Jesus tomb.........I am confused...Please explain to me either they really found jesus tomb or it just rumor?

Answer 1

Cameron is pandering to the public and his "discovery" will be proven to be just bad science:

- The statistical analysis is not rigorous

- The name "Jesus" was a popular name at that time, appearing in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries

- There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child

- The earliest followers of Jesus never called him, "Jesus, son of Joseph"

- It's unlikely Joseph, who had died earlier in Galilee, would have been buried in Jerusalem

- The Talipot tomb and ossuaries probably would have belonged to a rich family, which is not a historical match for Jesus

- Fourth-century church historian Eusebius makes quite clear the body of James, brother of Jesus, was buried alone near the temple mount.

- The two Mary ossuaries do not mention anyone from Migdal, but just Mary, a common name

- By all ancient accounts, the tomb of Jesus was empty, making it unlikely that any body was moved, allowed to decay for a year, then be put into an ossuary.

- If Jesus had remained in the tomb, first-century opponents of Christianity would most certainly have found His body and put it on public display.

- Amos Kloner, the first archaeologist to examine the site, said the conclusions cannot be supported by the evidence but it's a way to make money on television. He would have nothing to do with supporting the movie's assertions. "It's nonsense," he said.

- James, the half-brother of Jesus and author of the book of James, the early leader of the church in Jerusalem, was martyred for his faith. Why does James make no mention in his letter that Jesus was not bodily resurrected? When he was about to die why didn't he just recant his beliefs and say, 'Okay, okay! My brother didn't rise from the dead. Here's where we took him. Here's where his bones are. Here's our family tomb. We made the whole thing up?' People will generally not die for a lie when they know it's a lie. Why would James die perpetuating a lie when it would have been so easy to disprove? In fact why would any of the apostles go to their deaths for something they knew to be false?

As I have expected, there has been **no scientific or historical find** that has ever been shown to disprove the authenticity of the bible's history or theology.

Kind of disappointing to see that all it takes is a press conference and a slick TV show for some folks to form life-altering opinions versus taking the time to rationally examine all the issues and dig a little deeper. It is the Macdonald's generation: fast, superficial, and never satisfying.

Answer 2

Well I watched the documentary, and the whole thing had a lot of well, this could be Maria or Mary Jesus' mother because of the way her name is translated and that is rare and if it is then look this might be Jesus because it says son of Joseph and Hey we know Mary and Joseph. And look how the name is messy and barely scraped in, like it was a secret only to be shared by the family (how do they know a reason?) and if IT is then this MUST be Mary of Magedelean because she is called Mariamne and she is called that one place in the Book of Phillip ( a book the church does not recognize as biblical and refutes many of its teaching because it goes against the teachings in the rest of the NT and the bible does not refute itself, also Phillip even admits the book is not inspired by God, so that keeps it out and makes it open to debate for authenticity) and Mara which follows her name means Master because she must have been a huge proponent of the church movement (why is that? Where does it say that? Oh yeah, Phillip again) and in Hebrew mara often means bitter, that is how it is presented other places biblically. Then from there they found a Matthew (not the apostle he was not family so he would not be buried there) so they looked in the lineage of Jesus through Mary and sure enough 3 Matthews. More proof right? Why there were 3 in many generations, it was a common name, and this type of burial was only common for 100 years near 3 AD so why would someone from generations before be buried here in this way? They didn't talk about that.

Ok so lets look at the science. The bones were reburied in the 80s so all they have is residue from the inside of the ossuaries. They showed testing from Mariumne and Jesus and it showed they did not have the same mother. That is all it could show. They could have had the same father. They could have been cousins. They could have been from different generations. I mean they said the Matthew was a different generation, why could the others not have been as well?

Then they say Judah is the son of Mary M and Jesus, but they did not test Jesus to Maria to see if that he or Jose are her sons. They did not test to see if Jose and Jesus are related. They did not check to see if there were any close maternal relations between any but Mariumne and Jesus and made suppositions based on the names from there.

So did they find the tomb of Jesus? The bible says no. The bible says there is not a body to put in a tomb, and it says that in the end days there will be many false Christs. So for me it is enough. Only you can decide if it is enough for you.

Answer 3

They found a tomb in 1980 that has a very high probability of being the tomb of the historical Jesus. Recently Discovery aired a documentary on the subject. I saw the Doc, but i haven't yet gotten around to watching the post special debate... I am skeptical regarding this matter, however the show was pretty convincing. The evidence as it is portrayed on the documentary seems to add up. I'm waiting til after i watch the debate to make a decision on which way to lean, but i will not claim an absolute on either side.

Answer 4

What was found was a family's tomb dating back to the 1st Century AD, with (supposedly) the names Joseph, Mary, and Jesus inscribed on it. The ossuraries (bone boxes, ie coffins) do contain human remains, but those three names were fairly common in Judea in the first century.

I know several Marys, at least two Josephs, and even one Jesus today. No, they aren't the Biblical folks either.

Some Hollywood guy is trying to make a bizillion $$$$$ by making a "documentary" that will "shake up" Christianity. Good heavens, we all know that nobody in HOLLYWOOD would make a dishonest film just for MONEY, right?

Yawn.

Answer 5

They found A tomb, actually it was found in 1980. It had several names on it, one name on it was Jesus (actually the spelling was a little different as well). You have to remember that Jesus was a common name in those days.....such as the name John is common today. So yes, a tomb was found, and yes possibly even belonging to someone named Jesus. But NO the tomb does NOT belong to Jesus Christ the Lord. Because He does not have a tomb, He is risen from the dead. He had a bodily resurrection, therefore they can not/will not find his bones here.

Answer 6

James Cameron, the director, claims that he did. That doesn't mean he did. There are 9 other tombs in the area with the same names (they are all common names of the era they're from), and none of the people in the tomb are related by DNA.

Its going to be YEARS before anyone can give you any definate answers on whether its Jesus Christ's tomb or not. At the moment, the evidence leans toward "not".

Answer 7

Its rather arguable. From what I understand, they stumbled on a tomb with the names, Jesus, Mary, and Judah son of Jesus in it. ok i stumbled on some more suitable data on it. it type of feels there are some pros and cons: professional: The names contained in the tomb were Joseph, Mary, Jesus son of Joseph, and Jonah son of Jesus. Cons: those were quite common names on the time. professional: Its a six hundred-a million threat that those common names could take position to look interior an identical tomb, as an identical family members. Cons: it truly is understood uncertain Jesus's family members could manage to pay for a tomb

Answer 8

James Cameron, the creator of "Titanic" and The documentary about the Titanic, states that he and his team has evidence that Jesus tomb has been found. No scientist or anyone else has verified any of this, so it is pure speculation at the moment.

Answer 9

The people who made the special think that's what it is. There's no way to really prove it one way or the other. I'm skeptical. What are the chances that they found the tomb of THOSE specific people, when there have been millions of people who died in that area over the past 2000 years?

Answer 10

You'll have to wait for the documentary. Rumor has it that yes, his tomb was found. Actually it was found in the '80's. Who knows?