Zombies In The Bible?
Zombies In The Bible?
No, this is not in reference to the adherents who literally know nothing about their Bible other than what the priest says. It is about actual Zombies. The ones you see on the Television during a horror film.
"brains!" - Zombie
Matthew 27:51-53 is a controversial verse. As it states that
zombies rose from the dead.
“At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” (Matthew 27:51-53)
Meyers New Testament Commentary:
Not an ordinary earthquake, but a supernatural phenomenon, as was that of the darkness in Matthew 27:45 To treat what is thus a matter of divine symbolism as though it were symbolical legend (Schleiermacher, Strauss, Scholten, Keim) is all the more unwarrantable that neither in Old Testament prophecy nor in the popular beliefs of the Jews do we find anything calculated to suggest the formation of any such legend. The influence of legend has operated rather in the way of transforming the rending of the veil into an incident of a more imposing and startling nature.
The Elliot's Commentary For English Readers states:
Many bodies of the saints which slept arose.—It is scarcely, perhaps, surprising that a narrative so exceptional in its marvellousness, and standing, as it does, without any collateral testimony in any other part of the New Testament, should have presented to many minds difficulties which have seemed almost insuperable. They have accordingly either viewed it as a mythical addition, or, where they shrank from that extreme conclusion. And this being excluded, we can hardly imagine the Evangelist as writing without having received his information from witnesses whom he thought trustworthy; and then the question rises, whether the narrative is of such a character as to be in itself incredible. On that point men, according to the point of view from which they look on the Gospel records, may naturally differ; but those who believe that when our Lord passed into Hades, the unseen world, it was to complete there what had been begun on earth,
Pulput Commentary:
The graves (the sepulchres) were opened. The earthquake tore away the stones that closed the mouths of many of the adjacent tombs. This and the following fact are mentioned only by St. Matthew. Many bodies of the saints which slept (τῶν κεκοιμημένων, who had fallen asleep) arose.
Although several commentators have dubbed this a fable as it is not mentioned in the three gospels, but we already know how these people come to conclusions. It seems less of a matter that it’s not original and more of “This is so ridiculous we have to discredit it before people think we’re insane.”
“At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” (Matthew 27:51-53)
Meyers New Testament Commentary:
Not an ordinary earthquake, but a supernatural phenomenon, as was that of the darkness in Matthew 27:45 To treat what is thus a matter of divine symbolism as though it were symbolical legend (Schleiermacher, Strauss, Scholten, Keim) is all the more unwarrantable that neither in Old Testament prophecy nor in the popular beliefs of the Jews do we find anything calculated to suggest the formation of any such legend. The influence of legend has operated rather in the way of transforming the rending of the veil into an incident of a more imposing and startling nature.
The Elliot's Commentary For English Readers states:
Many bodies of the saints which slept arose.—It is scarcely, perhaps, surprising that a narrative so exceptional in its marvellousness, and standing, as it does, without any collateral testimony in any other part of the New Testament, should have presented to many minds difficulties which have seemed almost insuperable. They have accordingly either viewed it as a mythical addition, or, where they shrank from that extreme conclusion. And this being excluded, we can hardly imagine the Evangelist as writing without having received his information from witnesses whom he thought trustworthy; and then the question rises, whether the narrative is of such a character as to be in itself incredible. On that point men, according to the point of view from which they look on the Gospel records, may naturally differ; but those who believe that when our Lord passed into Hades, the unseen world, it was to complete there what had been begun on earth,
Pulput Commentary:
The graves (the sepulchres) were opened. The earthquake tore away the stones that closed the mouths of many of the adjacent tombs. This and the following fact are mentioned only by St. Matthew. Many bodies of the saints which slept (τῶν κεκοιμημένων, who had fallen asleep) arose.
Although several commentators have dubbed this a fable as it is not mentioned in the three gospels, but we already know how these people come to conclusions. It seems less of a matter that it’s not original and more of “This is so ridiculous we have to discredit it before people think we’re insane.”
In Conclusion:
However;
whether the Christian Apologists like it or not it is still a part of their distorted and altered human-made Bible. One cannot just choose and pick whatever verses make them "feel good" or even say "God didn't say that.'
If Dragons roamed this earth then Zombies would
not cause a problem. Taking into conclusion if the earth greatly shook from its pillars and the
tombs broke open. Deceased people whose bones would have disintegrated were raised to
life and came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and appeared to many
people and direct eye-witnesses. It would be great if this catastrophic event had been documented... But it is not.
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