Was Jesus Crucified? Part 5

The Shortening Time Frame and the Ending of Mark

The time frame keeps getting smaller and smaller. Stephanie pointed out in Mark 16, he actually said it ended in verse 13. It actually ends in verse 9. The long breaking of Mark is Mark 16, 9 through 20.

There's no resurrection narrative found there. I'd like to point out to you that that ignores the fact that, first of all, it assumes that Mark is the first gospel to be written. That's a theory that many people accept, but there are a lot of people who do not as well.

Why Mark May End Where It Does

But leaving that aside, why might Mark have stopped his gospel there? Because it was not meant to be a literary work unto itself. It exists within the church. And that means it was a part of the oral preaching.

And the prophecy was there in Mark. Jesus had already said in Mark that he was going to die, he was going to rise again. And when you finish at that point, then you have the people who are reading the book giving the testimony that they have experienced, because there are eyewitnesses amongst them, the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

There might be a very good reason why Mark doesn't go into what Matthew and Luke do at another point in time. It was said that the Christian perspective of the imputation of Christ Christ means there is no responsibility for us for our sins.

The Gospel, Sin, and Peace with God

Folks, the Christian gospel is we take full responsibility for our sins and recognize there's nothing we can do about them. For a holy God, we take... This is all about our... The only way we can have peace with him in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Peter Rebukes Him

Why would the disciples have been confused? Why would they have been so forlorn between the crucifixion and the resurrection if Jesus had told them? Well, when Jesus first tells them, what's Peter's response?

May it never be, Lord. Far be it from you. And what does Jesus have to say to Peter? Get behind me, Satan. You're minding the things... If you look at the New Testament as a spirit comes, standing in front of Sanhedrin...

Jesus Opens the Disciples’ Minds on the Road to Emmaus

Before, when Jesus meets those two disciples on the road to Emmaus, he has to open their minds to understand the things spoken about him, and he spends that time teaching them exactly what the Scriptures say about him.

The Witness of the Women and the Question of Testimony

It is said about women... It says they saw. It doesn't say they guessed. It doesn't say they didn't know. It's uncertain about their witness... That most Jews are going to stay away from the Romans while they're killing Jews.

That therefore their testimony is not awaiting and should not be accepted because both the gospels record that testimony. In allowing the same story, and I can give you examples, I would listen to his own lectures, where he mocked with the skulls...

Harmonizing the Gospel Accounts and the Quran

He would dismiss your attempts to harmonize the various versions and various stories in the Koran as well. These... He talked about the one called the Sezdeh. I can see that in the destruction...