Have they found the Bones of Jesus

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Have they found the Bones of Jesus?
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Talpiot Tomb - Wikipedia

• Talpiot is divided into several sub-neighborhoods
  today. North Talpiothas become a more exclusive
  area, with panoramic views of Jerusalem's Old
  City
• The Talpiot Tomb is a tomb discovered in the
  Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel, in
  1980. The tomb contained ten ossuaries upon
  discovery, one of which has since disappeared.
• A documentary film produced by James Cameron and
  Simcha Jacobovici, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, and a
  book written by Jacobovici, The Jesus Family
  Tomb, theorize that the Talpiot Tomb was the
  burial place of Jesus,

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Where was James buried?

• Eusebius James "was buried on the spot, by the
  Sanctuary (temple), and his inscribed stone
  (stele) is still there by the sanctuary." (Hist.
  Eccles. 2.23.18).
• James Ossuary

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Tomb in Jerusalem

• Matt 21
• After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
  during the time of King Herod
• John 143-46
• The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee.
  Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."
   Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town
  of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told
  him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in
  the Law, and about whom the prophets also
  wroteJesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
  "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?"
  Nathanael asked. "Come and see," said Philip.
• Matt 2669
• Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a
  servant girl came to him. "You also were with
  Jesus of Galilee," she said.

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Jesus Son of Joseph?

• Matt 116
• Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary,
  of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
• Matt 96
• But so that you may know that the Son of Man has
  authority on earth to forgive sins...." Then he
  said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and
  go home."
• Mark 57
• He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you
  want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?
• Matt 1355
• "Isn't this the carpenter's son?
• Would his family bury him with that? (especially
  if they were planning a hoax)

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No DNA match for Jesus and Mary

• DNA shows is that they do not have common mother
• Does anyone have a DNA sample of Jesus or his
  family?
• Just having DNA samples doesnt mean much
• Thrown in just to make it look scientific

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Name Popularity No. of Burial Sites Found

• 1 Simon/Simeon 59 2 Joseph 45 3 Eleazar 29
  4 Judah 44 5 John/Yohanan 25 6 Jesus 22 7
  Hananiah 18 8 Jonathan 14 9 Matthew 17 10
  Manaen/Menahem 4
• In 2005 - 2Michael, 6Andrew

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Name Popularity (cont)

• Mary/Mariamne 42 Salome 41 Shelamzion 19
  Martha 17
• 'Mara' in this context does not mean Master. It
  is an abbreviated form of Martha.

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Jesus, Mary and Jude?

• No historical evidence that Jesus was married or
  had a son.
• Tertullian
• Eusebius
• Justin Martyr

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Traditions

• The Chapel of the Nativity Bethlehem
• The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem
• Garden of Gesthemene
• Mount of Olives
• Garden Tomb
• Ruins of Capernaum
• Mount of Beatitudes
• Are there any to indicate that early Christians
  went to the family tomb?

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So what would they have us believe?

• Body was stolen and moved?
• James, Peter, John all lied when they wrote their
  letters and gospels?
• 1 Corinthians 1512-19
• If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we
  are to be pitied more than all men.

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Prof. Amos Kloner

• Oversaw the archeological work at the Talpiot
  tomb when it was discovered during construction
  in 1980
• It makes a great story for a TV film. But it's
  completely impossible. It's nonsense. There is no
  likelihood that Jesus and his relatives had a
  family tomb. They were a Galilee family with no
  ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a
  middle class family from the 1st century CE.

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