The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
really died. It is most interesting that until the 1800s, no
one ever thought that Jesus hadn’t died. Everyone
believed He had.
I think it is significant that the people who put Him
to death were “in the business.” What was their trade?
Their business was taking people who were alive and
making them into people who were dead. That is what
they did for a living. They would go home at night and
say, “Well, I did three today, honey.” They were experts at
what they did.
But what the Swoon theory says is that Jesus didn’t
really die; He merely swooned and then, being placed in
the fresh coolness of the tomb, He revived. That does not
live up to the facts. Obviously, here is a man who had
been scourged, which often killed people in and of itself.
His hands and feet and His side had been pierced.
In the Philippines, some people have had themselves
crucified on Good Friday. They will sometimes
stay up there for three, four, or five minutes, and then,
not having been scourged, not having been up all night,
not having gone without food for hours, not having had
their side and pericardium pierced, they are taken down
and moved to a hospital, where they very nearly die.
Jesus, we are supposed to believe, having been
placed in the cool freshness of a tomb, revived. Actually,
if a person has gone into shock, should you put him in
a cool place? No way. That would kill him. Instead, you
cover him with blankets and try to keep his body temperature
up. So the cool freshness of the tomb may
sound nice on a hot day, but if you are in shock, that is
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