Is it possible Jesus just “swooned” or fainted, but did not actually die on the cross?
John Ankerberg Show
[{'start': '10.143', 'end': '12.812', 'text': '- Now, keeping that evidence\nin mind, let’s discuss one'}, {'start': '12.812', 'end': '13.847', 'text': 'of the most popular'}, {'start': '13.847', 'end': '15.148', 'text': 'theories skeptics have'}, {'start': '15.148', 'end': '16.416', 'text': 'given to try and explain'}, {'start': '16.416', 'end': '17.183', 'text': 'the account of'}, {'start': '17.183', 'end': '18.685', 'text': 'Jesus’ resurrection.'}, {'start': '18.685', 'end': '20.587', 'text': 'It’s called the swoon theory:'}, {'start': '20.587', 'end': '23.156', 'text': 'He didn’t die He just\nfainted on the cross.'}, {'start': '23.156', 'end': '24.657', 'text': 'Dr. Habermas explains.'}, {'start': '24.657', 'end': '27.394', 'text': '- Now, the swoon theory\nwas the most popular theory'}, {'start': '27.394', 'end': '32.098', 'text': 'through the 1700s and especially\nthrough, say, the first third of'}, {'start': '32.098', 'end': '36.236', 'text': 'the 1800s, the 19th century\nuntil David Strauss brought the'}, {'start': '36.236', 'end': '37.237', 'text': 'deathblow down on it.'}, {'start': '37.237', 'end': '41.074', 'text': 'Before we talk about that, \nI’ll remind ourselves here'}, {'start': '41.074', 'end': '43.343', 'text': 'quickly that medicine has\nstepped in in the'}, {'start': '43.343', 'end': '46.613', 'text': 'meantime and said, “Well, look,\ndeath by crucifixion is death by'}, {'start': '46.613', 'end': '51.051', 'text': 'asphyxiation and death by\ncrucifixion suffers,'}, {'start': '51.051', 'end': '53.319', 'text': 'in the case of Jesus,\nfrom the heart wound.'}, {'start': '53.319', 'end': '55.822', 'text': 'If He wasn’t dead already,\nHe would have been.'}, {'start': '55.822', 'end': '58.691', 'text': 'Now, back to Strauss because\nif medicine wasn’t known'}, {'start': '58.691', 'end': '61.494', 'text': 'but we add Strauss to it\nand Strauss made fun of'}, {'start': '61.494', 'end': '62.729', 'text': 'the swoon theory.'}, {'start': '62.729', 'end': '64.097', 'text': 'He was quite far to the left.'}, {'start': '64.097', 'end': '66.199', 'text': 'He was pensioned off from\nTubingen University for being'}, {'start': '66.199', 'end': '70.904', 'text': 'too liberal but in his major\nwork in 1835 in Life of Jesus'}, {'start': '70.904', 'end': '72.806', 'text': 'he said the swoon theory is\nnot going to work and the'}, {'start': '72.806', 'end': '75.675', 'text': 'problem is this:\nIt is self-contradictory.'}, {'start': '75.675', 'end': '78.244', 'text': 'What you have from the swoon\n is a living Jesus'}, {'start': '78.244', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'but not a resurrected Jesus\nand here’s how it works.'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '83.249', 'text': 'Jesus should have died on\nthe cross; He didn’t.'}, {'start': '83.249', 'end': '85.385', 'text': 'He should have died in\nthe tomb; He didn’t.'}, {'start': '85.385', 'end': '87.787', 'text': 'He certainly can’t roll the\nstone away. No problem.'}, {'start': '87.787', 'end': '91.057', 'text': 'He did. Now, Strauss didn’t\nbelieve in a guard but for'}, {'start': '91.057', 'end': '93.159', 'text': 'those who believe a guard\nis sitting out there,'}, {'start': '93.159', 'end': '95.495', 'text': 'He works His way through\nthe guards.'}, {'start': '95.495', 'end': '97.163', 'text': 'But here’s the problem\nfor Strauss.'}, {'start': '97.163', 'end': '99.065', 'text': 'Again, you’ve got: didn’t die on\nthe cross; didn’t die in the'}, {'start': '99.065', 'end': '101.234', 'text': 'tomb; couldn’t roll the stone.'}, {'start': '101.234', 'end': '103.336', 'text': 'He comes to where the\ndisciples are.'}, {'start': '103.336', 'end': '105.872', 'text': '[Knock, knock, knock] He knocks\non the door.'}, {'start': '105.872', 'end': '108.341', 'text': 'What’s this man going to look\nlike? He’s a human Jesus.'}, {'start': '108.341', 'end': '111.778', 'text': 'He’s been crucified. He’s worked\n the wounds open again.'}, {'start': '111.778', 'end': '114.013', 'text': 'He’s bleeding from the scalp.'}, {'start': '114.013', 'end': '116.449', 'text': 'His hair has not even been\nwashed. I mean, you’ve got sweat'}, {'start': '116.449', 'end': '118.585', 'text': 'and blood and He’s worked\nthe side open again.'}, {'start': '118.585', 'end': '121.721', 'text': 'And He hunched over,\nHe’s limping, He’s pale.'}, {'start': '121.721', 'end': '123.857', 'text': 'And [knock, knock, knock]:'}, {'start': '123.857', 'end': '126.392', 'text': '“I told you I would rise\nagain from the dead.”'}, {'start': '126.392', 'end': '129.896', 'text': 'The problem, Strauss said,\nwith the swoon theory is'}, {'start': '129.896', 'end': '132.198', 'text': 'you get a Jesus who’s alive'}, {'start': '132.198', 'end': '133.733', 'text': 'but you don’t get a Jesus\nwho is raised.'}, {'start': '133.733', 'end': '137.270', 'text': 'Now, Strauss does not\nbelieve in the resurrection,'}, {'start': '137.270', 'end': '139.038', 'text': 'but he knows the\ndisciples did.'}, {'start': '139.038', 'end': '141.841', 'text': 'And the swoon doesn’t\nget you from A to B.'}, {'start': '141.841', 'end': '144.844', 'text': 'You get this kind of Jesus: \n“Lord, come on in.'}, {'start': '144.844', 'end': '147.547', 'text': 'Get a chair. Get a pail\nof water.'}, {'start': '147.547', 'end': '148.915', 'text': 'Call the doctor.”'}, {'start': '148.915', 'end': '152.285', 'text': 'To paraphrase Strauss, the\ndisciples would have gotten'}, {'start': '152.285', 'end': '154.854', 'text': 'a doctor before they proclaimed \nHim risen because here’s Peter'}, {'start': '154.854', 'end': '157.390', 'text': 'over in the corner saying,\n“Oh, boy! Some day I’m'}, {'start': '157.390', 'end': '160.093', 'text': 'going to have a resurrection\nbody just like His.”'}, {'start': '160.093', 'end': '162.228', 'text': 'And that, by the way, is the\nproclamation that is most'}, {'start': '162.228', 'end': '164.230', 'text': 'tied to the resurrection\nof Jesus:'}, {'start': '164.230', 'end': '165.698', 'text': 'that believers\nwill be raised.'}, {'start': '165.698', 'end': '167.667', 'text': 'Now, again, Strauss doesn’t\nthink believers are going to'}, {'start': '167.667', 'end': '169.335', 'text': 'be raised and he doesn’t\nthink there’s a guard and'}, {'start': '169.335', 'end': '173.740', 'text': 'he doesn’t think that Jesus\nwas raised, but if you'}, {'start': '173.740', 'end': '176.643', 'text': 'can’t get that belief on\nthe disciples’ part,'}, {'start': '176.643', 'end': '177.544', 'text': 'it doesn’t work.'}, {'start': '177.544', 'end': '180.046', 'text': 'And the problem is, “swoon”\ncan’t account for the'}, {'start': '180.046', 'end': '182.882', 'text': 'experiences that the disciples\nhad that they thought were'}, {'start': '182.882', 'end': '184.417', 'text': 'appearances of the risen Jesus.'}]