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What were the first words they spoke to the women?
Matthew and Mark: “Be not affrighted” (Mark xvi, 6; Matt. xxviii, 5).
Luke: “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (xxiv, 5.)
John: “Woman, why weepest thou?” (xx, 13.)
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A skeptical, systematic critique argues that the Christ of the New Testament is a constructed myth rather than a reliably attested historical person. It assesses the silence of contemporary writers, the anonymous and late character of the gospels, and the contradictions within infancy narratives, ministry accounts, crucifixion, and resurrection reports. The author evaluates the moral portrait and teachings attributed to the figure and traces parallels with older pagan religions and divinities as possible sources of the myth. The conclusion asserts that supernatural claims lack sufficient historical support and that veneration rests on literary and theological fabrication rather than firm documentary evidence.
What were the first words they spoke to the women?
Matthew and Mark: “Be not affrighted” (Mark xvi, 6; Matt. xxviii, 5).
Luke: “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (xxiv, 5.)
John: “Woman, why weepest thou?” (xx, 13.)