17 Oct '09 04:35>
Originally posted by Conrau KOf course, strict contradictions are needed. It's true by default, I forgot 😉
No. But the Gospel of John and the Book of Acts all report Jesus ascending and descending, appearing and disappearing, on multiple occasions. Luke reports the traditional three sightings: at the tomb, with the travellers to Emmaus, and finally in front of the eleven disciples. He does not exclude any other appearances, which John includes: a second appearan ...[text shortened]... - but he doesn't, and there is also strong evidence that Luke and Acts had shared authorship.
I know there's an explanation for all this stuff around - there's been 2000 years of getting the story straight.