Supporting evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ surpasses many events recorded in ancient history. The testimony of many witnesses and the detailed accounts compiled shortly after the events offer compelling proof that Jesus rose from the dead.
● The disciples expressed no hope of Jesus’s physical resurrection before it happened.1
● The tomb was empty when the angel rolled away the stone and announced Jesus’s resurrection, despite the Roman soldiers assigned to seal and guard the tomb.2
● Had Jesus not risen, the Roman and Jewish leaders would have found evidence. Instead, the chief priests bribed the guards to say they fell asleep on duty.3
● The grave clothes remained in place in the empty tomb where Jesus’s body was laid.4
● At least two women physically clasped Jesus’s feet and worshiped Him.5
● Jesus showed and allowed His disciples to touch His wounds.6
● Jesus walked, talked, taught, and ate with believers at various times and places.7
● Jesus appeared to 500 at one time. When Paul published this fact, most of the 500 were still alive to confirm the truth.8
● Many witnessed Jesus ascend bodily into the clouds of heaven.9
● The witnesses to the truth of Jesus’s bodily resurrection gladly suffered ridicule, persecution, and even death.10 No witnesses suffer willingly for what they know to be untrue.
● The changed lives of believers offer enduring evidence of Jesus’s resurrection.11
1. No hope: Luke 24:13-24
2. Sealed, guarded tomb: Matthew 27:62-66; 28:2-4; Luke 24:1-10
3. Bribed guards: Matthew 28:12-15
4. Grave clothes: John 20:6-8
5. Clasped: Matthew 28:1, 9
6. Wounds shown: Luke 24:37-43; John 20:27
7. Met believers: Luke 24:13-34; John 20:19, 24, 26; 1 Corinthians 15:5-7
8. Met 500: 1 Corinthians 15:6
9. Jesus’s ascension: Luke 24:50-52; Acts 1:9-11
10. Persecution: Acts 2:1-41; 4:1-31; 5:17-31; 12:2; Revelation 1:9
11. Believers’ lives: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 1:9
Resource: Bible Study Fellowship, People of Promise: Kingdom Divided, Lesson 27, The Gospel of John
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