Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The missing body/Empty tomb Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 07:14:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article irani@brahms.udel.edu (Jennifer Irani) writes: + And there is also the suggestion that the guards were standing near +the tomb. Obviously, these guards had there life on the line if the body was +to be found missing. So who is Mary referring to then when she says in Ever read Petronius' account of a Centurian guarding a crucified criminal and near by a young widow morning the loss of her husband? (Grave yards were great places for executions). The story goes along the lines of; guard 'consoles' widow; family of criminal steals body from cross; guard and widow hang dead husbands body in criminal's place to prevent the guard from being executed himself. This would point to the fact that not every guard guarded well. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu