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gop_jeff said:Good question.
First, Jesus was scourged. If you saw the Passion of the Christ, you'd get an idea of about how brutal the beating was.
THe Passion of the Christ is live footage? Wow.
So he had already lost a significant amount of blood before being crucified.
Second, he was, of course, crucified. That entailed being nailed to the cross, hanging by a nail in each wrist and supported by a third nail that went through the ankles. The Romans, who had long since perfected crucifixion, did this to prolong suffering. The crucifixee would hang and be unable to exhale. Eventually, enough CO2 would build up in his bloodstream that the pain would begin to numb. At this point, he could push up on his ankles enough to get a breath or two. Meanwhile, the person was bleeding out of the holes in his wrists and ankles - not to mention, in Jesus' case, his back. Jesus was on the cross for six hours, so he would have lost a whole lot of blood.
and yet, it normally took days to die on the cross.
Third, the Roman soldiers, who went to break everyone's legs (to prevent the ability to push up and continue breathing) saw that Jesus was already dead. He still stabbed Jesus in the heart, causing yet another gaping wound, through which flowed even more blood.
PErhaps he missed the heart. Perhaps the media of the day exagerrated his blood loss.
Fourth, the Bible states that Jesus was wrapped, head to toe, in roughly 75 pounds worth of burial cloth.
Perhaps the Bible is wrong. Seems a lot more logical that the Bible be wrong than something impossible happening.
So, for the swoon theory to be correct, Jesus would have had to:
a. Been healed of five major holes (wrists, ankles, heart) and numerous wounds over the course of about 36 hours, without medical attention.
b. Replaced all the blood he lost, without additional nourishment.
c. Remove the 75 pounds of burial cloth, which also covered his nose and mouth, preventing breathing.
d. Roll the large rock away from the mouth of the tomb, by himself.
e. Overcome a 16-man Roman guard, by himself.
Or f). the accounts in the BIble would have to be not accurate. Not a big leap in logic, considering how inconsistent the Gospels are.
It is much more plausible to me, reviewing the evidence, to conclude that God miraculously healed Jesus' body and raised Him from the dead.
It is much more plausible to me, reviewing the contradictions of the Gospels, and the fact that other historical writings from that time disagree, that Jesus survived His crucifixtion.
He was probably one of hundreds of people who were crucified during that time period because they were "blaspheming" the Lord. He was the one who lucked up and survived his Crucifixtion, so logically His followerers would think him the Messiah.