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 But the angel answered and said to the women,

“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus

who was crucified.

 He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.

Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

 And go quickly and tell His disciples that

He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going

before you into Galilee; there you will see Him.

Behold, I have told you.”

Matthew.28:5-8

 

Historical Evidence of

The Resurrection of

Jesus Christ…

 

Josephus (37-100A.D)

In the Tetestimonium Flavianum,” he says…

Now there was about this Jesus, a wise man,

if it be lawful to call him a man;

for he was a doer of wonderful works,

a teacher of such men as receive the truth

with pleasure. He drew over to him both many

of the Jews and many of the Gentiles.

He was the Christ. And when Pilate,

at the suggestion of the principal men among us,

had condemned him to the cross, those that loved

him at first did not forsake him;

for he appeared to them alive again the third day,

as the divine prophets had foretold these men and

ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him.

And the tribe of Christians, so named from him,

are not extinct at this day.”

 

Suetonius (70-160 A.D.)

Suetonius was a Roman historian and annalist

of the Imperial House. In his biography of Nero,

Suetonius mentions the persecution of Christians

by indirectly referring to the resurrection…

“Punishment was inflicted on the Christians,

a class of men given to a new and mischievous

superstition [the resurrection].”

 

 

 

Pliny the Younger (62-113A.D.)

Pliny the Younger wrote a letter to the emperor

Trajan describing early Christian worship gatherings

that met early on Sunday mornings in memory of Jesus’

resurrection day: I have never been present at an

examination of Christians.

Consequently, I do not know the nature of the extent

of the punishments usually meted out to them,

nor the grounds for starting an investigation and

how are it should be pressed. They also declared that

the sum total of their guilt or error accounted to

no more than this… they had met regularly before

dawn on a fixed day [Sunday in remembrance of Jesus

’ resurrection] to change verses alternately amongst

themselves in honor of Christ as if to a god.”

 

 

Indeed, taking all the evidences together it is not

too much to say that there is no historical incident

better or more variously supported than the

resurrection of Christ.

- B.F. Westcott

 

Our Savior’s resurrection is truly of great important

in Christianity; so great that His being or not being

the Messiah still stands or falls with it.

- John Locke

 

Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion.

The concept of resurrection lies at its heart.

If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.

- John R. Stott

 

In the whole story of Jesus Christ,

the most important event is the resurrection.

- William Lyon Phelps (Yale Professor)

 

The resurrection of Christ is a fact.

- Benjamin Warfield (Princeton Professor)

 

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection

not in words alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

- Martin Luther

 

Buddha is dead;

Mohammed is dead;

Joseph Smith is dead…

 

Only Jesus Christ Lives!

We Serve a Risen Savior!

 

Rise Again – Dallas Holm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkIJfLfzZ0w