Micah Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"] tradition holds that the high priests of the Sadducees sealed the tomb of Christ with a public seal, called the sphragisantes ton lithon. This seal was set in place in order to prevent the Apostles stealing Jesus' body. However, it only served to strengthen the case of Jesus' resurrection. [/font] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"][/font] [img]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6277/69934859.jpg[/img] (example of a tomb seal) Pretty cool. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Micah' timestamp='1294115408' post='2196422'] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"]tradition holds that the high priests of the Sadducees sealed the tomb of Christ with a public seal, called the sphragisantes ton lithon. This seal was set in place in order to prevent the Apostles stealing Jesus' body. However, it only served to strengthen the case of Jesus' resurrection. [/font] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"][/font] [img]http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6277/69934859.jpg[/img] (example of a tomb seal) Pretty cool. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/dance.gif[/img] [/quote] So, they affixed this seal to the stone they rolled into place? ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Yeah I would assume so, though I'm not sure where they would they would put it. The Catholic reference is vague, but in the Torah the tradition is traced back to the book of Daniel. I'll pull up what info I can tmr after my dreaded dental appointment. >_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJon16 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 That's neat. What was the seal traditionally made of? --Big Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 [quote name='Micah' timestamp='1294115408' post='2196422'] [font="verdana, geneva, lucida,"] This seal was set in place in order to prevent the Apostles stealing Jesus' body. However, it only served to strengthen the case of Jesus' resurrection. [/font] [/quote] How? ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth09 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 That is it? But I must say that is neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 Nope, it's an example of a ancient seal probably 500 ish years prior to Christ used on tombs. I would assume it's made out of clay. Mud wouldn't work for stamping anything into it. So Haydock cites Jansensius as his source, but I'm too lazy to find out where. What I did do however was pull up a Greek version of Matthew chapter 27 where the tomb is sealed, and lo and behold the word Matthew used for seal was [color=#595959][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif][size=4][i]sphragisantes ton lithon. [/i][/size][/font][/color] [color=#595959][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif][size=4][i] [/i][/size][/font][/color] [color=#595959][font=arial, verdana, sans-serif][size=4][i] [/i][/size][/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercy me Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 That is cool. I didn't know that. Thank you for sharing. I love learning new things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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