wellwisher
Well-Known Member
Proof of an ancient event, like resurrection, may be hard to do in a scientific way. Even DNA evidence would not tell us anything. We need to depend on the testimony of others from that time.
However, another way to approach this is to see if any human on record has even died and came back to life. This does happen, such as with people who drown and are resuscitated. It also happens when the heart stops and people are jump started. This is a type of resurrection from the dead, since they were technically dead and then become alive. These examples, require external help. Mother Mary and Mary Madeline tended to his body after he was cut down from the cross.
There are also some rare cases, where people were buried alive, because they were assumed to be dead before the age of modern medicine. They may have been in a coma. A few examples have been discovered where there were fingernail scratches inside a casket, assumed to be from a last ditch effort to escape. We can say resurrection is possible under the right conditions. Think science and not Hollywood,
In the case of Jesus, he was a carpenter by trade and was not married. He had a good paying job, with no dependents. This is why he may have frequented the taverns; single man with money. He was called a drunkard and glutton, by the Pharisees, since he was hard working, with cash to spend and he liked to eat and drink, well.
I would infer he was in excellent physical shape, due to his physical job, without much in the way of nutritional health problems. Many were jealous he could eat so well for his time. But this was his pay check and he enjoyed sharing with it with his buddies, buying rounds.
A young man in his prime, at about 30 years old, with good access to food and beverage, and a physical type job, would be a good physical specimen in his day. He had a foundation for the endurance, needed to survive the torture. It may have ended in a coma, but it is not impossible, he made a come back.
Jesus even said; to paraphrase, he ate and drink like at a wedding feast, but soon this would change into hardship. This sounds like an athlete training for a big prize fight, that would test his endurance to the limits. He does get knocked out in the last round, but he gets back up. After the resurrection, Jesus only remains for a short time, and is gone for good. He may have died the second time from complications or infections, from his wounds which he showed others.
However, another way to approach this is to see if any human on record has even died and came back to life. This does happen, such as with people who drown and are resuscitated. It also happens when the heart stops and people are jump started. This is a type of resurrection from the dead, since they were technically dead and then become alive. These examples, require external help. Mother Mary and Mary Madeline tended to his body after he was cut down from the cross.
There are also some rare cases, where people were buried alive, because they were assumed to be dead before the age of modern medicine. They may have been in a coma. A few examples have been discovered where there were fingernail scratches inside a casket, assumed to be from a last ditch effort to escape. We can say resurrection is possible under the right conditions. Think science and not Hollywood,
In the case of Jesus, he was a carpenter by trade and was not married. He had a good paying job, with no dependents. This is why he may have frequented the taverns; single man with money. He was called a drunkard and glutton, by the Pharisees, since he was hard working, with cash to spend and he liked to eat and drink, well.
I would infer he was in excellent physical shape, due to his physical job, without much in the way of nutritional health problems. Many were jealous he could eat so well for his time. But this was his pay check and he enjoyed sharing with it with his buddies, buying rounds.
A young man in his prime, at about 30 years old, with good access to food and beverage, and a physical type job, would be a good physical specimen in his day. He had a foundation for the endurance, needed to survive the torture. It may have ended in a coma, but it is not impossible, he made a come back.
Jesus even said; to paraphrase, he ate and drink like at a wedding feast, but soon this would change into hardship. This sounds like an athlete training for a big prize fight, that would test his endurance to the limits. He does get knocked out in the last round, but he gets back up. After the resurrection, Jesus only remains for a short time, and is gone for good. He may have died the second time from complications or infections, from his wounds which he showed others.