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whether an asserted event is to be accepted as historical finally has to be a matter of the evidence. | |||
Gary R. Habermas, Antony G. N. Flew, and Terry L. Miethe, Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003), 127. | |||
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(1) Jesus died due to the rigors of crucifixion and (2) was buried. (3) Jesus’ death caused the disciples to despair and lose hope. (4) Although not as frequently recognized, many scholars hold that Jesus was buried in a tomb that was discovered to be empty just a few days later. | |||
Critical scholars even agree that (5) at this time the disciples had real experiences that they believed were literal appearances of the risen Jesus. Because of these experiences, (6) the disciples were transformed from doubters who were afraid to identify themselves with Jesus to bold proclaimers of his death and Resurrection, even being willing to die for this belief. (7) This message was central in the early church preaching and (8) was especially proclaimed in Jerusalem, where Jesus had died shortly before. | |||
As a result of this message, (9) the church was born and grew, (10) with Sunday as the primary day of worship. (11) James, the brother of Jesus and a skeptic, was converted to the faith when he also believed he saw the resurrected Jesus. (12) A few years later Paul the persecutor of Christians was also converted by an experience that he, similarly, believed to be an appearance of the risen Jesus. | |||
Gary R. Habermas, “Affirmative Statement,” in Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003), 19–20. | |||
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