They took a spear and ran it through His ribs. A deadly act. He did not survive.
The Priests reminded Pilate that Jesus said he would return in 3 days, so Pilate gave them a guard. They rolled the stone in front of the tomb and sealed it with wax and imprinted the Roman seal.
A Roman guard:
The Roman guard was a sixteen-man unit that was governed by very strict rules. Each member was responsible for six square feet of space. The guard members could not sit down or lean against anything while they were on duty. If a guard member fell asleep, he was beaten and burned with his own clothes. But he was not the only one executed, the entire sixteen-man guard unit was executed if only one of the members fell asleep while on duty.
So, no sleeping through the removal of the boulder from the tomb and the removal of the body.
Africanus wasn't writing about the death of Christ, he was explaining why the darkness (which none deny happening) wasn't an eclipse while Jesus was on the cross, as Thallus deduced. And Africanus was correct.
The Priests reminded Pilate that Jesus said he would return in 3 days, so Pilate gave them a guard. They rolled the stone in front of the tomb and sealed it with wax and imprinted the Roman seal.
A Roman guard:
The Roman guard was a sixteen-man unit that was governed by very strict rules. Each member was responsible for six square feet of space. The guard members could not sit down or lean against anything while they were on duty. If a guard member fell asleep, he was beaten and burned with his own clothes. But he was not the only one executed, the entire sixteen-man guard unit was executed if only one of the members fell asleep while on duty.
So, no sleeping through the removal of the boulder from the tomb and the removal of the body.
Africanus wasn't writing about the death of Christ, he was explaining why the darkness (which none deny happening) wasn't an eclipse while Jesus was on the cross, as Thallus deduced. And Africanus was correct.
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