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Not all powerful jews were villanous pharsees however, one of the few who weren’t fooled by their corrupt interpretation of scripture and correctly identified Jesus as the suffering servant was Joseph of Arimathea. He used his position in the high leadership to sway the roman officials, such that they allowed him to bury Jesus on the day of his death, as per jewish law at the time. Then they buried Jesus i a new family tomb. Several days later, some women come to the tomb, only to discover Christ has risen, and are told this by an angelic being. They don’t just take his word for it though, they see the evidence for themselves, the body is gone. And the body is no longer there.
The fact that it’s low class women who first witness shows this is a historical event, women’s testimony was not held in high regard in those times. If they were to lie, they would have at the very least said men have discovered the empty tomb, men of high status like Roman citizens would have also been an immediately obvious lie to tell. But they went with what was, in those days, something that wouldn’t even be admissable in court. Of course we now know that this is true, and so it’s invaluable. But back then, saying this would only hurt your case. The only reason the gospels record this is because they are in fact preserving history.

But that’s not all!

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