What Some Skeptics Believe Regarding the Resurrection of Jesus - Part 2
Today we move on with two more of the theories skeptics embrace in regards to the resurrection of Jesus. The two we consider today are very much akin to one another.
Theory 3: The Jewish leadership stole the body
This is a plausible theory except for one tiny fact. If the Jewish leadership stole the body, then all they had to do when the Christians said that Jesus had risen from the dead was to bring out the dead body of Jesus...end of the story!!!! Besides, why would they steal the body? They wanted to keep Jesus in the grave at all costs. Remember the passage from Matthew's gospel, the Jewish leaders are the ones who asked for the guards to be posted outside the tomb.
Theory 4: The Roman soldiers stole the body
This makes no sense because the Roman soldiers didn't care about Jesus one way or the other. As far as they were concerned, Jesus was just another executed Jew. They had no reason to tamper with the body. The soldiers weren't about to willing set up a situation where there was a missing body. That would put their "neck in the noose."
