Jesus Resurrection Essay

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When other popular teachers died, their movement died with them. However, after the death of Jesus, his movement continued to build strength and grew rapidly. James, Peter, John and Paul, Jude and the writer of Hebrews were convinced of Jesus’ resurrection, they believed this with such conviction that they did not even try to defend or prove this. They stated it as fact. “In each narrative, names are given of those to whom the resin Christ presented himself (Barnett 130)”. This can be verified and proven true, based on eyewitnesses. After the death of Christ, the lives of the writers of the New Testament were radically changed. They traveled where they had not gone to reach out to people outside their comfort zone. They died in their challenge If these men were not telling the truth, would they have suffered in the way they did? “Their letters do not suggest delusion or deceit, but clear thinking and burning integrity (Barnett 116)”. They lived the way they did based on a verifiable historical event, the resurrection of Jesus. The two traditions of when Jesus rose from the dead combine powerfully to reinforce the reality of the resurrection. They came from separate sources. From the women we learn that Jesus rose on the first day of the week. From the other disciples we learn that Jesus rose on the third day. If the resurrection of Jesus was nothing but a hoax or urban legend, there would not be an identifiable starting point. This is not the case for the resurrection. We know the location he was buried and the time span in which it happened. There are several objections, other hypotheses about the resurrection. Some believe that another man was crucified, but Jesus was crucified in public. Officials wanted him to die specifically, so it would have been noticed if the wrong man was on that cross. Others say that Jesus only fainted, he did not actually die. Romans were very cruel in their punishment and execution of The only point that I thought completely supported their existence is that they were mentioned by non-Christian texts. The trouble is that they were not eyewitnesses; miracles could be rumors that could be messed up through retelling. I understand that eyewitnesses wrote the gospels and so if they said they saw miracles, they probably happened. Is there any other evidence though? Miracles to not be very well historically supported compared to other elements backed in this book. Why was indirect evidence not mentioned? The resurrection of Jesus is more credible because of the indirect evidence, such as the empty

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