![]() In spite of these contemporary doubts and denials, other scholars have pointed out the numerous indications of historicity in the Matthew 27:51-54 text itself, such as: (1) It occurs in a book that presents itself as historical (cf. On the contrary, in terms of the broad spectrum of orthodox scholars down through the centuries, there are relatively “few” contemporary scholars who deny its authenticity, and they are overshadowed by the “many” (vast majority of) historic orthodox scholars who held to the historicity of this Matthew 27 resurrection of the saints. ![]() Although he claims to believe it, Craig concluded that there are “probably only a few conservative scholars who would treat the story as historical” (from Craig’s comments in Paul Copan, Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Baker, 1998). Robert Miller, that Matthew added this story to Mark’s account and did not take it literally. Craig, siding with a Jesus Seminar fellow Dr. 2 Blomberg also said, “All kinds of historical questions remain unanswered about both events ” ( Matthew, electronic ed., 2001 Logos Library System the New American Commentary. Licona cites some contemporary evangelical scholars in favor of his view, such as, Craig Blomberg who doubted historical authenticity of the miracle of the coin and the fish story in Matthew (Matt. Licona also believes that other New Testament texts may be legends, such as, the mob falling backward at Jesus claim “I am he” in John 18:4-6 (See RJ, 306, note 114) and the presence of angels at the tomb recorded in all four Gospels (Mt. He claims that Matthew is using a Greco-Roman literary genre which is a “flexible genre” in which “it is often difficult to determine where history ends and legend begins” (RJ, 34). 1 He called it “poetical,” a “legend,” an “embellishment,” and literary “special effects” (see 306, 548, 552, and 553). In his book on The Resurrection of Jesus (RJ), Mike Licona speaks of the resurrection of the saints narrative in Matthew 27:51-54 as “ a weird residual fragment” (RJ, 527) and a “strange report” (RJ, 530, 548, 556, emphasis added in these citations). ![]() When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God’” (Mt. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. Matthew wrote: “And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The Early Fathers and the Resurrection of the Saints in Matthew 27:51-54Ĭopyright © 2014 Dr. ![]()
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