Arguments Against The Swoon Theory

And the Bible states, “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. “ (1 Corinthians 15:14–19) Jesus was a Galilean Jew born around 4 BC in the town of Bethlehem in the provence of Judea. He is a major historical figure in Christianity from which his name comes from.
Here are some of the common arguments against the resurrection. The first one and the most spotty argument against the resurrection of Christ is called the swoon theory. This theory states that Jesus didn’t actually die. It states that he passed out and went into a coma from all the pain, and he woke up later in the tomb. The biggest flaw in this is the executioners themselves. The Romans were some of the most prolific executioners of the ancient world, with public execution being treated as almost a form of entertainment. Crucifixion itself was an execution style that guaranteed a painful and humiliating death. Crucifixion involved the criminal being stripped naked, and being tied or nailed to a cross. Due to this, when the prisoner was hung, their arms were supporting the weight of their body. This torture was very painful and often caused the elbows and shoulders to dislocate. With that, the criminal couldn’t breath properly and it took them several days to die (“How… Romans Executed”) Also, the executioners were chosen specifically for the job of execution. The Romans were the best of the best when it came to executions, and being that Jesus was a high profile criminal in the province of Judaea, There is a certainty that he would have
This theory states that Jesus wasn’t actually buried. It says he was just thrown in a mass grave with the other criminals. The biggest rebuttal there is the fact that most scholars generally agree that Jesus was buried in a known tomb which was owned by a man named Joseph of Arimathea. Joseph was a part of the Jewish leaders called the Sanhedrin which were the people that accused Jesus in the first place. The fact that that is so specific points to the reliability, because if that was false then the Jewish leaders would have stopped the testimonies right away. Second, the tomb was said to be first discovered empty by women. In that day, women were not reliable sources, and they were not allowed to testify in court. Telling people that women were the first to discover the tomb would have hurt them in their case for the resurrection. Third, the first response given by the Jewish leaders when they heard that the tomb was empty, was to say that the disciples stole the body. Matthew says that the Jews were still circulating that story decades after the resurrection. If he would have been buried in a mass grave, than the pharisees could have just pointed that out and stopped the whole thing in its tracks. Also if he was buried in a mass grave than the Jewish leaders could have just dug up his body to stop all the open testimonies (“Evidence… Empty