The Resurrection of Jesus
The Bible states that Jesus was executed in a particularly brutal fashion, than miraculously came back to life. Eye witness accounts of His activities afterwards are detailed in the Gospels. In order to research the authenticity of this claim, this paper will cite sources to address three questions:The above claim is based on statements in the Bible. Is the Bible itself a reliable source of information?Within the context of Hebrew and Roman culture and customs of the time, what is the hard evidence that this event occurred? Are there alternative explanations for the belief that Jesus walked the earth after his death? If the Bible is a main source of information about events two thousand years ago, its validity is a key issue. Let's look at what the Bible actually is: The Bible is a series of over sixty books and letters arranged in a more or less chronological order, by over forty authors in three different languages- Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The written material covers over fourteen hundred years and events in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The authors range from poor people to kings, from Hebrew fishermen to Greek doctors (Poole, 1998). The New Testament books were written before 100 A.D. but were not put together unti
However, all but one of the disciples (John) later died violently would they have died for their faith if it was meaningless? Their motives could be later clarified by Paul, who wrote, "And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so, is your faith" (I Corinthians 15:14). that do not contradict the Biblical accounts (McDowell, 1990). Did Jesus really die during the crucifixion or was he just unconscious and later revived? In this act, Jesus was pierced with a sword (John 19:34). Though some have fallen asleep (are deceased). by Athanasius and the councils of Hippo (393 A. If a person is challenged to prove something is true and that person states the impossible will happen, then there is little room for error: either it will occur or it won't. The details of the crucifixion are well known and detailed in such Biblical sections as John 19:17-35 ("so the soldiers took charge of Jesus, carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the skull, here they crucified him, and with him two others"), (NIV, 1995). Thorburn who stated, "It is absolutely inconceivable that as many as (say) five hundred persons of average soundness of mind and temperament, in various numbers, at all sorts of times, and in diverse situations, should experience all kinds of sensuous impressions- visual, auditory, tactual - and that all these manifold experiences should rest entirely upon subjective hallucinations. Commentary in the NIV Study Bible on this passage notes that this was probably written to shore up the faith of doubtful Corinthians. In I Corinthians 15:6, Paul notes, while listing the post resurrection appearances, "After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time (in a hill in Galilee), most of whom are still living (at the time Paul is writing this). Prior to the crucifixion he had been beaten and whipped in ways that would have led to severe injuries without medical attention (McDowell, 1990). There is concordance between Biblical histories and secular sources such as various Roman writings by Flavius Josephus and Pliny, Governor of Bithynia (Poole, 1990). A Centurion would have made very sure of this before telling vital information to a king with power over his life and death (McDowell, 1990). There is also archaeological evidence from many sources such as the tablets unearthed from Edla/ Northern Syria, Dead Sea Scrolls, etc.
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