The Living, Resurrected Savior!
So, the Disciples Stole Christ´s Body? by preacher D.G. Miles McKee In a desperate attempt to explain away the resurrection, the soldiers who guarded the tomb were bribed to say that, while they were sleeping, the disciples came and stole the body ( see M ATTHEW 28:12-13 ). Yeah right! That won´t stand up in court! How did they know what had happened if they were sleeping? However, if the disciples did, in fact, steal the body, why would they willingly die awful deaths to affirm their absolute belief that Jesus was resurrected? Church tradition tells us how these so called body stealers and their friends died. Warning! The following is not pretty. 1. Matthew. Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound. 2. Mark. Died in Alexandria, Egypt after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead. 3. Luke. Although not of the original 12, was hanged in Greece as a result of his powerful preaching to the lost. 4. John. He ...