Statement: If Christ did not rise from the dead then Christianity would have died with the apostles.
Support-John 21:3 Peter, "I am going fishing."
2007-03-01 07:46:40 · 11 answers · asked by Jeff- <3 God <3 people 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Edit 1: Chicky
Yes, I asked what you think. Thanks for your input.
2007-03-01 07:53:06 · update #1
Edit 2- Billy BWW
How can you make a statment "He didn't rise from the dead." You can't say that matter of factly. You have no proof.
2007-03-01 07:58:49 · update #2
It proves who has the keys.
Rev 1:18 “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
If Jesus did not rise from the dead, then He was a liar.
Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Since Jesus did rise from the dead, what a blessed hope we have in Him!
John 11:25 “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live."
Note: There are writings to and from Rome regarding Jesus and His death and resurrection. Pilate had to give an account for sentencing Jesus. See the Archko Volumes, "Pilate's Report to Caesar" pgs 144-147
2007-03-01 07:56:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our hope of resurrection is based on the fact of Jesus resurrection. Jesus told Peter I will make you a fisher of men.
Luke 14:14 - And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 20:36 - Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
John 11:25 - Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
2007-03-01 16:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by deacon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember, you asked what *I* think!
I think he was not resurrected. Dead people stay dead.
I think the resurrection myth was added later to attempt to uphold Old Testament prophecy.
I think the apostles would spread the word of a man they looked up to and loved whether he came back to life or not. There is no resurrection myth surrounding Buddha but he sure has quite a following.
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2007-03-01 15:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Chickyn in a Handbasket 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He didn't rise from the dead. Some of the apostles thought they saw a ghost and mistook it for Jesus.
2007-03-01 15:57:06 · answer #4 · answered by Billybww 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in the resurrection.
If God can create you once, he can do it twice and in the case of Lazarus and a few others, 3 times.
2007-03-01 16:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by tina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree. And none of the remaining Eleven (Twelve, if you count St. Matthias), save John, would have gone to grizzly deaths all over the world when all they would have had to say is: "It didn't happen!!"
2007-03-01 15:51:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I agree. And after pentecost you saw these same disiples who had been fearful speaking boldly about the ressurection.
2007-03-01 15:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by Jan P 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh-oh, someone's been "Skippy-ed!"
Are you a lawyer? The re line got me wondering.
That's all I have for now.
2007-03-01 16:02:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah. Paul would have still made some stuff up and gone around teaching it. You can't stop crazy people from acting crazy.
2007-03-01 15:50:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
"People died for it, so it must be true."
Argumentum ad Populum.
Nice try, skippy.
2007-03-01 15:55:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋