785
\n00:46:31,520 –> 00:46:34,760
\nBut they can’t get to him
\nbecause the crowd is so tightly <\/p>\n

786
\n00:46:34,760 –> 00:46:36,000
\npacked.
\nSo they send a message up <\/p>\n

787
\n00:46:36,000 –> 00:46:38,400
\nthrough the crowd and the
\nmessage gets to Jesus and the <\/p>\n

788
\n00:46:38,400 –> 00:46:40,600
\nmessage is your mother and your
\nbrethren are outside and they <\/p>\n

789
\n00:46:40,600 –> 00:46:42,920
\nwant to speak to you.
\nDo you remember what Jesus said?<\/p>\n

790
\n00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:46,120
\nThe message that he said that
\nwent all the way back reached, <\/p>\n

791
\n00:46:46,240 –> 00:46:47,800
\nreached them on the outside of
\nthe crowd. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:46:48,200 –> 00:46:50,520
\nHe said Mark chapter 3, verse
\n35. <\/p>\n

793
\n00:46:50,840 –> 00:46:55,560
\nWhoever does the will of God is
\nmy brother and sister and <\/p>\n

794
\n00:46:55,560 –> 00:46:58,240
\nmother.
\nNow Can you imagine if you were <\/p>\n

795
\n00:46:58,240 –> 00:47:01,000
\nthe brother of Jesus and this is
\nthe message you got? <\/p>\n

796
\n00:47:03,560 –> 00:47:06,160
\nThey’re not my true family.
\nIf if they’re not doing the will<\/p>\n

797
\n00:47:06,160 –> 00:47:09,560
\nof God, how must that have made
\nhim feel? <\/p>\n

798
\n00:47:10,600 –> 00:47:14,400
\nAnd in Mark chapter 6 and verse
\nthree and four, the people said <\/p>\n

799
\n00:47:14,400 –> 00:47:16,840
\nthis about Jesus.
\nIs not this the Carpenter, the <\/p>\n

800
\n00:47:16,840 –> 00:47:20,440
\nson of Mary, the brother of
\nJames and Joseph, and of Judah <\/p>\n

801
\n00:47:20,440 –> 00:47:23,040
\nand Simon, and are not his
\nsisters here with us? <\/p>\n

802
\n00:47:23,600 –> 00:47:27,720
\nAnd they were offended at him.
\nBut Jesus said unto them, A <\/p>\n

803
\n00:47:27,720 –> 00:47:31,440
\nprophet is not without honor,
\nbut in his own country, and <\/p>\n

804
\n00:47:31,440 –> 00:47:35,520
\namong his own kin and in his own
\nhouse. <\/p>\n

805
\n00:47:36,040 –> 00:47:39,200
\nAnd Jesus could only say that
\nbecause his own family didn’t <\/p>\n

806
\n00:47:39,200 –> 00:47:41,400
\nbelieve that he was truly the
\nSon of God. <\/p>\n

807
\n00:47:42,600 –> 00:47:46,720
\nAnd if we doubt that at this
\npoint, then the nail in the <\/p>\n

808
\n00:47:46,720 –> 00:47:50,800
\ncoffin is John Chapter 7 verse 5
\nwhich says simply neither did <\/p>\n

809
\n00:47:50,800 –> 00:47:56,040
\nhis brethren believe in him.
\nJames did not believe that Jesus<\/p>\n

810
\n00:47:56,040 –> 00:47:59,680
\nwas who he said he was.
\nAll throughout Jesus ministry <\/p>\n

811
\n00:47:59,840 –> 00:48:05,000
\nJames did not believe.
\nAnd then Jesus dies and people <\/p>\n

812
\n00:48:05,000 –> 00:48:06,920
\nare saying he’s been resurrected
\nfrom the dead. <\/p>\n

813
\n00:48:07,800 –> 00:48:10,920
\nAnd Paul records this in First
\nCorinthians chapter 15 and those<\/p>\n

814
\n00:48:10,920 –> 00:48:13,240
\nfamous verses verses five to
\nseven. <\/p>\n

815
\n00:48:13,240 –> 00:48:17,080
\nHe says that Jesus was seen of
\nof Cephas who was Peter then of <\/p>\n

816
\n00:48:17,080 –> 00:48:22,000
\nthe 12 after that he was seen of
\nabove 500 brethren at once, of <\/p>\n

817
\n00:48:22,000 –> 00:48:25,040
\nwhom the greater part remain
\nunto this present, but some are <\/p>\n

818
\n00:48:25,040 –> 00:48:28,840
\nfalling asleep.
\nAnd after that he was seen of <\/p>\n

819
\n00:48:29,360 –> 00:48:32,600
\nJames and then of all the
\napostles. <\/p>\n

820
\n00:48:33,840 –> 00:48:37,120
\nNow I would ask you, what can
\nexplain the conversion of this <\/p>\n

821
\n00:48:37,120 –> 00:48:39,840
\nman who is a historical figure
\noutside the Bible. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:48:39,840 –> 00:48:45,200
\nJames the just, the half brother
\nof Jesus, a skeptic. <\/p>\n

823
\n00:48:45,280 –> 00:48:48,400
\nJesus has been crucified.
\nWhat could convince this man to <\/p>\n

824
\n00:48:48,400 –> 00:48:51,560
\nbelieve if Jesus wasn’t
\nresurrected from the dead? <\/p>\n

825
\n00:48:52,240 –> 00:48:55,280
\nBut Paul says that Jesus made a
\nspecial visit to James. <\/p>\n

826
\n00:48:55,280 –> 00:48:57,320
\nHe appeared unto him
\nspecifically. <\/p>\n

827
\n00:48:59,560 –> 00:49:02,640
\nI’d say there’s no good
\nexplanation other than that that<\/p>\n

828
\n00:49:02,640 –> 00:49:05,680
\nJesus really was raised from the
\ndead. <\/p>\n

829
\n00:49:06,520 –> 00:49:08,960
\nThe historian Josephus, who
\nlived just after the time of the<\/p>\n

830
\n00:49:08,960 –> 00:49:14,760
\napostles, wrote about James.
\nHe talks about the high priest <\/p>\n

831
\n00:49:14,760 –> 00:49:17,760
\nat the time and the fact that he
\nwas away at this time, And <\/p>\n

832
\n00:49:17,760 –> 00:49:19,040
\nthat’s the context of this
\nquote. <\/p>\n

833
\n00:49:19,320 –> 00:49:22,880
\nFestus was now dead and Albinus
\nwas but upon the road. <\/p>\n

834
\n00:49:22,880 –> 00:49:26,760
\nSo he that is the acting High
\npriest, the Nanus assembled the <\/p>\n

835
\n00:49:26,760 –> 00:49:30,840
\nSanhedrin of judges and brought
\nbefore them the brother of <\/p>\n

836
\n00:49:30,840 –> 00:49:34,440
\nJesus, who was called Christ,
\nwhose name was James, and some <\/p>\n

837
\n00:49:34,440 –> 00:49:37,400
\nof his companions.
\nAnd when he had formed an <\/p>\n

838
\n00:49:37,400 –> 00:49:40,840
\naccusation against them as
\nBreakers of the law, he <\/p>\n

839
\n00:49:40,840 –> 00:49:45,320
\ndelivered them to be stoned.
\nNow, of course, the Bible tells <\/p>\n

840
\n00:49:45,320 –> 00:49:47,720
\nus that James James was a
\nfaithful man. <\/p>\n

841
\n00:49:47,720 –> 00:49:51,360
\nOf course we have the The
\nEpistle of James within the the <\/p>\n

842
\n00:49:51,360 –> 00:49:54,440
\nNew Testament Canon.
\nHe was the leader of the <\/p>\n

843
\n00:49:54,440 –> 00:49:59,360
\nJerusalem Ecclesia, it would
\nseem an all but name, and <\/p>\n

844
\n00:49:59,360 –> 00:50:01,840
\nhistorians outside the Bible
\ntells us he was put to death. <\/p>\n

845
\n00:50:01,840 –> 00:50:05,240
\nThat historian Josephus over and
\nabove or Eusebius rather over <\/p>\n

846
\n00:50:05,240 –> 00:50:08,760
\nand above.
\nJosephus tells us that James was<\/p>\n

847
\n00:50:08,760 –> 00:50:15,040
\nkilled by the angry Jewish
\nleaders because he refused to <\/p>\n

848
\n00:50:15,040 –> 00:50:18,160
\nrefute what he had been saying
\nall along, That Jesus was the <\/p>\n

849
\n00:50:18,160 –> 00:50:20,880
\nSon of God and that he had been
\nraised from the dead and he <\/p>\n

850
\n00:50:20,880 –> 00:50:25,760
\nwould lose his life because he
\nrefused to renounce that Jesus, <\/p>\n

851
\n00:50:25,880 –> 00:50:28,240
\nJesus of Nazareth, that he was
\nthe son of God. <\/p>\n

852
\n00:50:28,840 –> 00:50:32,600
\nHe would die for it.
\nHow can we explain James the <\/p>\n

853
\n00:50:32,600 –> 00:50:38,520
\njust and his conversion if Jesus
\nwasn’t raised from the dead now?<\/p>\n

854
\n00:50:38,520 –> 00:50:44,520
\nAlso, the writers of the Gospels
\nagree that the first people who <\/p>\n

855
\n00:50:44,520 –> 00:50:49,120
\ndiscovered that the tomb of
\nJesus was empty were women. <\/p>\n

856
\n00:50:51,080 –> 00:50:55,320
\nNow, this might not seem like an
\nimportant detail to you, but you<\/p>\n

857
\n00:50:55,320 –> 00:50:57,160
\nhave to understand the culture
\nat the time. <\/p>\n

858
\n00:50:58,560 –> 00:51:02,760
\nBecause if this was, again, if
\nthis was a fictional story and <\/p>\n

859
\n00:51:02,760 –> 00:51:05,240
\nthe writers were making it up,
\nbut they wanted us to believe, <\/p>\n

860
\n00:51:05,760 –> 00:51:09,440
\nthe very last thing they would
\ndo is have this detail in the <\/p>\n

861
\n00:51:09,440 –> 00:51:12,360
\nstory.
\nWomen being the first people who<\/p>\n

862
\n00:51:12,360 –> 00:51:15,560
\ndiscovered the body.
\nBecause the Jewish mindset was <\/p>\n

863
\n00:51:15,560 –> 00:51:18,040
\npretty antiquated.
\nIt was pretty draconian. <\/p>\n

864
\n00:51:18,680 –> 00:51:20,880
\nThey didn’t have a lot of
\nrespect for the intelligence of <\/p>\n

865
\n00:51:20,880 –> 00:51:24,640
\nwomen.
\nThis is what it has to say about<\/p>\n

866
\n00:51:24,640 –> 00:51:27,440
\nthe right of a woman to testify
\nin a trial in the in the <\/p>\n

867
\n00:51:27,440 –> 00:51:31,120
\nJerusalem Talmud.
\nIt’s talking about in this case,<\/p>\n

868
\n00:51:31,320 –> 00:51:33,400
\nand I apologize.
\nThe translation in English isn’t<\/p>\n

869
\n00:51:33,400 –> 00:51:37,480
\ngreat, but it’s talking about
\nthe if a thief, a known thief <\/p>\n

870
\n00:51:37,480 –> 00:51:40,760
\nwas to test to try to testify as
\na witness in a trial, any <\/p>\n

871
\n00:51:40,760 –> 00:51:44,680
\nevidence which a woman gives is
\nnot valid to offer. <\/p>\n

872
\n00:51:44,760 –> 00:51:47,600
\nAlso, they that is a thief are
\nnot valid to offer. <\/p>\n

873
\n00:51:47,760 –> 00:51:50,120
\nThis is equivalent to saying
\nthat one who is rabbinically <\/p>\n

874
\n00:51:50,120 –> 00:51:53,640
\naccounted a robber is qualified
\nto give the same evidence as a <\/p>\n

875
\n00:51:53,640 –> 00:51:55,920
\nwoman, which is to say none at
\nall. <\/p>\n

876
\n00:51:56,400 –> 00:51:59,800
\nThieves were not allowed to be
\nwitnesses in trials, and neither<\/p>\n

877
\n00:51:59,800 –> 00:52:03,960
\nwere women.
\nIt was against Jewish law. <\/p>\n

878
\n00:52:05,160 –> 00:52:08,120
\nAnother place in the Talmud says
\nlet the law be burned rather <\/p>\n

879
\n00:52:08,120 –> 00:52:11,200
\nthan entrusted to a woman.
\nWomen were not to be educated, <\/p>\n

880
\n00:52:11,200 –> 00:52:14,400
\nthey were not to be trusted with
\nany kind of knowledge like this <\/p>\n

881
\n00:52:14,600 –> 00:52:17,920
\nin Jewish society at this time,
\nif we want to know why, let’s <\/p>\n

882
\n00:52:17,920 –> 00:52:21,200
\njust turn to Josephus and let
\nhim explain why he thinks that <\/p>\n

883
\n00:52:21,200 –> 00:52:23,840
\nshould be.
\nHe says, let not the testimony <\/p>\n

884
\n00:52:23,840 –> 00:52:26,680
\nof women be admitted on account
\nof the levity and boldness of <\/p>\n

885
\n00:52:26,680 –> 00:52:30,400
\ntheir sex, nor let servants be
\nadmitted to give testimony on <\/p>\n

886
\n00:52:30,400 –> 00:52:33,720
\naccount of the Igno ability of
\ntheir soul, since it is probable<\/p>\n

887
\n00:52:33,720 –> 00:52:36,480
\nthat they may not speak truth
\neither out of hope or gain or <\/p>\n

888
\n00:52:36,480 –> 00:52:39,280
\nfear of punishment.
\nSee, the general mindset at the <\/p>\n

889
\n00:52:39,280 –> 00:52:42,360
\ntime is that women are silly
\ncreatures not to be trusted. <\/p>\n

890
\n00:52:42,360 –> 00:52:43,880
\nThey’ll believe anything they
\nhear. <\/p>\n

891
\n00:52:44,400 –> 00:52:48,360
\nSo the very last thing that
\nsomebody writing a fictional <\/p>\n

892
\n00:52:48,360 –> 00:52:50,960
\naccount in the Gospels of the
\ndiscovery of the empty tomb <\/p>\n

893
\n00:52:51,240 –> 00:52:54,840
\nwould would say is that the very
\nfirst witnesses of the empty <\/p>\n

894
\n00:52:54,840 –> 00:52:59,600
\ntomb were women.
\nAnd yet that’s what happened. <\/p>\n

895
\n00:53:00,200 –> 00:53:06,200
\nSo that’s what they wrote.
\nAnd generations later, that same<\/p>\n

896
\n00:53:06,200 –> 00:53:09,440
\nstory that the Jews told the
\ncenturions to tell everybody <\/p>\n

897
\n00:53:09,440 –> 00:53:13,560
\nthat the disciples had stole the
\nbody is what the Jews were still<\/p>\n

898
\n00:53:13,560 –> 00:53:17,040
\nsaying.
\nHere’s Justin Martyr, one of the<\/p>\n

899
\n00:53:17,040 –> 00:53:19,720
\nearliest Christian apologist.
\nA Christian apologist is <\/p>\n

900
\n00:53:19,720 –> 00:53:24,880
\nsomebody who defends the
\nChristian faith and he says <\/p>\n

901
\n00:53:27,640 –> 00:53:30,800
\nsometime around 108 AD.
\nSo after the time of of the <\/p>\n

902
\n00:53:30,800 –> 00:53:34,160
\napostles, about a generation
\nlater, the resurrection of <\/p>\n

903
\n00:53:34,160 –> 00:53:38,920
\nChrist did not convert the Jews,
\nbut through the whole world they<\/p>\n

904
\n00:53:38,920 –> 00:53:42,440
\nhave sent men to accuse Christ.
\nAnd though all the men of your <\/p>\n

905
\n00:53:42,440 –> 00:53:45,720
\nnation knew the incidence in the
\nlife of Jonah, and though Christ<\/p>\n

906
\n00:53:45,720 –> 00:53:50,160
\nsaid amongst you that he would
\ngive the sign of Jonah, yet you <\/p>\n

907
\n00:53:50,160 –> 00:53:53,600
\nnot only have not repented after
\nyou learned that he rose from <\/p>\n

908
\n00:53:53,600 –> 00:53:56,080
\nthe dead.
\nBut, as I said before, you have <\/p>\n

909
\n00:53:56,080 –> 00:53:59,720
\nsent chosen and ordained men
\nthrough all the world to <\/p>\n

910
\n00:53:59,720 –> 00:54:03,240
\nproclaim that a godless and
\nlawless heresy had sprung from <\/p>\n

911
\n00:54:03,240 –> 00:54:07,720
\none Jesus, a Galilean deceiver
\nwhom we crucified. <\/p>\n

912
\n00:54:07,960 –> 00:54:11,080
\nBut his disciples stole him by
\nnight from the tomb where he was<\/p>\n

913
\n00:54:11,080 –> 00:54:14,760
\nlaid when unfastened from the
\ncross, and now deceive men by <\/p>\n

914
\n00:54:14,760 –> 00:54:18,640
\nasserting that he has risen from
\nthe dead and ascended to heaven.<\/p>\n

915
\n00:54:19,360 –> 00:54:22,840
\nAnd a generation later, this was
\nstill the only and the best <\/p>\n

916
\n00:54:22,840 –> 00:54:26,200
\nstory they had.
\nThey couldn’t dispute the fact <\/p>\n

917
\n00:54:26,200 –> 00:54:29,960
\nthat the tomb was empty, so they
\nhad to tell this story that the <\/p>\n

918
\n00:54:29,960 –> 00:54:34,240
\ndisciples stole the body.
\nAnd even a generation or two <\/p>\n

919
\n00:54:34,240 –> 00:54:37,880
\nafter him, another Christian,
\nTertullian, is saying this <\/p>\n

920
\n00:54:37,880 –> 00:54:40,880
\nsarcastically, speaking for
\nsarcastically from the tone of <\/p>\n

921
\n00:54:40,880 –> 00:54:44,640
\nvoice of a non believer at the
\ntime. <\/p>\n

922
\n00:54:45,200 –> 00:54:48,200
\nThis is he whom his disciples
\nsecretly stole away, that it <\/p>\n

923
\n00:54:48,200 –> 00:54:50,640
\nmight be said he had risen
\nagain, or the gardener <\/p>\n

924
\n00:54:50,640 –> 00:54:53,760
\nabstracted that his lettuces
\nmight come to no harm from the <\/p>\n

925
\n00:54:53,760 –> 00:54:59,640
\ncrowds of visitants.
\nThis was the message of the <\/p>\n

926
\n00:54:59,640 –> 00:55:02,320
\nJewish leaders who were not
\nChristians who despised <\/p>\n

927
\n00:55:02,320 –> 00:55:04,600
\nChristianity.
\nGenerations later, after the <\/p>\n

928
\n00:55:04,600 –> 00:55:08,760
\nfact, this was still the best
\nstory that they had to explain <\/p>\n

929
\n00:55:08,760 –> 00:55:12,880
\naway the resurrection that the
\ndisciples had stole the body, <\/p>\n

930
\n00:55:14,760 –> 00:55:18,320
\nand it’s all they had.
\nAnd as I’ve submitted to you, I <\/p>\n

931
\n00:55:18,320 –> 00:55:20,240
\ndon’t think that theory holds up
\neither. <\/p>\n

932
\n00:55:20,920 –> 00:55:23,800
\nAs much as anything is a
\nhistorical fact, is it? <\/p>\n

933
\n00:55:23,800 –> 00:55:28,280
\nIt is a historical fact that the
\ntomb of Jesus was empty and more<\/p>\n

934
\n00:55:28,280 –> 00:55:30,720
\nthan that, that he really was
\nraised from the dead. <\/p>\n

935
\n00:55:31,960 –> 00:55:35,400
\nAnd back in the 1930s, a man
\nnamed Albert Henry Ross set out <\/p>\n

936
\n00:55:35,400 –> 00:55:38,000
\nto write a book.
\nHe was a journalist with some <\/p>\n

937
\n00:55:38,000 –> 00:55:43,000
\ntraining in in as a as a lawyer
\nand he set out to write a book <\/p>\n

938
\n00:55:43,000 –> 00:55:46,400
\nthat he was going to use as a
\ncriticism of the New Testament. <\/p>\n

939
\n00:55:46,400 –> 00:55:49,560
\nThis was going to be a critical
\nin depth examination of of the <\/p>\n

940
\n00:55:49,560 –> 00:55:53,600
\nfour gospel accounts,
\nspecifically detailing the the <\/p>\n

941
\n00:55:53,600 –> 00:55:57,320
\ntrial and crucifixion story of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

942
\n00:55:57,800 –> 00:56:00,360
\nHe was a skeptic.
\nHe had been a Christian, gone to<\/p>\n

943
\n00:56:00,360 –> 00:56:03,320
\na Christian Church when he had
\ngrown up, but as an adult he’d <\/p>\n

944
\n00:56:03,320 –> 00:56:05,960
\nstopped going, didn’t believe it
\nanymore, but was very interested<\/p>\n

945
\n00:56:05,960 –> 00:56:08,640
\nin the stories.
\nHe set out to look at all the <\/p>\n

946
\n00:56:08,640 –> 00:56:12,280
\ndetails of Jewish law and the
\nculture at the time, and to look<\/p>\n

947
\n00:56:12,280 –> 00:56:15,320
\nin depth at the original
\nlanguages and the Gospels to see<\/p>\n

948
\n00:56:15,320 –> 00:56:16,760
\nif the details of the story
\nlined up. <\/p>\n

949
\n00:56:16,760 –> 00:56:20,720
\nBut his intent was to pick it
\napart piece by piece, and at the<\/p>\n

950
\n00:56:20,720 –> 00:56:23,160
\nend he wrote a book called Who
\nMoved the Stone? <\/p>\n

951
\n00:56:25,960 –> 00:56:30,240
\nAnd he changed his mind because
\nhis book was the opposite of <\/p>\n

952
\n00:56:30,240 –> 00:56:33,280
\nwhat he intended it to be.
\nIt’s today one of the most <\/p>\n

953
\n00:56:33,280 –> 00:56:35,360
\nfamous Christian apologetic
\nworks. <\/p>\n

954
\n00:56:35,880 –> 00:56:39,560
\nIt goes piece by piece through
\nthe trial and crucifixion of <\/p>\n

955
\n00:56:39,560 –> 00:56:43,080
\nJesus, examining every part in
\ncritical detail. <\/p>\n

956
\n00:56:43,560 –> 00:56:48,960
\nAnd the conclusion is, from
\neverything that I can tell, this<\/p>\n

957
\n00:56:48,960 –> 00:56:53,640
\nreally did happen.
\nHere’s a quote from towards the <\/p>\n

958
\n00:56:53,640 –> 00:56:59,760
\nend of the book.
\nThis is what he has to say, he <\/p>\n

959
\n00:56:59,760 –> 00:57:01,800
\nwrote under the pen name Frank
\nMorrison. <\/p>\n

960
\n00:57:03,400 –> 00:57:06,400
\nHe said if it could be shown
\nthat there was a single <\/p>\n

961
\n00:57:06,400 –> 00:57:10,160
\ndocument, if of admittedly early
\ndate, dealing with the <\/p>\n

962
\n00:57:10,160 –> 00:57:14,080
\ncrucifixion and burial of Jesus,
\nin which it was even remotely <\/p>\n

963
\n00:57:14,080 –> 00:57:16,840
\nhinted that such was the case,
\nthat is to say that the <\/p>\n

964
\n00:57:16,840 –> 00:57:18,880
\ndisciples had stole the body of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

965
\n00:57:19,600 –> 00:57:23,600
\nI for one, should attach to that
\nhint very considerable weight. <\/p>\n

966
\n00:57:25,400 –> 00:57:28,240
\nYet in all the varied literature
\nfrom that far off time, written <\/p>\n

967
\n00:57:28,240 –> 00:57:31,120
\nunder different skies by men of
\nvarying temperaments possessed <\/p>\n

968
\n00:57:31,120 –> 00:57:34,240
\nof obviously divergent theories
\nof the true course of those <\/p>\n

969
\n00:57:34,240 –> 00:57:38,440
\nmemorable events, there has come
\ndown to us no hint or suggestion<\/p>\n

970
\n00:57:38,600 –> 00:57:40,880
\nthat the facts about the grave
\nwere other than those <\/p>\n

971
\n00:57:40,880 –> 00:57:45,120
\nsubstantially recorded in the
\nGospel According to Mark. <\/p>\n

972
\n00:57:46,440 –> 00:57:50,080
\nHowever disconcerting the fact
\nmay be, the literary verdict is <\/p>\n

973
\n00:57:50,080 –> 00:57:53,120
\nunanimous and must at least be
\ngiven its due weight by the <\/p>\n

974
\n00:57:53,160 –> 00:57:57,040
\nimpartial mind.
\nNow we showed a quote from an <\/p>\n

975
\n00:57:57,040 –> 00:58:00,040
\natheist who changed his mind
\nlast night and he said all my <\/p>\n

976
\n00:58:00,040 –> 00:58:04,840
\nlife I followed the evidence
\nwherever it leads, and now I <\/p>\n

977
\n00:58:04,840 –> 00:58:09,080
\nfollowed it to believe in a God.
\nAnd here is a man who is a <\/p>\n

978
\n00:58:09,080 –> 00:58:14,600
\nskeptic who didn’t believe, but
\nhe followed the evidence and it <\/p>\n

979
\n00:58:14,600 –> 00:58:17,600
\nled him to believe.
\nWhen he looked at every detail <\/p>\n

980
\n00:58:17,600 –> 00:58:20,680
\nand compared the gospel accounts
\nto each other, he said this is a<\/p>\n

981
\n00:58:20,760 –> 00:58:25,280
\nhistorical fact that at a point
\nin history a man really was <\/p>\n

982
\n00:58:25,280 –> 00:58:28,600
\nraised from the dead.
\nAnd you have to ask the question<\/p>\n

983
\n00:58:28,600 –> 00:58:30,800
\ntoo.
\nIf again this was a made-up <\/p>\n

984
\n00:58:30,800 –> 00:58:37,240
\nstory, why would they have it in
\nJerusalem where Jesus was most <\/p>\n

985
\n00:58:37,240 –> 00:58:40,760
\nstrongly opposed?
\nWhy several weeks later we’ll <\/p>\n

986
\n00:58:40,760 –> 00:58:44,160
\nread about in Acts chapter 2,
\nWould Jerusalem be the place <\/p>\n

987
\n00:58:44,360 –> 00:58:47,160
\nwhere the apostles would go out
\nand and filled with the Holy <\/p>\n

988
\n00:58:47,160 –> 00:58:49,960
\nSpirit, preached that the the
\nLord was risen. <\/p>\n

989
\n00:58:51,640 –> 00:58:55,560
\nJerusalem was a place where
\nanybody between dinner and <\/p>\n

990
\n00:58:55,560 –> 00:58:58,240
\nbedtime could walk outside the
\ncity walls and look for <\/p>\n

991
\n00:58:58,240 –> 00:59:00,920
\nthemselves to see if the tomb
\nreally was empty. <\/p>\n

992
\n00:59:02,560 –> 00:59:05,680
\nIf this was all made-up, why not
\nspread this message starting <\/p>\n

993
\n00:59:05,680 –> 00:59:08,840
\nsomewhere else, like Galilee,
\nwhere Jesus had family where he <\/p>\n

994
\n00:59:08,840 –> 00:59:11,640
\nwhereas all his enemies weren’t,
\nbecause all his enemies were <\/p>\n

995
\n00:59:11,640 –> 00:59:16,760
\nright there in Jerusalem.
\nYet the Christian religion, now <\/p>\n

996
\n00:59:16,760 –> 00:59:20,560
\nspreading like wildfire, had its
\nheart in Jerusalem, the very <\/p>\n

997
\n00:59:20,560 –> 00:59:24,520
\nplace where anybody could have
\nwalked outside the gates just a <\/p>\n

998
\n00:59:24,520 –> 00:59:26,360
\nshort distance to visit the
\ntomb. <\/p>\n

999
\n00:59:28,480 –> 00:59:31,160
\nAnd as much as anything is a
\nhistorical fact. <\/p>\n

1000
\n00:59:32,160 –> 00:59:35,000
\nThe resurrection of Jesus is
\nhistorical fact. <\/p>\n

1001
\n00:59:35,000 –> 00:59:38,080
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1002
\n00:59:38,080 –> 00:59:40,200
\nsaid Paul, that we can and will
\nbe too. <\/p>\n

1003
\n00:59:41,880 –> 00:59:44,160
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1004
\n00:59:44,160 –> 00:59:45,760
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1005
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1006
\n00:59:49,760 –> 00:59:52,040
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1007
\n00:59:52,040 –> 00:59:55,240
\nextremely seriously?
\nIsn’t this a matter of life and <\/p>\n

1008
\n00:59:55,240 –> 00:59:57,480
\ndeath?
\nIsn’t this book more important <\/p>\n

1009
\n00:59:57,640 –> 01:00:16,560
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