I was a mortician and I am telling you after 3 days in a tomb in the middle east after a horrific death that body would not be in any shape to wash or anoint even if you could get past the smell. And yes Rabbi the decomposition process begins roughly 20 minutes after death.

I was raised to believe thats just something that the ancient jews did for burials.. thank you for clearing it up for me

I am a Christian and am very intrigued by your teaching. You have peeked my interest. I will continue to follow.

An amazing question!! Wow!!

Thank you Rabbi, I love your truth and am so glad you are getting the truth out to people, Adonai Echad, the Lord our G-d the Lord is One

BH Rabbi Tovia for your videos. I recently found you and am happy to find your ministry. Your knowledge and wisdom of Torah continue to help me see the reasons why I left Christianity. Your answers help me to talk to Christians/Messiancs who continue to try to pull be back into that religion. May HaShem continue to hold you in his right hand.

The question asked was brilliant! Kudos to the caller!

Thank you Rabbi Singer for your informative teachings. I am a Black South African who had embraced Christianity. Since beginning to watch your podcasts my eyes have been opened in respect of the differences in the gospel narratives. One of the problems in our part of the world is that we do not know anything about Jewish traditions. When we read the gospels we accept what is written and swallow every story hook, line and sinker. Again thank you very much.

As a deconstruction ex-Christian, stuff like this is really important for me to know I made a good choice leaving the faith and yet, I know that the apologetics would excuse this and everything else and any other inconsistencies.

Great explanativo, Rabi !

Thank you so much dear rabbi!!

Christians in general wouldn't know about the spices. I had never thought about it but, it makes sense! Thanks Rabbi Singer!

OMG Rabbi, I learn so much watching your program and you have very interesting callers. May HaShem bless you and your ministry.

Thank you for taking this time !!!

Can you explain why the earliest readers of Mark, which was written in about 20-30 years after the crucifixion, didn’t object to this story of the women and the spices? Most Christians were former Jews. Why do we have no record of people objecting to this story if it is so “stupid”?

That's the truth thanks rabbi ❤u and your work for God

"Emperor Antoninus asked Rebbi [Rabbi Yehuda haNasi] "Do I have a portion in the World to Come?" Rebbi answered him "Yes, you do." Antoninus replied "But isn't it written [in Obadiah] 'There will be no survivors from the House of Esau'?", "Yes" Rebbi answered, "but that only applies to those who *behave* like Esau." Tractate Avoda Zara 10b.

You Got That Right.. I Agree With You One Hundred ( 100% ) Percent.. Very Well Said

Amazing argument, brought home to perfection by Rabbi. Thank you, Sir.

When I worked in medicine, Muslim families insisted on immediate release of the body to clean and anoint. But in US, you have to wait for the death certificate to release the body, and if it falls on a weekend, trouble.

I agree the story of the spices makes no sense. What does make sense, if you've ever lost someone you've loved who has died, is to go to the burial site the next day, or two days later, to mourn.

Rabbi you conviently forgot that Nicodemus and Joseph did the burial because the disciples were not allowed. Also nobody would have access before because the romans guarded the tomb and the previous day was the Sabbath. The women came because the disciples would have never because of fear, so God used them to announce what they found to the disciples.

One thing that has bothered me about the whole Passion story is that all the disciples reportedly ran away after Jesus was arrested, yet we have detailed accounts of conversations that took place behind closed doors (the trial, Pilate, Herod). So how do we know what happened and who said what? Now, when I was growing up all this was very simply explained by the nuns--the Holy Spirit told each gospel writer what to write and that was that. No need for further questions, no need to look deeper. But it seemed to me even then there were holes in this story. If Jesus was buried on Friday night, and the tomb didn't get a guard until Saturday night, that means that there was a big chunk of time where the tomb was unattended. Also, why didn't the resurrected Jesus appear in public the way he did before he died? Contrary to what many Christians assume, the disciples did not officially announce the resurrection the day it supposedly happened, but on Pentecost, two months later and at least one month after Jesus had supposedly ascended into heaven. Why wait so long? And where were the Romans that day--Acts makes no mention of them being present, even though it was a major festival with thousands of pilgrims? You can't tell me that they were all over the city during Passover because they were afraid of an uprising, yet when Pentecost rolls around, they don't seem to be a bit concerned about the goings-on with Peter and the other apostles. As I've gotten older I've come to question this story even more. I am beginning to wonder, did the arrest, trial and crucifixion even happen at all?

Thank you ❤️ thank you 💞 thank you, for your patience, effort (:-

It say's in the Bible it was a huried internment in a tomb late on Friday, next day sabbath and it was Passover they went to the tomb at the first opportunity to do what was customary for the Jewish burial.

Not to mention, the body was in some cave, with a huge rock rolled in front of it. So. How would these women even be able to roll the stone back, in the first place? Too many holes in this story, for sure.

Jewish burial Washing and Anointing In both ancient and modern Jewish practice, the body is ritually washed (in a process called tohorah) after death before being wrapped in a shroud. The practice of anointing varies over time and location, but in ancient tradition, the body was also anointed with oils and sometimes wrapped with aromatic herbs such as olive, laurel, palm and cypress to help fight the effects of the rapid decomposition that occurred in the Mediterranean heat. However, it should be noted that Reform Jews do not partake in tohorah.

the reason the woman went to the tomb on a sunday is because Jesus died close to the sabbath and the woman would not had time to properly anoint him they themselves had to go home and prepare for the passover so they went back on sunday...so whats the Problem rabbi???

You are awesome Rabbi, Awesome. Love from Bangladesh

Thank you Rabbi 🙏

Tovia got mistaken. The body was not buried in a grave, but placed in a tomb. There was no 'burial', but placement in tomb. Read up on the process of Jewish burial in the Gospel times.There was no 'burial', but 'entombment'.

Just wondering if the tomb Jesus was placed in was meant as temporary? Would spices be reapplied to the linens prior to transporting a body to it’s final resting place. Could the women have simply been delivering the spice mixture in preparation for the body’s reanointing and removal from the tomb by those authorized to do so? Did the followers of Jesus do things according to the Talmud or the Old Testament or break some traditions like David’s soldiers eating the Holy Bread? Also wondering if an underground water source could cool a tomb/cave down to slow a decomposition. Surely there must have been a water source nearby that Tomb to maintain the Garden in close proximity to it.

You are by far one of the very best teachers against lies and deceptions.

Thank you Rabbi

I've converted to Judaism all thanks to you Rabbi Tovia. How do you feel about the shroud of turin as evidence of Jesus resurrection?

"A teaching from the study house of Elijah: I testify against myself heaven and earth, whether it be a man or a woman, whether it be a non-jew or a jew, whether it be a servant or a maid-servant, it is all solely according to their deeds that Divine Inspiration rests on them."

Baruk Hashem for this insight.

love you Tovia Singer

I am interested in translating Rabbi's videos into Spanish. Anyone can help and tell me how can I do it?

Thank you so much this is great!!!

Love it....keep it going

We have limited access to the historical Jesus. Trying to tease apart the facts from the myth/legend is an impossible task without better evidence. The historical Jesus is underdetermined.

Love your understanding of HaShems word.

awesome!!🥂

Rabbi thank you for your knowledge and wisdom...I never knew so much till I found your teachings...I've been praying for answers.

Is there anything to the story about needing a quick place for a temporary burial in the tomb of Joseph (not the same Joseph) and that they returned to move the body to a permanent tomb later?

You never fail to continue to astound and enlighten me with your amazing teachings. You are a true blessing Rabbi Singer, B'H that we have an amazing Rabbi to teach us about not only tactics of the Church but much, much more. So keep up the great work Rabbi, keep it up.

Una observación, si Jesús Murió el Viernes, y Según Resucitaria al tercer día, Aún También dijo y se Comparó Con Jonas en el pez, porqué Jonas si estuvo 3 días y 3 Noches, en Cambio Jesús Murió el Viernes y Según Resucito el Domingo en la Mañana, NO SE CUMPLEN LOS TRES DÍAS, SOLO UNO Y MEDIÓ, APROXIMADAMENTE..

My dearest Rabbi you always continue to astound and awaken me with your teachings. For you and those teachings, I'm so grateful. G-d bless you, Rabbi.

Question?.. I was informed that round stones used at the mouth of tombs were first used in 73 CE ?.. can anyone confirm this..?

Mishna Shabat 23:5: "One may perform all of the needs of the dead on Shabbat. One may smear oil on the body and rinse it with water, and all of this is permitted provided that one does not move any of its limbs, which would constitute a violation of the laws of set-aside objects." Even though they were allowed to smear the body on Shabat these women chose not to. So the custom of anointing a dead body is right there on oral tradition.

Interesting!!

This is from the original gospel, Mark. Mark can only be understood not as history but as a work literary fiction.

in the resurrection account in matthew 28, where do jesus get out in the tomb and where do jesus get his clothes???

the body wasn't buried in earth. it was in a tomb so no one had to dig it up.

I've heard that it is only after a few days that the body would start decaying, and even that Jesus was raised before this decay started, in line with the scripture that says, "You shall not let your Holy One see corruption".

AWESOME Question! No doubt, Rabbi Singer was being modest... The answer/video could easily have been 3 days longer. Keep thinking. Keep questioning. Miles more could be said here. ("Let the dead bury the dead")... Etc etc etc

"In Your favor do good to Zion. Build up the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will be offered on Your altar." - Psalm 51:20-21

Yes I find that strange also that they would return to put spices on a dead body.

Hi Tovia' You are actually - putting aside - much more than you realize . ;) There are a couple of reasons that saying the empty tomb scenario - couldn't have taken place - is just a tad unjustified - just like you said in another of your presentations relatively recently - that it was basically unlikely that the Roman authorities would have consented to allowing Joseph of Arimathea to take Jesus' body down off the cross or stake - because the Romans usually left the bodies on the Crucifixion stakes for some time after death - as an example to others - to basically not cross the Romans or their laws. You didn't use those exact words of course - that's just my understanding of what you were saying. Be that as it may, I'd like to cover that aspect of Jesus' death here first up - because, for a start, Jesus did not die on Good Friday - because He actually did give the Religious leaders of His day a sign that would cement His claims of Being the Jewish Messiah for that 1st century Age: "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Now, Matthew was seemingly or apparently the only one of the Gospel authors that records Jesus as saying that a sign was given to that evil generation of Religious leaders seeking a sign of His Messiah-ship and, from the 'Bombshell' chapter as you call Matthew 23 - Matthew also shows Jesus had a certain amount of distaste for the Hypocrisy shown by those religious leaders as Matthew 23:1-33 shows clearly. Matthew also covers some things in his testimony or gospel account of Jesus' life and times that the others don't seem to cover as well or even at all in some cases - because the rest of Matthew 23 gives the only two reasons FOR the upcoming the Destruction of the second Temple in that 1st century being the persecution and Deaths of the those apostles and NT authors sent to warn of that impending destruction of the second temple and Jerusalem and even the blood of the Prophets being required of that 'evil' generation of Priesthood - that at some point in the past their ancestors Murdered the Prophet Zechariah near the Altar in that second Temple also: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." [Matthew 23:33-38] I'll get to verse 29 shortly - because the Jews are most certainly not holding up Jesus' - second - coming to Earth - even though apparently some in Christendom seemingly think that is the case - because that second coming already occurred in the 1st century - 3 days and 3 nights after His death. ;) But only if you believe Acts 1:2-12 to be a true account of Jesus' appearing bodily to his disciples. Regarding the 3 days and three nights 'sign' of the length of time Jesus would be in the Tomb, however - IF the accounts about the women coming to the Tomb before Daybreak on a Sunday morning are accurate and each of the Gospel authors that cover incident that seem to agree on the 'first light' Sunday morning visit by the Women. And you are exactly right - it doesn't matter how many women actually visited on that Sunday morning. :) [Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2&9, Luke 24:1, John 20:1&19 ] However, counting backwards from before first light on a Sunday morning - 3 full periods of Daylight and 3 full periods of nighttime - doesn't take you to a Friday at all. Unless you belong to another planet with different math to our long established human variety. ;) Now as to why Joseph of Arimathea might have been given consent to take Jesus' body down from the Cross - is because of the annual Holy day [i.e. the Passover ] falling on that week in the Middle of that week and Jesus' crucifixion therefore being before the Passover Annual Holy days began - and to leave his body on the Stake - would have most likely have caused a disturbance among the Jews that the Roman Authorities would not have wanted - since Jesus was relatively Famous and regarded as a prophet by the masses and claiming to be a King of the Jews - so they were just covering their own arses by allowing Joseph to take the body down. Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy [Daniel 9:24-27] shows the Messiah was to be 'cut off' in the Middle of a Week. [Daniel 9:26-27] Daniel 9:26 is clearly a reference to Vespasian as being the one to destroy the City [ Jerusalem] and the sanctuary. [ the second Temple] "And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined." Just as clearly the Jewish historian, Josephus' 'wars of the Jews' accounts were covering the desolation's of both Jerusalem and the second Temple that were to follow - that Jesus' apostle John was required to prophesy about as Revelation's 'small book' prophecy from Revelation 10:8 through to that prophecy's ending in 11:2 shows clearly also: "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." [Revelation 10:11--11:2] That entire' small book' prophecy represents - the internal dating - of the book of Revelation [contrary to the secular scholars assumptions that it was written by some 'unknown John' in the Emperor Domitian's time of between 81-96AD*] to having been completed before Mid 66-70AD and thus, all the other Gospel Authors books and Paul's writings also - therefore - to well before 65-66AD since John's Revelation prophecies were announcing Events which were 'soon' and were AT HAND - to come to pass in that 1st century era. i.e. as Revelation 1:1 & 3 show clearly; "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;" [first part of Revelation 1:1] "Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." [ Revelation 1:3] * Refer to Wikipedia article Titled; 'Book of Revelation' for details of the incorrect dating of the book to the wrong Era - similar to the secular scholars incorrect dating of the book of Daniel to 200BCE or Antiochus IV Epiphanes's era of around 167-164BCE due to their assumption that Daniel 11:40-45 was inaccurate in covering Antiochus' military campaigns and Death when it is actually covering Vespasian and Titus' Military campaigns and Vespasian's death - due to natural causes instead. But that's a whole other story I need not go into here atm - but reading the Article Titled; 'Vespasian' at Wikipedia puts Daniel 11:40-45 into its true time-slot of having been written in Ezra's Post Babylonian captivity time - making the book of Daniel highly accurate to the Nth degree and not the least bit 'Mythical' as scholars claim in their 'Book of Daniel' article at Wikipedia. ;) As for verse 39 of Matthew's reference to the Jews recognizing Jesus as their true Messiah - Matthew shows clearly that the Masses did indeed Acknowledge Jesus in that very specific way - in the first century so the modern day Jews are not holding up Jesus return as the Messiah in our modern age at all - because He's Coming back as their God and their rightful King instead. [Zechariah 14:3-18] IF Jesus was as popular and as well known as Matthew says He was - there's no way the Romans would have refused Joseph of Arimathea's request for Jesus' body to be taken down before a major Jewish annual festival season was to be celebrated in the Middle of that passover week. "All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." [Matthew 21:4-11]

As a atheist I can definitely relate to Judaism much more the Christianity .

Great thoughts , thanks !

One question I have about this is what is it was common knowledge Jesus was going to be moved from Joseph’s tomb? Would annointing with spices be appropriate then since the body is going to be in transit?

Shalom Rabbi . There’s a connection between the story of the so-called resurrection of JeZeus and the alleged resurrection of Tammuz !!!! I can tell you that the whole thing about the so-called New Testament is that the story was borrowed from Babylonian Mythology !!!!!

All that said, much respect Rabbi.

Excellent that point never really occurred to me.

The body was only in the tomb from Friday evening and the women were at the tomb as Sunday began to dawn. John has Joseph of Arimathea leave spices with the shrouded body on the Friday evening.

You can't in any way get three days and three nights from the narrative! Friday evening to Sunday morning is NOT that!

So supposedly he's crucified long enough to die, right? No birds poked at him before he was buried? Was there anything left from the body? So many holes in the crucifixion and resurrection narratives.

"God's existence is independent. That is to say, it is not dependent on anything else, whereas the existence of every creation is dependent on God's will to create it. In the terminology of the sages, this is called God's Requisite Existence, which means that there is no cause for His existence. Rather, His existence is essential and due to Himself. His creations, on the other hand, are called possible existences, since their existence always depends on another cause, and it is possible that they will either exist or not exist" (Seven Gates of Righteous Knowledge by Rabbi Weiner and Dr. Schulman, p 14).

The historical accuracy of the New Testament is incredible when you compare the manuscript dates against other ancient sources that are taken as historical fact. “Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.”

Just shared this with an Atheist group, because he's absolutely correct, I've never heard of this argument before. In fact, I've heard Christians claim the exact opposite, that washing the body was exclusively the job of women. However, this brought up an interesting contradiction. Because in their apologetic to explain how Judas died falling forward in a field and died from hanging, they will often say he hung himself and then decayed to the point of falling into the field so both accounts are not in conflict. However, if further pressed as to why no one took down this body, they will tell you that it was considered very shameful to touch a corpse in Jewish culture. Okay... but didn't they just head down to the grave to give "the big J" a bath?

oh, WOW... thank you, Rabbi for being a vessel of Truth and helping the lost people in christianity. May HaSheM bless you more.

Well since Christian’s eat the body of Jesus, who are we stay what flavor they prefer? If they want Yoshke to taste spicy then…🤷‍♂️

Love you Rabbi

If one doesn’t believe in a resurrection, then where was the dead body of Jesus buried Rabbi Singer?

Why would Jesus even consider suicide when he begged to take the cup away? He didn’t wanna die!!

The Yeebus devotees in here look and sound like mutants.....

A few things. Firstly, His buriel was rushed due to the Sabbath approaching and a darkness covered the land limiting what they could do. The darkness was recorded in other cultures across oceans. The reason they returned on the Sunday was to finish what they could not before the Sabath and second, and they treated Jesus like royalty, they desired to honor Him. So one can claim it us false or fake bit one should consider the unique circumstances. And this was a Christian buriel, possibly with new rite?

I agree with you wholeheartedly. But was the body really in the tomb for 3 days? Wasn’t it more like a day and a half?

YeeBus has a way of rotting people's minds. He was designed to do that.

Hi, Rabbi Singer! Thanks for yet another great answer to a question I never thought to ask! I have one request, if I may. I know your work is probably not for non-Jews like me, but as someone who is trying to learn Hebrew, your Hebrew articulation is somewhat unclear at times and hard to make out. If you could maybe slow down a little when pronouncing Hebrew words, it would really help. Thanks!

Love Rabbi Singer teach us morel

This was something I asked many years ago to few Christians.

Thank you so much rabbi for this explanation and sharing this knowledge,, may Hashem give you more strength.. Please I have a question,,,,, if Jesus wasn't real, then why most of people seeing him in their dreams as a divine? Sir 🙏

Wow. That was a brilliant question and one I never thought of myself! The thought of a woman washing a man’s corpse (or a man washing a woman’s corpse) sent a shiver down my spine. That itself would seem to violate shomer negiah.

Doesn't Tahara refer to the entire process, or to the ritual purification which was not done. This wasn't possible to do until post-Passover and the weekly Sabbath. Simply put the body was immediately placed in the tomb before sunset and not afforded the entire purification ritual. This is why the 1st day of the week was important for Mary to go to the tomb.

Rabbi Tovia - I have a question... Was Jesus died on Friday at 3 after noon? And came back to life on Sunday before dawn... 3 in the morning? It is 36 hours... Not 72 hours (3 days, and Jesus anticipated...)

Jesus was buried in haste at sundown of Friday transitioning into the Sabbath. They only had time to wrap his body in cloth and place him in the tomb. No preparation of the body was done, thus the women felt the obligation to come back as early as possible to prepare the body as it was a necessary process especially to their beloved master and teacher. Now the question is, if Jesus did not resurrect, where is the tomb and the bones where he rests?

I´m from México every time I watch one of your videos a Hebrew "Biblical" course pops up.

well yeah it sounds like a greek burial. actually greek burial rituals often took exactly three days. it was a thing. also the washing and putting smellum on it.

My Father came to pass a spirituel message not a physical study Believe in Jesus is believing in my Father Not Everyone will be but Everyone will see Repent for him my brothers received the Holy Spirit for you my brother and Stay close to Jesus or get closer to Jesus in the mane of my Father From a sinner to the sinners

The disciples came back to the tomb because they we're told by Ha-Moshiakh YHVH before that after His death of flesh, in three days HE would build up HIS TEMPLE (Physical Body) back. Meaning the ressurection. That also answerring the question of why the disciples brought all things for annointment. True it is not common in nowadays practice. But you can not compare the two back to back, apple to apple. The fact told in The Gospel that Ha-Moshiakh who died is none other than YHVH Himself. If it was ordinary person who died, why would His follower came back three days after His death? Ha-Moshiakh YHVH is MORE than just a man. Ha-Moshiakh YHVH is the one and only physical body YHVH has. So it is NOT logic to compare those two. You've brought up unlogic question to deny your own Eloah who creates you. And that is the truth answer for you. Emeth.

The gospels it has been recorded by history were performed as plays in front of crowds of people in open-air theatres. These are scripts for plays. They were performed in greco roman amphitheaters for illiterate crowds. They were also specifically directed at the Jewish citizens of the empire after the great revolt was put down... These plays' purpose was to incite hatred for the Jews that rebelled, to inhibit further rebellion, and to win followers for the JizzBag. An avatar for the Caesar himself... Hollywood at first tried to water down the true intent of these venomous stories, but our friend Mel brought it back to life with a vengeance. You gotta love ole Braveheart.. he sure knows how to yuck it up...

Plus he was supposed to have spent three nights and three days in the grave. I don't see how that could have happened at all? Considering he arose on the third day and not after it.

Oh I thought that the reason they didn’t anoint his body is because of some old testament law thing and they wouldn’t back later after the Sabbath to anoint his body so in retrospect perhaps they should have waited until after the Sabbath to bury his body. Is this correct?

Ok, several points here: 1. Jesus was pierced and bled out his side, thus had far less fluids than a normal dead body, this would help slow down decomposition. 2. Jesus had not consumed food or water while on the cross, thus the lack of food and water in his gut would slow the decomposition process due to lack of resources for bacteria to consume 3. Jesus was buried as per Jewish custom, in a dry tomb located in limestone (the geological rock of the area). This meant water was not readily available and decomposition would be slower than if exposed. 4. Jesus was only buried for 3 days, which while there may have been bloating and possibly some fly eggs laid, this would have been minimal and decomposition would not be highly noticable. 5. Rigamortis would indeed have set in, but this seems irrelevant due to point 6. 6. Once Resurrection occurs then the body is supposed to act as a living body, thus effects of decomposition would halt. this would be similar to a dead finger being reattached to a living hand, the finger stops decaying and returns to normal after some time.

So... your entire argument boils down to: "It didn't happen because I find it weird." You didn't prove that the event couldn't happen, you just shared your personal opinion that you don't think it happened. My personal opinion is that it did happen. Who cares about either of our opinions? Our opinions don't change facts.

The women did not come to wash the body. In none of the gospels is there any mention of such intent on anyone's part. They came to anoint. Because when Joseph and Nicodemus took over the body from Pilate, they wrapped him in a linen cloth and piled 60 pounds of spices on him - which was a common J. custom and the women could not have been ignorant of it. So spice wasn't lacking in the burial procedure. But they hurried the job, due to upcoming sabbath, and did not anoint him. That's what the women came to do. And I would assume they did it to show devotion and respect. Nothing too strange in that scenario, whether it be real or not.

Never thought of that one! Wow!