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

THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
Him and weeping over her dying son. He says to
her, “Mother.”
According to this theory, she was confused—as were
Pilate, the Sanhedrin and the disciples. Everyone was
confused, including Jesus, because He then came to the
disciples after He rose from the dead.
I wonder who it is they think that appeared to the
disciples and said, “Behold my hands and feet?” Do they
believe that Judas arose from the dead? They have the
same kind of problem they tried to get rid of—someone
that God raised from the dead—which He didn’t do
with Mohammed.
Another fatal flaw to this theory is that it doesn’t
coincide at all with the character of Jesus. He was a man
of impeccable integrity, but according to this theory, He
would be a fraud, a deceiver. Furthermore, if this theory
were true, the tomb would still be occupied (but we
know it’s empty); Judas’ body would still be in the tomb,
and what about the guard? What happened to them?
When the early Christians declared Jesus risen from the
dead, they could have easily countered what they said
and just shown them the tomb with the Roman seal still
affixed. This theory doesn’t fit any of the known facts in
this case.
THE HALLUCINATION THEORY
Fifth, there is the hallucination theory—the theory
that all of the disciples simply had hallucinations when
they saw Him risen from the dead. Psychologists have
pointed out that hallucinations are idiosyncratic 129 —that
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