Comments on: How Was Jesus’ Tomb Sealed?

By: Larkin Brown

Larkin Brown — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:44:54 +0000

Matthew was a disciple and was actually in the room when they got word that Jesus has arisen from the dead. He wrote that an angel ‘rolled’ the door away. Luke was not a disciple and not there, but he followed Matthew’s account of the door being rolled away Since the tomb was originally built for Nicodemus the richest man in Jerusalem, he probably had a beautiful and heavily carved massive round stone rolled into the door way. The tomb was in a garden and his entire family was planned to be buried there.
Problem is, Helena had the site excavated c 325 A.D. and her son Alexander paid to have the Church of the Holy Sepulcher built over the tomb. The stone was then cut up into two large pieces and is on display in the church. So, we will never know the exact shape of the stone.
But what is really interesting is that the angel only bothered to roll back the stone so the women visiting the tomb could see that Jesus was gone. This means that Jesus exited the tomb earlier by simply walking through the stone door. Today this is referred as Molecular Tunneling. He then did this again when He entered and exited the room where the disciples were having dinner resurrection Sunday evening. This in turns lets us know that believers, when resurrected from the dead, or translated alive, will have this same capability.
Marvelous to consider!

By: David Mirsch

David Mirsch — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 18:39:33 +0000

There is one caveat to the conclusions drawn here by Kloner and von Wahlde: the etymology of the Greek word used for ‘roll’, kulio (Strong’s 2947), comes from kuma (Strong’s G2949), a wave or swell, to swell (as in pregnancy), i.e. bend ,curve. In other words, the idea behind kulio is not just ‘to roll’ but also to express a curve, like a disk. So it implies not only movement but shape as well. This would seem to refute their idea of a square blocking stone.

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:05:16 +0000

In reply to bat211. As the gospel said, the passover was approaching and they didn't want any body living on a cross, so people would see it. That's why they went to break the legs of the crucified people, but Jesus was already dead. Breaking the legs would kill the person crucified almost immediately because they would not be able to push their body up with the legs to air, and would soon expire. The Old Testament prophecy stated that his bones would not be broken.

By: John

John — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:49:44 +0000

What is point of all the way ifs and other pointless banter. If you believe and have faith in the Dirty of Jesus Christ, that should be all that matters, right? Just trust in the fact that Jesus was there in the beginning with God, as an written in John chapter 1:1-6, and know that He is always faithful to us, his adopted elect whom he died for, just like the passover in Egypt, years before, and know that we probably will never know everything we want or imagine we need, except to follow His 2 commandments, (10 in the OT, 5 to love God and 5 to love others). Love God with of our hearts, soul, strength and love others as we love ourselves. I write this with gratitude and love for you my brothers and sisters, and our family. May God bless you and guide your path on straight roads, free from hazard and stumbling blocks.

By: Phil Covington

Phil Covington — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:04:05 +0000

Controversy continues between Christ’s burial in the tomb at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher vs. the Garden Tomb !
The Garden Tomb has a channel in front of the entrance reportedly constructed by Crusaders to channel water for their horse stable, but it may have been there in the first-century period as a “channel” for a disk-type stone to roll in !
Does the Holy Sepulcher tomb have such a rolling-stone channel at it’s entrance….?
Equally interesting….the Gospel of John differs from the other three concerning Jesus’ burial clothes !!!
John says Jesus was wrapped in the traditional separate burial cloths….and not a shroud ?!
It could not have been BOTH, or there would be no “image” on the ‘Turin Shroud’…..IF it is indeed even authentic !!!

By: Artie Whitefox AKA Kobidobidog

Artie Whitefox AKA Kobidobidog — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:46:39 +0000

The tomb Jesus was in was sealed with a large boulder. The boulder was moved to allow people who have blood in them to walk into the tomb. Jesus was transformed back into the body that Jesus had before he was born, even as were are born, when Jesus was resurrected. Jesus moved through the stone.

By: DantheMan

DantheMan — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:48:44 +0000

Quote from article: “Since disk-shaped blocking stones were so rare and since Jesus’ tomb was built for an ordinary person—because it was actually the borrowed, but unused, tomb of Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:60)—it seems highly unlikely that it would have been outfitted with a disk-shaped blocking stone.”

I too was going to point to verse, Mt. 27:57. According to scripture Joseph of Arimathea was wealthy. These types of things are why I cancelled my subscription years ago. It seemed that oftentimes the slant of the articles were to prove the Bible lacking. Yet, it’s these same people that don’t take the time to look into the scripture carefullly.

By: Jan van Puffelen

Jan van Puffelen — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:46:36 +0000

What about the rolling stone on mount Nebo?

By: Douglas Baggett

Douglas Baggett — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:01:01 +0000

In the Tomb with Jesus
by MARK WARD

A tomb made of solid rock wasn’t strong enough to keep Jesus—and neither is your sin.

Somehow the centuries managed to hide this tomb at Akeldama until quite recently. But at one time the tombs here were impossible to hide; this was a burial place for elites, and elites build monuments to their names. The area you see pictured below was directly touched by people who directly touched the life of Jesus.

The tomb of Benei-Hezir on the Mount of Olives. A good example of spectacular monument tombs.

A Tomb in the Rock

It takes real human touch to carve a tomb. The countless swings of a chisel that hewed the Akeldama tomb out of solid limestone left marks which can still be seen today. And every cubit of that rock had to be hauled out of the tomb, too. This means labor, and labor means money. The elites, at least, put real money into their burials. Wealthy people such as Joseph of Arimathea—and whoever owned the Tomb of the Shroud—gave thought and attention (and cash) to their future burials.

By: Douglas Baggett

Douglas Baggett — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:55:00 +0000

617 ἀνακυλίω, ἀποκυλίω [apokulio /ap·ok·oo·lee·o/] v. From 575 and 2947; GK 375 and 653; Four occurrences; AV translates as “roll away” three times, and “roll back” once. 1 to roll off or away. Additional Information: This word is used in the Gospels to refer to the stone that was in front of the tomb of Jesus. In Palestine, graves were usually in a depression and the stone was rolled down an incline to cover the mouth of the tomb. For a small grave, about twenty men were required to roll a stone down hill to cover the door of the tomb. The Bible tells us that the stone covering the door of the tomb was a large stone. The women would have needed more men than even a full Roman guard of sixteen men to roll away the stone. This was a major task. Joseph of Aramethia was a “rich man” tomb was among the rich, not ordinary people. Irresponsible reporting on your part..Tombs has a track in which the stone could be rolled. The diameter fitted with the stone to roll

Strong, J. (1995). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Woodside Bible Fellowship.