Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus

Almost no historian disputes that Jesus lived in the first century AD, carried out a ministry and was crucified to death by the Romans.

Jesus died by crucifixion, the disciples believed the resurrection happened, it was proclaimed early as an event that happened and documented.

Some of the key disciples were martyred for their belief in Christ and were willing to sacrifice themselves as Jesus was.
The apostle Paul bore so much pain and imprisonment for the cause of Christ. He knew he had to choose to advance the Kingdom of Jesus but to be with Christ would be far better. Paul knew he would suffer including death. He was indeed a willing disciple and martyr for the message of Jesus he believed. James and Paul both became followers of Christ after being firm sceptics, to begin with.

The history of Israel is littered ­with the corpses of pious Jewish martyrs, none of whom was ever thought of as having been raised from the dead in such a manner. The New Testament accounts of the resurrection of Christ bear no relation to real mythology, despite the claims of some theologians, the probability it happened is very high.

There are only seven top scholars in the world that state Jesus never existed. There are more scientists that believe the earth is around six thousand years old than there are thousands of years old.

Paul and the early Christian’s which were many proclaimed Jesus rose bodily.
Logically this would mean He was alive at the time, which throws out that He didn’t exist. He didn’t die on the cross hence he appeared bodily to them. Or He did die by crucifixion and bodily appeared to many as the gospels teach. The beliefs at the time it didn’t mean life after death. It was never a general term for any and every belief about what might happen to people after they deceased. It meant, very specifically, that folk already dead would be granted new bodies, would return to an embodied life not completely unlike the one they had had before.

The 12 apostles all witnessed Christ’s resurrection and the (500) brethren. Of course, one should probably take into account that possibly not all knew how to write (or write well) and even if they did write, what was written may not have been preserved (for various reasons). And probably not many would have needed to write. It might have been easier for them to tell everyone they knew in person.

If there were experiences by many, which was documented you have to have a reasonable explanation for it.

Mass hallucination is just simply ridiculous, many people are not going to have a false sense of perception all at once.

Jesus appeared to all of His disciples visually, so it’s impossible that all of them would visually hallucinate, three group appearances at the same time. Group and multiple individual appearances attest to Christ’s appearance. Paul certainly was not grieving over the death of Jesus at that time, as he thought He was not Christ.

Hallucinations do not prove how the burial tomb was empty after being sealed by a round stone and guarded by Roman soldiers. Depending on the type of stone used, it could weigh between 1-2 tons (2000-4000 pounds). It was tied with rope and a Roman seal stamped into place. Part of the seal is still visible to this day.

Hallucination is the weakest hypothesis today against the resurrection.

There are sceptics and atheists alike that will only prefer non-miraculous explanations. There have been recorded miracles all throughout history whether Christian or not. If people make astounding claims you don’t need astounding evidence to back it up, with astounding evidence no one finds the answer anyway.

Science tells us the earth was created by the Big Bang, yet there is no astounding evidence to support that, hence it’s just a theory, yet we are told to believe it. If you are an eyewitness to Christ’s crucifixion it’s more credible than believing in the theory of the Big Bang. When we take the New Testament of cause the authors are Christian, but that doesn’t mean they are wrong. They are not biased, bias is just a bad objection. Even if the New Testament wasn’t inspired it’s universally excepted as a very reliable source of historical writings. People who reject the supernatural are delusional, as it exists all around us. There are witches, Druids, warlocks, Satanists, masons, and many other groups that work with the supernatural.

People have had near-death experiences just like in Jesus times. Many claims of an afterlife hours after presumably, they had died, so is Jesus resurrection so hard to believe?

The likely hood Jesus was raised from the dead is 97% reliable according to many top scholars. Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and the rest of the women, and multiple independent accounts from Matthew, Luke and John. Paul went to Jerusalem five years after the crucifixion and goes to see Peter, James and John. They spoke about the gospels and the death and resurrection of Jesus. Less than 25% per cent of naturalist critic theories are being used these days to explain the resurrection.

The scholarly consensus on Jesus death arises from a variety of Christian, Jewish, and Roman sources, all reporting Jesus death knowing how crucifixion works. Roman crucifixion was a three-step process which was scourging, nailing Jesus to the cross, then a death blow.

Conclusion

An early Christian creed is 1 Corinthians 15:

1 Corinthians 15:3-8
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.”

Cephas was Peter. We have Jesus death for sins, burial, resurrection on the third day, numerous appearances as authorities tradition, within a few years of the crucifixion. Appearances to Peter, James, Paul, to small groups the twelve, all the apostles and to more than 500, friends, foes, and woman. This passage eliminates three sceptical responses. It’s impossible to say Jesus did not exist, He was not crucified, and there were no hallucinations. This is a fact of history that the resurrection was at the heart of Christian preaching from the beginning. There was no deception involved which the Quran states, as liars make poor martyrs.

Would you go willingly to your death to proclaim a lie?
Have you met anyone willing to be stoned, beaten, persecuted, hated, crucified, and imprisoned for something made up to deceive the masses?

James the brother of Jesus was stoned to death. Peter and Paul all suffered as martyrs. Non-Christian’s agree that the disciples sincerely believe they had seen the risen Jesus. Many people have a prior commitment to naturalism and supernatural explanations are instantly ruled out. Supernatural miracles are recorded all around the world like healing. 90 per cent of new Christian believers come to faith through healing miracles. Hundreds of millions of claims can not be all wrong around the world.