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According to what I remember from The Bible (some gospels), I believe the stone took 10 strong men to move. Contrary to what you may have read about the height of people in the ancient world, it really all depended on social class. Obviously poor people only grew as tall as 5'1 for men, even shorter for women, however middle class people, or people from the countryside who were all well fed, reached their full height. In other words no, sorry, CNN was wrong; Jesus was NOT 5'1. Most ancient Hebrews and even the majority of modern Jews actually, regardless of heritage, tend to be only medium height. Not short, not tall; right in the middle, like pretty much everyone else in the mediterranean.
*There is actually no place in the Gospels where it references the stone taking ten strong men to move. Mark, Luke, and John refer to a "stone," while Matthew refers to a "large stone." But clearly it had to be heavy and huge if it were covering the entrance to a tomb.
According to one website, "It was customary to roll big stones against tombs; the stones were generally too big to be moved by just a few men, so levers were used to move them. Some have estimated that the stone that sealed Jesus' tomb weighed 1-1/2 to 2 two tons (1,361-1,814 Kilograms), which is the approximate weight of a midsize car."
More information, as well as the actual Biblical accounts, found here:
http://www.riverpower.org/resurrection.htm
The point is that it would have been extremely difficult for anyone to steal the body of Jesus, because of the Roman guards and because of the size of the stone. This gives credence to the Biblical testimony that the stone was rolled away by an angel, and that Jesus actually was raised from the dead.
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∙ 6y agoThe Bible does not say.
The tomb used for Jesus' burial was new, belonging to Joseph of Arimathea; it was not a cave but had been quarried in a rock-mass situated in a garden not far from the place of Jesus' impalement. The tomb had an entrance requiring a big stone to close it, and this stone apparently was of the circular type sometimes used. (Mt 27:57-60; Mr 16:3, 4; Joh 19:41, 42)
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∙ 14y agoThe stones usually used to seal tombs at the time weighed around 1-2 tons.
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Who sat at the tomb of Jesus?
According to Matthew 28:2-3, an "angel of the Lord" sat on the rolled away stone of Jesus' tomb.
How much did the Great Pyramid's heaviest stones wei gh?
To weigh them you'd have to remove he stone and weigh it, destroying a work of art and a sacred tomb. And that is against the law. They weigh a lot, anyway.
Who asked for the tomb of Jesus Christ to be sealed with a stone?
No one did I don't think
Was there string or clay securing Jesus tomb?
The Bible only records that a large stone was rolled overe the entrance to His tomb, as was the custom at that time.
Does the tomb of Jesus still exist?
Yes the borrowed tomb of Jesus is very much there, it is visited by millions. The tomb where it is believed Jesus was buried is outside Jerusalem.
How much does the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier weigh?
79 Tons
Who anoninted Jesus at the tomb?
Jesus was not in the tomb he had risen.
Why were guards placed at Jesus's tomb?
Jesus's tomb was safely secured by a very large and heavy stone. The killers of Jesus wanted to secure the body of Jesus because they didn't want anyone to steal his body. ( this is the info I have gotten/ can remember from the bible)
Tomb stone of when Sacajawea died?
There is no tomb stone where she was burried.
How did Jesus get out of the cave?
In Matthew's Gospel, the women came to the tomb and watched as an angel moved the stone that blocked the entrance to the cave. The angel told them that Jesus was already gone, but did not say how he left the tomb. The other gospels say that the stone was already moved when the women arrived, so Jesus could have walked out at any time after his resurrection.
Where is Jesus put after he is taken down from the cross?
He was put in a tomb with a giant stone covering it Do you believe in the book of Mormon?
Who took Jesus's body off the cross?
his Dady "A rich man from Arithmathea, named Joseph" a disciple of Jesus, got permission to entomb Jesus in a tomb belonging to Joseph, and closed it with a large stone. The priests and pharisees asked Pilate to put a guard on the tomb, he obliged and ordered that the tomb be sealed to prevent the disciples of Jesus from stealing the body and falsely claiming Jesus had risen from the dead.
