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Originally Posted by Comicsartist
Maybe it was the author's opinion that the world was a bit darker due to the death of Jesus? You gotta remember, at the time of His death, no one thought He was going to return. The disciples all ran and Peter denied Him. Only when they saw Him with their own eyes was the foundation laid and courage restored to His followers.
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That would be reasonable but the author isn't very good at getting his point across then. For that matter we could even wonder if the story ever happened if it, itself, isn't just allegory invented by some author to put forth an idea. I mean, if that's the way it is with part, why not the whole?
That said, let's consider other things. Do you believe the miracles that occured in Acts are tellings of things that really happened or some sort of metephor for something?
If the former, this also raises the question as to why it wasn't documented elsewhere. Certainly rumors of magic occuring would have attracted the eye of historians. Why didn't they check out this Jesus fellow or the people that followed, performing equally great miracles?
If the latter, what, exactly, really IS real in the Bible then?
But that's just put forward. I'm gone for the weekend.