Has Jesus' tomb been found

Answer 1

A:The tomb of Lazarus has never been found and is never likely to be found.

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus tells a parable of Lazarus dying and going down to hell where he meets a rich man being punished for his sins. The rich man asks for Lazarus to be raised from the dead so that he can warn his friends of the fate that awaits them. This Lazarus was not intended to be understood as a real person and therefore there is no tomb..

Martha and Mary appear in Luke's Gospel as sisters and as friends of Jesus but are not related to Lazarus, however in John's Gospel Lazarus was the brother of Martha and Mary. He died and was already interred in a tomb, but was miraculously resurrected by Jesus after four days.

The similarity of the stories of Lazarus, Martha and Mary in Luke's Gospel and John's Gospel can lead the casual reader to believe that the two gospels talk of the same Lazarus. The confusion can be cleared up by understanding that John's Gospel was actually inspired by Luke's Gospel. It can then be understood that the author of John took the story from Luke and reworked it, producing a completely different but parallel story about Lazarus. Since Lazarus was a literary creation of John's Gospel, his tomb will never be found.

Answer 2

A:Early Christians seem to have been entirely disinterested in the location of Jesus' tomb until Helena, mother of the fourth-century Christian emperor of Rome, Constantine, went to Palestine and found, to her complete satisfaction, several things allegedly associated with the life of Jesus. These included the birthplace of Jesus, the spot on which he was crucified and the cave in which he was buried, and most importantly of all, the very cross on which he had been crucified so many centuries earlier.

It seems the sepulchre was only a very short distance from the place where Jesus was crucified, both requiring the destruction of important pagan temples so that a magnificant church could be built. The location is now marked by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. It may seem surprising that Joseph of Arimathea, a rich and influential man, would choose to have his own intended burial place so close to where criminals were regulalarly executed, but Helena claimed to be convinced that these were indeed the locations of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. You be the judge.

Answer 3

There is no definitive evidence or agreement among scholars about the exact location of Jesus' tomb. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is traditionally believed to be the site of his burial and resurrection, but there is ongoing debate and uncertainty surrounding this claim.