still there: the graveclothes. Something about them so struck John, at least, that he believed in the resurrection. Significantly, this is the first time a disciple indicated belief in the resurrection. During the last century a well-known French critic of the Gospels, Ernest Renan, argued that Christian faith in the resurrection was the result of the rumors spread by Mary Magdalene, who had suffered a hallucination, thinking she had seen Jesus. But Mary could not have suffered a hallucination. The
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