Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
to the crucifixion of Jesus. Matthew makes the Pharisees obtain the permission of Pilate to make the sepulchre secure, on the second day, fearing that the deceiver might rise up again ( Matthew, XXVII. 62-66). This does not read well with what John says in his gospel (chapter XII, verses 32, 33 and 34). It is hardly likely that Jesus would be so careless with his speech that what remained unintelligible to his friends and disciples would become plain to his enemies. Moreover, if the Jews had entertained any fears with regard to him, they would have shown more promptitude and earnestness while his body still lay on the cross, or, at the latest, that very night. No other gospelwriter corroborates Matthew on the point. The strongest reason against the story about securing the sepulchre lies in the fact that the Jews had absolutely no knowledge of the resurrection of Jesus, or there would have been some signs of activity, or repentance, on their part. It is unlikely that such an event would have passed by without causing a tremendous stir, the absence of which the fable of a bribe is too feeble to explain. The account, no doubt, suffers from the fault of aiming too high.
Matthew closes his gospel with some of the disciples of Jesus still doubting his resurrection, although they 'saw and worshipped him' (XXVIII. 17).
According to Luke, the resurrection and the vanishing took place the same day. Certain women went and saw the empty grave, and when they had carried the news to the disciples, Peter also ran to see what bad happened, and was astonished to find the linen clothes