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is reliable only if the statements are intact and safe. How can we trust the Jews' version for Jesus. No sane person can take one foe's statement against another foe as an authentic statement of fact. If you have to accept the Jews' reports, then you should also accept the Jews' claim that it was in the night Jesus' disciples stole away his body (Mt 28: 13 - 15). The Jews' belief about Jesus' birth is also known to you. Are you willing to approve them?. Ch. Jesus' disciples were killed and slaughtered and met severe privations. Did they deceive people in announcing that the Messiah died on the cross and rose again ?. Ah-M. That the disciples were tortured for believing in Jesus is not a new thing. All early believers are tortured. The accounts would melt iron wills and make hearts go to pieces. There remains their acceptance of Jesus' crucifixion; this only shows how simple they were, as pointed out by the interpreter of Matthew. . Since they were not present at the crucifixion, they accepted the Jews' propaganda. shrewd, people like Paul put a new construction on Jesus' crucifixion. . But. Ch. If Jesus was in a coma, how did he manage to come out of the tomb since there was a boulder before it ?. Ah-M. He did not come out on his own but as indicated, Joseph Arimathe'a and Nicode'mus carried him and by the use of spices made him 78