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According to [[Bible]], [[Jesus Christ]] was [[crucifixion|crucified]] and resurrected - raised from the dead - three days later. Christians celebrate the resurrection on [[Easter]]. | According to [[Bible]], [[Jesus Christ]] was [[crucifixion|crucified]] and resurrected - raised from the dead - three days later. Christians celebrate the resurrection on [[Easter]]. | ||
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| + | It was soon after the darkest hour, not three days had passed. Women were weeping, men had turned their faces away. All his followers assumed they would never see Him again. | ||
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| + | The time for burial was approaching, and two different groups of women came. But the angels appeared, saying, "He is not here; he has risen!" (Matt. 28:6) | ||
"After His suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). | "After His suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). | ||
Revision as of 23:15, December 23, 2007
According to Bible, Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected - raised from the dead - three days later. Christians celebrate the resurrection on Easter.
It was soon after the darkest hour, not three days had passed. Women were weeping, men had turned their faces away. All his followers assumed they would never see Him again.
The time for burial was approaching, and two different groups of women came. But the angels appeared, saying, "He is not here; he has risen!" (Matt. 28:6)
"After His suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3).
"For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time." (1 Corinthians 15:3-8)
Defense of the resurrection of Jesus
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is critical to the Christian faith. The Apostle Paul wrote, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain" (I Cor:15:14). Traditionally, Christianity has believed in a physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. [1]
In the field of the defense of Christianity, which is known as Christian apologetics, there have been many scholars who have provided numerous reasons for believing in the authenticity of the resurrection of Christ. In regards to early christianity, many people who claimed to be eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus voluntarily preached the news of this despite extreme persecution, and died for their efforts. Unlike the early members of most religions, these people had the opportunity to be direct eyewitnesses to what verified the claims of Christianity.