Not neccessarily. They had cloths and sheets and so forth, and there’s a difference between what a rural Jew would have vs. a Greek vs. an urbanized Jew. All of those factors were present in and around Jesus’s death.
To take issue with a miracle that was not witnessed, yet leave aside the miracles which were witnessed, and testified to by the apostles, seems unlikely to be productive as a test of faith, or as an examination of the theological importance of the event of the resurrection naked, or robed.
But, if a fish would eat a shekel, and come to Peter’s net, to assure Peter of God’s love for him, and provide his small needs upon the earth, it seems to me unsurprising that circumstances provided the modest clothing of a gardener for the Lord in his last need upon the earth as a man, no longer mortal. No doubt the matter of His attire passed without notice among those who had grieved his passing from their lives, and now were in the midst of wonder, and joy for the Resurrection.
In your uninvolved, and emotionless view of the event, no doubt the sudden appearance of a suit of clothes demands some explanation. Perhaps it was a miracle.
And mine is that a gardener happened upon the Lord, walking naked, and gave to him the very clothing from his own body. The gardener did not recognize Jesus, nor ever speak of his own act of charity. He achieved no notoriety, nor any earthly reward. I shall speak no more of him, lest my worldly acclaim diminish the reward he now enjoys in heaven.
I will add to Bibliophage’s quotes: John chapter 20 verse 27 asking Thomas to put his finger in the wounds to prove it was really Himself, and also-Luke @24 Verse 39 saying he was not a spirit.
Luke also gives a different description of finding the clothes in the tomb.It is hard to believe writers who give different descriptions of what happened, and then think it is inspired by God. I really think God could be more clear on what the real truth is; and I also understand that humans like to make up stories.
I’d be surprised if anyone observing this particular hole in the Resurrection stories gives an credence at all to the other miracle stories either.
None of them were testified to by the apostles, by the way. We have no eyewitness testimony for any of the miracle stories or for anything else about Jesus.
Well, I’m convinced, and just in time for Easter, too. I was having no difficulty believing that someone as dead as a doornail could be up and about a day and two nights later, but the whole clothing thing is just one impossibility too many. Boy is my face red.
To pretend for a moment that you’re serious (hey, it’s April 1, I can say any stupid thing I want), several religions train their children from birth to accept the whole ressurection thing. Spontaneous clothing generation, not so much.
The only reference to Jesus’ childhood in the Canonical Gospels is Luke’s story of Jesus going to the Temple when he was 12 years old. The Apocryphals include the Infancy Gospels of Thomas and the Infancy Gospel of James.
This is the explanation that can be found in the apocryphal Gospel of Cameron.
Book II, Chapter 1
And Jesus entered the shelter of the gardener and spake, “I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” And the gardener replied, “You forgot to say please.”
