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While archaeologists overwhelmingly support the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as the historical site of Jesus’s burial, the Garden Tomb continues to attract Protestant worshippers. This deep dive ...
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What Did the Tomb of Jesus Actually Look Like?
Popular depictions of Jesus' tomb often show a small, single-chamber burial site—but historical evidence suggests something very different. Scholars argue that first-century rock-cut tombs were ...
The womb of Mary, the cross and empty tomb are connected. They offer hope of eternal life. Jesus was, by the power of the Holy Spirit, immaculately conceived in Mary’s immaculate womb.
(Apparently, the egg symbolizes “the empty tomb” of Christ, which is … a metaphorical stretch, if you ask me). What they are is ancient symbols of fertility. One of the reasons Christianity ...
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the ...
The women then spoke with more angels inside the tomb, who directed them to go and tell the disciples (Mark 16:1-7, Luke 24:1-9, Matthew 28:1-7). When Peter and John learned about the empty tomb, they ...
We know their truth. But Easter Sunday? The empty tomb? This alleged fissure in finality? This is the point where the story and our world seem to part ways. In the biblical text, Jesus is said to ...
“When you go to Easter morning, you see at that empty tomb three life changers,” Hutchcraft says. “One is the proof. Some people think Easter is just a historical event, but it’s much more than that.” ...
Most liberal scholars invent the swoon theory because they will never accept any miracle – miracles aren’t sophisticated enough for them – but yet they can’t avoid the empty tomb. Their conclusions ...
kids! It’s just like the empty tomb on Easter!” I have not been invited to join the Easter egg hunt committee. It’s true that we’re generally not very big on emptiness. No child comes ...