We don’t know if he (Jesus) was (Buried).
we have 3 lines of evidence that suggests that Jesus was burried
1 We have atleast 2 early and independent sources that confirm the burial (Paul and Mark)
2 He was buried by Joseph of Arimathea, As a member of the Jewish court that condemned Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea is unlikely to be a Christian invention. There was strong resentment against the Jewish leadership for their role in the condemnation of Jesus It is therefore highly improbable that Christians would invent a member of the court that condemned Jesus who honors Jesus
3 No other competing burial story exists. If the burial by Joseph were fictitious, then we would expect to find either some historical trace of what actually happened to Jesus’ corpse or at least some competing legends. But all our sources are unanimous on Jesus’ honorable interment by Joseph.
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The Resurrection of Jesus | Reasonable Faith)
why isent this evidence sufficient for you? what else do you need to conclude that probably* jesus was burried, ?
It is unlikely that one who died a criminal’s death would have been buried in a tomb.
Jesus was not a criminal from the point of view of the romans, “invenmting” new religion was not a crime, reinterpreting the Jewish scripture was not a crime, Romans didn’t care about that stuff.
We know that at least some crucified Jews were buried (we have found their bodies) and Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy and influential man Pilate would have made an exception if someone like Joseph asks for the body. (Pilate didn’t have anything personal against Jesus, he would have not care if someone wanted give Jesus a proper burial)
We have no reliable accounts of first hand witnesses to verify this let alone independent corroboration.
Atheist scholar Even Gert L¸demann says
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, “It may be taken as historically certain that Peter and the disciples had experiences after Jesus’ death in which Jesus appeared to them as the risen Christ.”
why would you say that he is wrong?
The main source for this is Paul, he was a witness, (he saw something that he interpreted as the risen jesus) he also knew James Peter and some of the other apostoles, so he would have know if they also “saw something”
Then we have the gosples which are independent sources and confirm what Paul said.
What else do you what? this is the best kind of evidence that you will ever get from claims about ancient history,
As above, I accept some of the facts, but none would lead to a conclusion Jesus was physically resurrected.
Peace
Assuming that all 5 facts are true, what alternative expalanation would you suggest? And why is that better than the resurrection hypothesis?