(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . postles attestto the solemnity of this deeper and more convincing truth. J. Sparrow Simpson in his work, ^The Resurrect-ion of Jesus in odern Thought* does not agree with the avowedposition of Professor Lake in the matter of the empty assertion is that in spite of all the diversity v^hich hasbeen indicated above, we must finally admit that the narra-tives yield a uniform and very impressive tradition that thegrave was empty on Easter morning. buch, he estimates,.« requirea by the cdntemporai^y idea of the ResurrectionIr. all Jewis t
(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . postles attestto the solemnity of this deeper and more convincing truth. J. Sparrow Simpson in his work, ^The Resurrect-ion of Jesus in odern Thought* does not agree with the avowedposition of Professor Lake in the matter of the empty assertion is that in spite of all the diversity v^hich hasbeen indicated above, we must finally admit that the narra-tives yield a uniform and very impressive tradition that thegrave was empty on Easter morning. buch, he estimates,.« requirea by the cdntemporai^y idea of the ResurrectionIr. all Jewis thought. The idea of a Resurrection is inseparfeable from the interpretation of Daniel 12:12, II Maccabees7:11, ..nd John 5:26. He concedes, however, that such a ijview waii not held by Saint Paul, who mciintained that flesaana blood cannot inherit tVie Kingdom of God, and that we sownot the body that shall be. In II Corinthians 3:17|| it is plainly held that the Risen Lord is a Spirit: Nowthe Lord is a Spirit. L=_^ In the light of these factpj. I^tmprsotr 1b driven to cDiitrri:^r=eTOfWFTRlrr^ ^sider t::e empty tomt valuable, that he knew nothing aboutit, or that the idea was foreign to his conception. This,too, is the opinion of Holtzman/;^ Life of Jesus, p. 499. The inference of thoce v/ho adhere to a subjectiveappearance of Jesus must be that Christs buried body wasdissolved if the evident nanifestation of the empty tomb iscorrect. ome advocates of this theory contend that thoseinterested in the Christ would not troop to the grave of theMaster because such an act would lead to ceremonial defile-ment. They add that the search for the grave would havebeen unnatural, that if faith had already been convincedby personal experience Lhey would not need the support ofsuch an investigation. V^endt, on the other hand, is socertain that the grave of Christ was discovered to be empty,that he considers the incident providentially permitted. IHe shrinks from contemplating the reverence v/
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