Did Jesus Raise from the Dead?
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Fact #1 - The Empty Tomb
Fact #1 - The Empty Tomb
The Women Reported it - their testimony would not be considered important, thus this is not a later legend since it would involve only the testimony of men in that historical context… (Compare Matthew 28:1-10 with 1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
The Women Reported it - their testimony would not be considered important, thus this is not a later legend since it would involve only the testimony of men in that historical context… (Compare Matthew 28:1-10 with 1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
The Earliest Jewish counters revolve around the empty tomb being the result of the theft of the body (Matthew 28:13-15)
The Earliest Jewish counters revolve around the empty tomb being the result of the theft of the body (Matthew 28:13-15)
Marks Gospel records event from as early as 7 years post resurrection - Meaning the Circulating account is quite NEW not added decades or even centuries later...
Marks Gospel records event from as early as 7 years post resurrection - Meaning the Circulating account is quite NEW not added decades or even centuries later...
The naming of Jospeh of Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-61 of the Sanhedrin verifies the story of the burial as legitimate.. He was too well known for this to be fiction, thus the burial account is accurate - the empty tomb must be as well...
The naming of Jospeh of Arimathea in Matthew 27:57-61 of the Sanhedrin verifies the story of the burial as legitimate.. He was too well known for this to be fiction, thus the burial account is accurate - the empty tomb must be as well...
History tells us his tomb was not venerated as a shrine - a place designated for remembrance of a holy man’s bones…
History tells us his tomb was not venerated as a shrine - a place designated for remembrance of a holy man’s bones…
Fact #2 - The Disciples had Real-World Experiences with the Resurrected Jesus
Fact #2 - The Disciples had Real-World Experiences with the Resurrected Jesus
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
Fact #3 - The Church GREW despite Persecution based upon the Preaching and Teaching from the Disciples that centered on the declaration of the Resurrected and Returning Jesus
Fact #3 - The Church GREW despite Persecution based upon the Preaching and Teaching from the Disciples that centered on the declaration of the Resurrected and Returning Jesus
The Resurrection is not a “later addition” to Christianity, it is the Basis and Center from the beginning
The Resurrection is not a “later addition” to Christianity, it is the Basis and Center from the beginning
The Apostles, as well as many followers were willing to die based upon the eye-witness testimony of the Resurrected Jesus
The Apostles, as well as many followers were willing to die based upon the eye-witness testimony of the Resurrected Jesus
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.