How the Obscenity of the Crucifixion Supports the Truth of the Resurrection
Some argue that Jesus’s body rotted in a common grave. Ancient perceptions of crucifixion and Roman legal practices suggest otherwise.
With few exceptions, even the most skeptical scholars admit that Jesus was crucified — and with good reason. Not only the authors of the New Testament but also later Christian writers, the Roman historian Tacitus, and possibly the Jewish historian Josephus mentioned the crucifixion of Jesus. It’s highly unlike…
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