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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lying in the grave, but not the body of Jesus. The same day Jesus met two of the disciples, talked to them, dined with them in the evening, met the remaining body of them about an hour later, and, finally, leading them out to Bethany, parted from them, and was carried up to heaven.
According to John, both Peter and the other disciple’ ran to see the sepulchre, and, although the other disciple' outran Peter, the result was that they both found the grave empty, except that it contained linen clothes and a napkin. John's anxiety to be believed practically makes it impossible for one to believe in his narration of the mysterious events which he records in connection with the resurrection of his Master.
Further, if it be true that some of the eleven entertained doubts about his resurrection, notwithstanding that they had seen and worshipped him, the conclusion seems to be that the longer and more detailed accounts of the appearance of Jesus among his disciples are, at all events, not intended to be read in their historical sense.
But, while rejecting the accounts of the gospelwriters, one finds oneself unable to reject the fact of resurrection altogether. While it is true that most of the disciples of Jesus have little, or nothing, to show in the shape of any new or special training, in spite of the fact that some of them record that their understandings were opened by the Saviour after he rose from the dead, still it is impossible, for that reason alone, to disbelieve in the power of Jesus to raise himself up.
Nor is it logical to hold that his non-appearance