
The articles in this category all have something to do with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Many believe the claim made by Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar and critic, that the differences in the accounts of the Resurrection of Jesus within the four gospels are irreconcilable. But the truth is that each gospel records different events that complement each other and do not contradict them. The Gospel accounts Matthew 28:1-10 [1] After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first…
So, for how long was Jesus in the tomb? Let's begin by looking at where this question originates. Jesus prophesied about His death and resurrection multiple times. In one instance, He claimed: “For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” (Matthew 12:40). He…
The New Testament provides multiple evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. It stresses that Jesus predicted His own resurrection (Mark 8:31, 9:31, 10:34), that the Roman soldiers were guarding the tomb when Jesus arose from death (Matthew 28:11) and that Jesus appeared to many of His followers for over forty days until His ascension to heaven (Mark 16:9-18; Acts 1:3)… and that too was…
In attempts to examine the historical Jesus, many scholars have denied the resurrection account as an historical event. Such attempts always appear as taking a centrist approach to examining the life of Jesus, yet it becomes obvious that they are aligned on the side of the skeptics when it comes to the supernatural events in the story of Jesus. However, rejection of the supernatural…