The Cairo Debate — Page 58
John vouches for none of these fantastic things. . The omission of such siginificant incidents when they are called for, discredits the evidence. Besides there are conflicting statements in synoptic Gospels. . Mark confines himself to the loud cry of Jesus and to the tearing of the curtain of the temple from top to bottom. Luke's version is that the curtain was torn into two from between-not from top to bottom. Matthew is not content and adds that the earth shook and the rocks were split, the tombs were thrust open and saints who had been dead and buried became alive and went home. If. Matthew's rendering holds good then the others are guilty of suppressing important events of history. On the other hand, if the rest are true then Matthew's evidence is nothing but myth. . It was only a freak, a trick of thought devoid of any reality. The latter picture, according to. Chronicles, is true. Thus mutual conflict, untruth, and contradictions annul the evidence. " (9) Did Jesus give piercing cry prior to the curtain being torn, or vice-versa?. In Matthew and Mark Jesus cries out twice, in Luke only once. The former two record Jesus saying "E'lo-i, E'lo-i, la'ma sabach-tha'ni ?" on the cross. Luke does entirely leaves it out. on Jesus crying twice. not incorporate it. John. Thus two of them agree. Luke instead reports Jesus saying, "Father, into thy hands I commit my 58