His name is NOT even mentioned in the first three Gospels in ANY context. The Gospel writers of Matthew, Mark and Luke are totally ignorant of this devoted and self-sacrificing disciple of Jesus. This man NICODEMUS, somehow, has been deliberately blotted out by the synoptists. She was about the only woman beside Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus who had given the final (?) rites to the body of Jesus. You see, she had seen signs of life in that limp body when it was taken down from the cross. You will recognise this fact for yourself on analysing her reactions towards Jesus when she eventually saw through his disguise.
Q5: DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT MARY MAGDALENE WANTS TO MASSAGE A ROTTING DEAD BODY AFTER THREE DAYS?Īns: It makes no sense, unless we confess that she was looking for a L-I If we massage such a rotting body, it will fall to pieces. In three days the corpse starts rotting from within. It is common knowledge that within three hours after death, rigor mortis sets in – the breaking up of the body cells – the hardening of the body. Q2: DO JEWS MASSAGE DEAD BODIES AFTER THREE DAYS?Īns: “No!” Q3: DO MUSLIMS MASSAGE DEAD BODIES AFTER THREE DAYS?Īns: “No!” Q4: DO CHRISTIANS MASSAGE DEAD BODIES AFTER THREE DAYS? From this root word “masaha” we get the Arabic word “MASEEH” and the Hebrew “MESSIAH” both meaning the same thing – “the anointed one” which is translated into Greek as “Christos” from which we derive the word Christ. The word and its meaning are the same in the Arabic language also. The Hebrew word for anoint is “masaha”, which means – ‘to rub’, ‘to massage’, ‘to anoint’. The first question that bedevils the mind is:- Q1: WHY DID SHE GO TO THE TOMB?Īns: The Gospel writers say that she went to “anoint” him. It was Sunday morning, according to the Bible, the first day of the week, when Mary Magdalene went to the tomb of Jesus (John 20:1). Let us begin at the beginning of this problem.
As you read on, dear reader, I trust that you as well as Mr Morison will have a satisfactory answer to this problem. AfterĬonfessing that this Joseph “might himself have removed it for private reasons to another place, is one which seems to carry considerable weight” (italics mine), he hurriedly disposes this hypothesis on the flimsiest ground. “THAT JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA SECRETLY REMOVED THE BODY TO A MORE SUITABLE RESTING PLACE“. On page 89 of his book, he writes, “We are left, therefore, with the problem of the vacant tomb unsolved” and proceeds to advance SIX hypotheses, very nearly knocking the proverbial nail on the head with his FIRST supposition, i.e. Through all his 192 pages of conjectures he failed to answer, “WHO MOVED THE STONE?” (Faber and Faber, London). Between 19 his book has gone through ELEVEN editions. Frank Morison, a prominent Bible scholar, tried to nail down this ghost(s) in a book bearing the same title as this tract. “WHO MOVED THE STONE?” or “who ROLLED away the stone?” (Mark 16:3) is a Question, which has worried theologians for the past two thousand years. WHO MOVED THE STONE – Book Sample WHO MOVED THE STONE?
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