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What Christians believe about…
The Resurrection
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Christians believe that……Jesus was tried, crucified and died
Christians believe that……He was buried in a tomb
Christians believe that……The tomb was sealed with a great rock
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Christians believe that……Three days later his tomb was empty
Christians believe that……Jesus had come alive again
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What is the evidence?
Evidence 1. The Broken Seal
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His disciples may come
and steal the body and tell
the people that he has been raised
from the dead.
Take a guard! Go, make the
tomb as secure as you know
how.
Greek: Kustodia
Latin: Custodia
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• Not Jewish guards• Roman guards• Highly disciplined
and well-trained • Death penalty for
disobedience
That means…
No one would dare break the seal!
Evidence 2. The Stone was moved
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The weight of the stone =
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Stone found a long way off
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Who moved the Stone?
Was it the Roman and Religious Leaders?
NO
Was it the Disciples?
NO
Was it the Women?
NO
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It was an angel!
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Evidence 3. The Grave Clothes
Then Simon Peter …went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there; But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was still rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself. (John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)
Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw and was convinced and believed .
(John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)
Why are the grave clothes such convincing evidence?
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Jesus called Lazarus from his tomb
“But the burial napkin
which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was still rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself.”
(John 20:6-9 Amplified Bible)
The conclusion:
1. No one stole Christ’s body 2. Jesus came alive again3. His new body rose up
through the grave clothes
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Evidence 4. The Empty Tomb
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• Gamaliel• Josephus
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Conclusion:
The tomb must have beenempty on the Sunday.No one has ever produced evidence to prove otherwise.
Evidence 5. The Women
• Women were thought to be inferior to men
• Women were not allowed to give evidence
• Yet women were first to find the tomb empty
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• Anyone wanting to lie about it would NOT have said that women were the first witnesses
• No men would have deliberatelyembarrassed themselves like that!
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Conclusion:
The Gospel account must be true, because in that culture no false story would have given women an important position.
The Guards at the Tomb• An earthquake…• An angel rolled back the stone• The tomb was empty!• They fainted with fright• They went to tell the
religious leaders
The Guards at the Tomb• An earthquake…• An angel rolled back the stone• The tomb was empty!• They fainted with fright• They went to tell the
religious leaders
Evidence 6. The Guards
The religious leaders bribed the guards to say:
“We fell asleep.”
“Someone stole the body.”
The religious leaders bribed the guards to say:
“We fell asleep.”
“Someone stole the body.”
A Big Lie
• How did they avoidthe death penalty
• How could every soldier fall asleep at same time?
• How could they see what was happening if they were asleep?
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Conclusion:
The resurrection must have happened, or else why did the authorities lie and try to cover it up?
Jesus cameout of the
grave alive.
He was seen by hundreds
of people
Evidence 7. Appearances of Jesus
• Peter• 12 Disciples• Over 500 people• James• All the Apostles• Paul himself
(then called Saul)
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(1 Corinthians 15:5-8)
Many were still alive
Conclusion:
Jesus was seen alive by far too many
people for the truth to be covered up.
Evidence 8.Transformed Disciples
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Preached boldly in public
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Not put off by opposition
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Changed themain dayof worship
8.Transformed DisciplesReceived the power of the Holy Spirit
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Conclusion:
Nothing could
have changed
the disciples
except the resurrection
of Christ and
his continued
power.
Evidence 9. Unbelievers converted
Saul the persecutor
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Evidence 9. Unbelievers converted
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James the doubter
Summary of the EvidenceThe broken clay seal
The stone moved away
The grave clothes uncut
The empty tomb
Women’s evidence
Guards bribed to lie
Appearances of Jesus alive
Summary of the Evidence
Disciples transformed
Unbelievers changed their minds
Summary of the Evidence
That is why Christians believe that …
What do you
think?
What do you
think?
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