Comments on: Jesus Tomb Post-Game Report http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide ALERT: Dr. Köstenberger’s blogs are now becoming available in Spanish. We will continue to add new posts as soon as they can be translated. Click on “Espanol” above Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:31:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: james http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide/comment-page-1#comment-105165 james Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:42:54 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/?p=94#comment-105165 Only the Lord God knows the answer and all our attempts to recreate the events of that day are feeble and futile. Not to mention the fact that we are warned never to add or take away from His word. Indeed. Joyfully ~ James in Californis Only the Lord God knows the answer and all our attempts to recreate the events of that day are feeble and futile. Not to mention the fact that we are warned never to add or take away from His word. Indeed. Joyfully ~ James in Californis

]]> By: Frances Hixenbaugh http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7875 Frances Hixenbaugh Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:47:04 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/?p=94#comment-7875 The claim that the Apostle James was the natural brother of James is contrary to what I have in the dictionary portion of my Catholic Bible. It states that James the Less, son of Alpheus (or Cleophas and brother of Jude. His mother was Mary, perhaps sister of the Blesses Virgin, more likely a cousin, hence he was called brother of the lord. He is considered to have been the first Bishop of Jerusalem. If James was Jesus' brother, and Jesus was one of several children as some people claim of Mary and Joseph---to take one child out of a family and make him the son of God----talk about sibling rivalry???? It just doesn't make sense. Jesus had to be special---one of a kind. He was the only child of Mary and the son of God, and was the foster child of Joseph who protected him and his mother while Jesus was preparing for his ministry If we are to believe the Bible, Jesus was taken up into heaven, body and all. Even Mary and Martha found his tomb empty on the third day. If this tomb is indeed Jesus' (as I strong deny it is) then the entire Bible is false, because the tomb contradicts the Bible! And, the word brother is thrown around rather loosely. Genealogists have found that kings who were brother-in-laws or cousins frequently referred to each other in correspondences as "brothers". Unless you know a family's history, this appelative is highly confusing. The claim that the Apostle James was the natural brother of James is contrary to what I have in the dictionary portion of my Catholic Bible. It states that James the Less, son of Alpheus (or Cleophas and brother of Jude. His mother was Mary, perhaps sister of the Blesses Virgin, more likely a cousin, hence he was called brother of the lord. He is considered to have been the first Bishop of Jerusalem.

If James was Jesus’ brother, and Jesus was one of several children as some people claim of Mary and
Joseph—to take one child out of a family and make him the son of God—-talk about sibling
rivalry???? It just doesn’t make sense. Jesus had to be special—one of a kind. He was the only child of Mary and the son of God, and was the foster child of Joseph who protected him and his mother while Jesus was preparing for his ministry
If we are to believe the Bible, Jesus was taken
up into heaven, body and all. Even Mary and Martha found his tomb empty on the third day. If
this tomb is indeed Jesus’ (as I strong deny it is) then the entire Bible is false, because the
tomb contradicts the Bible!

And, the word brother is thrown around rather loosely. Genealogists have found that kings who were brother-in-laws or cousins frequently referred to each other in correspondences as “brothers”. Unless you know a family’s history,
this appelative is highly confusing.

]]> By: » “Jesus Tomb” Resources Karis Blog http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7801 » “Jesus Tomb” Resources Karis Blog Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:27:52 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/?p=94#comment-7801 [...] “Answers to Viewer’s Guide” [...] [...] “Answers to Viewer’s Guide” [...]

]]> By: Jesus’ Tomb Found? at PastorResources Blog - Beta http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7793 Jesus’ Tomb Found? at PastorResources Blog - Beta Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:23:51 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/?p=94#comment-7793 [...] Christian Responses: Richard Bauckham, Craig Blomberg, Jon Bloom (and here), Darrell Bock, Nathan Busenitz (and here), Scott Clark, Todd Friel, Mike Heiser, Andreas Köstenberger (and here and here), Scot McKnight, Albert Mohler, John Piper (MP3 interview), James White (and here, here, here, MP3 interview, here, here, and here), James Emery White, Tyler Williams, and Ben Witherington (and here, here, here, and here). [...] [...] Christian Responses: Richard Bauckham, Craig Blomberg, Jon Bloom (and here), Darrell Bock, Nathan Busenitz (and here), Scott Clark, Todd Friel, Mike Heiser, Andreas Köstenberger (and here and here), Scot McKnight, Albert Mohler, John Piper (MP3 interview), James White (and here, here, here, MP3 interview, here, here, and here), James Emery White, Tyler Williams, and Ben Witherington (and here, here, here, and here). [...]

]]> By: The Lost Tomb of Jesus in Retrospect at PastorResources Blog - Beta http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/answers-to-viewers-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7786 The Lost Tomb of Jesus in Retrospect at PastorResources Blog - Beta Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:40:43 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/?p=94#comment-7786 [...] Andreas Köstenberger does a good job picking it apart and showing the unaddressed problems and gaps in logic. [...] [...] Andreas Köstenberger does a good job picking it apart and showing the unaddressed problems and gaps in logic. [...]

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