28.11 A guard who let the prisoner escape would normally be executed, but this prisoner was a corpse: the threat was meant to come from the disciples (27.64), not from an angel (v2-4).
28.13 Not very interested in the truth, then?
28.15 Matthew alleges that the official account is a deliberate conspiracy to lie and conceal the truth.
I love Tom turning the tables on the sceptics: that it is they who are adjusting the facts to align with their beliefs. He also neatly points out how the disciples were not expecting the Resurrection anyway. Sceptics so often caricature the beliefs of Christians; and if we’re not careful, we meekly accept the caricature. For example, Dawkins saying that all Christians believe in a nasty vindictive deity, instead of a God of love. We should be quick to explain what we really believe.
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