[PASSION] 16. Resurrection, Part 2 (POJ 5.9)

Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller

Paul, Robert, and Liz continue their conversation about the resurrection of Jesus.

"It was the apocryphal gospel of Peter that helped me to realize how much space Jesus left in this Resurrection scene. If you follow what the gospel of Peter says, Jesus comes back from the grave like King Kong - he fills up all the space. You can't even see his head, because it is literally up through the clouds!"

"I want Jesus’ DNA – to ask questions, to be slow to bring judgment."

"In the story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene in Luke and John, Jesus is the same size as Mary. He leaves space by quietly being there until she sees him – and even then he doesn't say who he is but asks her questions. And because of that, we discover some of what Mary’s like as a person. If Jesus had identified himself immediately, we’d have missed that glimpse of Mary."