page_title: Empty tomb
section_title: Architecture of the tomb
hierarchical_section_title: Empty tomb / Background / Architecture of the tomb
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomb of Jesus, inside the Edicule. Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Français&#160;: La tombe du Christ, église du Saint-Sépulcre, Jérusalem. Română: Mormântul Domnului (Sfântul Mormânt), Ierusalim.
context_page_description: An analysis of both Pauline and gospel material gives eight lines of evidence in support of the claim that Jesus's tomb was found empty: Paul's account suggests the historical authenticity of the empty tomb, the existence of the empty tomb text in the pre-Markan passion narrative supports its historical authenticity, the usage of 'on the first day of the week' rather than 'on the third day' indicates the primitiveness of the oral history, the account is theologically unembellished and non-apologetic, the finding of the tomb by women is very likely, the inspection of the empty tomb by the apostles is historically likely, it would have not been possible for the apostles to declare the resurrection in Jerusalem had the tomb not been empty, the Jewish polemic presumes the empty tomb. In a couple of the gospels, the women met with an angel who told them that Jesus had been raised from the dead.
context_section_description: In John's gospel, the angels are described as sitting where Jesus' body had been, thought to be a reference to squatting or sitting cross legged, suggesting that the tomb possessed a raised shelf or ledge, on which the body had been placed.
caption: Tomb of Jesus, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, venerated by some Christians as the place where Jesus was buried.
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