Note 18 — Chapter XVIII · SUFFICIENCY OF THE PROOFS (FALSE ASSUMPTIONS).
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“The cerements were there, but the body was gone. Whither? Had it been stolen and hidden? Who would have been the thieves? Friends or foes? Not friends; for how could their faith be made heroic for their crusade against the world’s unbelief by a theft and a carcase? Not foes; for it was their interest to prevent the disappearance of the body, that there might be ocular demonstration of the falsity of the predicted resurrection. The fact of the actual resurrection of our Lord is a rock-of-ages that never can be moved.”—Commentary on Mark, by James Morrison, D.D. (1882), p. 445.