I read about this a few days ago. The story I read reported this fairly
responsibly, quoting some authority as pointing out that these were 3 of the
most common names in that culture, so that statistically speaking, given the
number of tombs that have been excavated, you would have expected this
combination of names to turn up at least once.
Any news report trying to make this into something of theological
significance (as opposed to an arguably cute little story to report around
Easter) is being sensationalist and maybe dishonest.
Allan
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