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 Skeptics’ Objections Skept
What is the Resurrection? Objectio
The Bible teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, and that he was crucified and Did Jesus of N
died for the forgiveness of sin, was resurrected from the dead, and lives today. was crucified
Around ad 30, Jesus of Nazareth was crucified during the reign of Roman Answer
Emperor Tiberius (ad 14-37), in the province of Judea. After dying on the from the first
cross, he was buried in the tomb of a prominent Jewish leader named Joseph
of Arimathea. • 39 ancient s
Josephus, and
Early on Sunday after his crucifixion, several women who had followed and/or resurre
Jesus, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and
Salome, went to Jesus’ tomb intending to anoint the body with spices and • Ignatius wa
ointments. The women wondered who would roll away the stone for them. years after the
Suddenly, there was an earthquake and an angel appeared. The women found Ignatius wrote
the tomb empty. They feared something had happened to the body of Jesus. crucified in re
An angel of the Lord assured the women that Jesus was alive and had risen He really died
from the dead.
Leaving the tomb, the women went to tell Jesus’ disciples what had
happened. Before they reached the disciples, Jesus himself appeared to the
women. Over the next few
weeks Jesus appeared to more
than five hundred others
proving that he had risen from
the dead, and verifying all
that he had claimed.
Over the centuries, skeptics • An early cr
have developed several from 8 to 20 y
objections to the resurrection buried, and th
of Jesus and have proposed (1 Corinthian
several alternative theories than 20 years
about what actually happened • Several wit
to the body of Jesus Christ. reports are rec
Many believe that Jesus’ the New Testa
resurrection is too difficult to death of Jesus
prove beyond a reasonable documents we
doubt. Here is evidence to would have o
answer those doubts.
• Peter wrote
people about
his majesty. (2

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 Skeptics’ Objections Skept
All Up Objection 4: The Witnesses Were Unreliable Objectio
e world into There were no impartial witnesses who could verify the physical resurrection was Not
Scripture, of Jesus Christ. Christianity b
of Jesus was
Answer: The reliability for the resurrection is supported by many
unlikely. witnesses, and by the lack of evidence from the opposition.
Answer
earless liars Anyone wishing to make up a story in the first century would not use women historical eve
ed in fear as their primary witnesses. All four gospels agree that the first eyewitnesses to
e risen Lord, the proof of Jesus’ resurrection were women. On the surface, this does not The drastic
es seem like a major proof for the resurrection. Some may argue that these For thousands
s a result women, who were very close to Jesus, are not objective witnesses. scattered over
g, torture, Jewish people
The significance of these eyewitnesses lies in understanding the role of after the cruc
r their
women in first century Judea. During the time of Jesus, a woman’s testimony Christ and his
on’t die
was considered worthless. In fact, a woman was not allowed to serve as a on the Sabbat
witness in court. If early believers wanted to fabricate the resurrection, they resurrection o
til Jesus would have come up with witnesses who were men who had political and Sundays and
religious influence in their community. Instead, the writers reported the actual explanation fo
witnesses who were women and also close friends of Jesus. Those who they knew, ha
had stolen
recorded these events wanted to be accurate.
red the news
No one ever produced the body of Jesus. John Warwick Montgomery says, Early chur
“In 56 ad Paul wrote that over 500 people had seen the risen Jesus and that baptized whe
mb. They celebrate the
most of them were still alive (1 Corinthians 15:6). It passes the bounds of
credibility that the early Christians could have manufactured such a tale and • Baptism ce
uested to see then preached it among those who might easily have refuted it simply by going under w
ved. producing the body of brought out o
ed in Jesus.”6 The greatest
weapon against these early • In the Lord
on. However, the suffering
me the leader eyewitnesses would have
been to produce the body Scriptures sug
death Hebrews 12:2
of Jesus. That weapon was
never used, because it didn’t crucifixion th
ollowers of exist. The silence of those
ed believers who opposed Christianity These two
hrist while Jesus’ followers not been a ce
formed. preached about the empty
esus. tomb only confirmed the
risoned fact that the tomb really was
d pastors empty and its vacancy could
not be explained otherwise.

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 Closing Statements
On Pentecost, 50 days after the resurrection
as Justin of Jesus, Peter addressed the crowd and
e empty tomb specifically pointed out:
and stole
• Everyone there knew that Jesus of Nazareth was a man
accredited by God by miracles, wonders, and signs. (Acts 2:22)
eports that the • Everyone there knew that Jesus was crucified, and that his
ep the truth a death was by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge. (Acts 2:23)
he disciples
• Everyone there knew that David spoke about the resurrection
from stealing of Jesus in the Psalms nearly 1000 years before. (Acts 2:24-31)
rs to watch
• Everyone there was a witness to the fact that Jesus was raised
to life. (Acts 2:32)
they
what they

ndoned Jesus.
The disciples
Upon weighing the evidence,
tion. These
ntly move the
it overwhelmingly supports that
Jesus Christ is Risen.
ng Tomb He is Risen Indeed!
wrong tomb. • Was
• Is Th
• Can
References
1. Roberts, Alexander and James Donaldson, editors. Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Early Church Fathers • Coul
Ante-Nicene Fathers to A.D. 325, Vol. 1.
s earlier. 2. Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, New York, NY: Macmillan-Collier, 1960. pp. 55-56.
3. Peter W. Stoner, Science Speaks Chicago: Moody Press, 1969, 109.
he tomb 4. Strobel, Lee, The Case for Christ, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.
5. Josephus, The Antiquities 20.200.
hn would 6. Montgomery, John W., History and Christianity, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1971.
7. Geisler, Norman and Thomas Howe, When Critics Ask, Wheaton, Ill.: Victor, 1992.
8. Ramsay, W. M. The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament, Grand
ve produced Rapids: Baker Book House, 1953.
9. Dr. Gary Collins cited in Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998.
10. McDowell, Josh D. The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1999.
11. Corsinii, Raymond J. Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol 2, New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.. 2001.
he owner of 12. Strobel, Lee, The Case for Easter, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998, 2003.

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1. Roberts, Alexander and James Donaldson, editors. Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, Early Church Fathers • Could There be Another Explanation?
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2. Lewis, C.S., Mere Christianity, New York, NY: Macmillan-Collier, 1960. pp. 55-56.
3. Peter W. Stoner, Science Speaks Chicago: Moody Press, 1969, 109.
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