2006-10-15 15:29:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
He wasn't there to see the empty tomb, but he does testify to the resurrection.
1 Corinthians 15:1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
2006-10-15 15:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dating of the exact epistles are only guesses no one knows.
Actually most beleive Pauls was done much latter.
But he does state that Jesus was raised from the dead in Rom 8.
Against Paul in is letters is giving varous churches advice on thier practice and faith. The actual "Gospel of Christ" is already known to them, What we have is a few of the 100's of letters that he would have wrote and sent out,a nd not what he told them on his peronal visitis.
The Gospel of Christ was well established by word of month and was taught by most of the Christian groups.
A few sects in the middle east area around what would be Iraq today had some false christian teachings
2006-10-15 15:39:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be very, very careful here. Paul is clearly given to the idea of a corporeal ressurection, and does not mince words: In 1 Corinthians 15 he goes head to head with the very challenge you are trying to issue here, the "well maybe it was a metaphorical ressurection, or a spiritual ressurection, or a..."
He adamantly does not go that route. In 1 Cor 15 he describes the physical appearances of Jesus that he knows about (including one he was witness to), then goes on to say Christian faith is futile if there was no ressurection. But then he adds there WAS a ressurection!
Yes - he didn't use the word "tomb" (or for that matter the words aerosol, canned meat, tuna, or supercalafragalisticexpialadocius.) But his meaning is unequivocal. And it is ignored at our peril.
2006-10-15 15:45:45 · answer #3 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about an empty tomb, but he does mention that Christ was raised from the dead,which is pretty much the same thing.
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the father, we too may live a new life.
2006-10-15 15:41:23 · answer #4 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wasn't there to witness it.
In his letters, Paul admits that at one time he openly made trouble for the followers of Jesus, the “church,” because he believed they were questioning the authority of God’s Law and living instead by Jesus’ new teachings.
But when God showed Paul who Jesus really was (Gal 1:15,16), Paul began to preach and teach the good news about Jesus.
Several themes are found throughout the letters of Paul. For example, Paul taught that God sent “Christ to be our sacrifice” and to set us “free from our sins” (Rom 3:24-26).
He also said that no one could please God or become acceptable to God by obeying the Law (Gal 3:11; Rom 3:23), but rather, “God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ“ (Gal 2:16). Those who put their trust in Jesus benefit not only from the sacrifice Christ made but also share in the new life he received when he was raised from death (Rom 6:5-11).
Paul told Christians to live according to God’s Spirit, who gives gifts for serving others (Rom 12:6-21; 1 Cor 12–13; Gal 5:16-25).
He looked forward to Christ’s return (Phil 3:20; 4:5; 1 Thes 4:13-18), and so he encouraged Jesus’ followers to live as if Jesus might return any day (1 Thes 5:1-8; 1 Cor 7:29-39).
2006-10-15 15:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that his letters predate the gospel of John, but what makes u think the other Gospels are written afterward. Paul only defined and expanded what was written in the Gospels and never contradicted them.
2006-10-15 15:50:49 · answer #6 · answered by jaguarboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mythology was added later. Notice the part in the bible where after the claimed resurrection Jesus asks for some "meat to eat"? This was added to counter Paul’s teaching of a spiritual resurrection (while still alive; spiritual awakening). That is why Paul experienced christ as “light”. The earliest Christians did not believe in a physical resurrection, it was added later and it’s “another gospel”.
2006-10-15 15:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
First of all he didnt have to mention it. Paul states how he "met" the risen Christ on the road to Damascus.
He clearly asks who is speaking to him, and Jesus answered with who he is.
No need to mention an empty tomb when you have just spoken with the one who was supposed to be inside it.
2006-10-15 15:32:09 · answer #8 · answered by cindy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you read in Acts 9, is when Paul was first born again into his new life of service of our Lord, when this all occured Jesus was already in heaven.
2006-10-15 15:37:07 · answer #9 · answered by papaofgirlmegan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nor did he mention the sun rising or the sky being blue, why talk about what everyone at the time knew
2006-10-15 15:31:45 · answer #10 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋