How Old Is Jesus’ Tomb? New Evidence Surprised Scholars

<p>The Church was destroyed and rebuilt in 1009 A.D., during the Crusades. How could it contain a tomb from 33 A.D., the year Jesus died on the cross?</p> <p>Inside the church, there is a shrine called an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info/the-holy-sepulcher-and-the-all-holy-church-of-the-resurrection/the-holy-edicule/#:~:text=Share,burial%20carved%20stone%20monument%20form." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Edicule</a>. The Edicule covers a limestone cave. Within that cave, there is a tomb that held the body of Jesus according to Christian tradition.</p> <p>But how old is that tomb?</p> <p>The marble slab between the Edicule and the limestone cave dates back to the mid-1300s at the earliest.&nbsp;Nothing in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Edicule seems old enough for the tomb to really belong to Jesus.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/koinonia/how-old-is-jesus-tomb-new-evidence-surprised-scholars-7d84b6725bc7"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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