Bill Harrill

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It looks as if Luke is emphasizing that Jesus’s resurrection was precisely in the body to counter those who wanted to argue that it was in the spirit. In doing so, he may have altered Paul’s views by emphasizing even more the very real fleshly character of Jesus’s body, not as transformed, but as in pure continuity with the body that died.
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
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