{"id":25657,"date":"2025-04-21T05:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25657"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:27:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:27:38","slug":"scientists-claim-jesus-may-have-not-died-on-cross-and-stone-covering-his-tomb-moved-on-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=25657","title":{"rendered":"Scientists claim Jesus may have not died on cross and stone covering his tomb moved on its own"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Easter is a time where Christians all over the globe come together to remember the crucifixion of Jesus.<\/p>\n

A tale as old as time (or 2,000 years), depicts the son of God being slain on a cross before being\u00a0buried in a crypt<\/a>, which was sealed with a giant stone.<\/p>\n

However, three days later, it is said that he rose from the dead when the stone rolled away from its entrance and the grave was left empty.<\/p>\n

But how could this have been possible if no human could have rolled it away?<\/p>\n

To this, some think that there had to be a supernatural element.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0scientists<\/a>, they are still debating whether or not he even died on a cross at all.<\/p>\n

This is what\u2019s known as the Swoon Theory.<\/p>\n

The swoon theory<\/h2>\n

This theory brings forth the idea that Jesus didn\u2019t die on the cross, and he instead fainted.<\/p>\n

Then, when he was taken down and placed in the tomb, he came to and something happened to unstick the giant stone from its entrance.<\/p>\n

Considering the stone was apparently very big, it would take heavy machinery to move that.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s where the earthquake theory kicks in too.<\/p>\n

What is the earthquake theory?<\/h2>\n

In the gospel, Mary Magdalene supposedly\u00a0visited the tomb where Jesus’ body had been buried<\/a>\u00a0and found the stone had been removed.<\/p>\n

Now, while people might get defensive that an earthquake could have moved the stone, some gospel accounts actually might prove this to be true.<\/p>\n

According to the Gospel of Matthew, two large earthquakes shook the ground around the time of Jesus’ death and his subsequent resurrection.<\/p>\n

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Scientists think something happened to cause the tomb to open (Surasak Suwanmake \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Professor Lawrence Mykytiuk, from Purdue University, is an expert on the Hebrew Bible who\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0MailOnline: \u201cYou are correct in supposing that an earthquake could indeed break tombs open.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Matthew chapter 27:50, when Jesus died, \u2018the earth shook, the rocks split, and the tombs broke open.’<\/p>\n

The professor said: \u201cOn Good Friday afternoon two millennia ago, there was a first earthquake when Jesus died, but his body was still nailed to the cross, so that first quake could not have affected his tomb.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there was indeed a second earthquake, a violent one, this time at dawn on Easter Sunday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s plausible that the second quake opened the tomb.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, scientific evidence supports the claim.<\/p>\n

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There is a debate about whether Jesus died on the cross (Philippe Lissac \/ Getty)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Geologists from the German Research Center for Geophysics studied samples of cores of soil from around the Dead Sea to match up the event.<\/p>\n

According to the samples, a large earthquake in 31 BC and a smaller quake between 26 and 36 AD, took place.<\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019s crucifixion is said to have happened in\u00a033 AD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The researchers thus concluded that ‘the earthquake described in the Gospel of Matthew occurred more or less as reported.’<\/p>\n

However, other theories believe that the disciples stole Jesus’ body to fake the resurrection, even though in the Gospel of Matthew claims that the city priests had started a rumour that the body had been stolen, and Jesus had not resurrected.<\/p>\n

But how could he have been stolen?<\/p>\n

The bible references a group of Roman soldiers stood guard outside of the tomb to ensure that nobody interfered with the body.<\/p>\n

Professor Mykytiuk said: \u201cEven if the disciples had remembered and believed Jesus\u2019s prediction that he would rise on the third day – which they certainly did not believe – they would have had to take on the Roman soldiers in order to steal the body. Good luck with that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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