Resurrection of Jesus

The resurrection shows that God has made the cucified both Lord and Christ. At the right hand of the Father, Jesus rules until the day that he will come to restore and renew all things. With the resurrection of Jesus and his entrance into glory, a new age has begun... Edmund P. Clowney

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The Resurrection of Jesus
RELATED TOPICS	Matthew 26, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20-21 Easter Sunday Resurrection Resurrection of Jesus—Wenham's harmony of the four accounts of the first Easter Sunday
SERMONS, ESSAYS AND OPINIONS	* Evidence of the resurrection of Christ (G. Jensen) Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on the resurection of Christ
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Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem around the year 30 AD. Three days later he appeared to his disciples, risen from the dead (Luke 24:46). He sent his disciples out into the world and today millions of people today know the risen Lord Christ and celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Dating of the resurrection

The New Testament fails to chronicle the date of which Jesus was crucified and when he was resurrected. However, many historians have attempted to place a date on both events. The two most commonly given dates for the resurrection are April 9, 30 AD and April 5, 33 AD.

Events surrounding the resurrection

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The resurrection of Christ is recorded in each of the gospels. It can be found at Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20-21.

Theology of the resurrection

Teaching us that this is part of the gospel in 1 Corinthians 5:4 (1 Corinthians 15:4), the Apostle Paul also taught that if the resurrection did not occur, then Christian preaching is useless, the faith of Christians is useless (1 Corinthians 15:14) and Christians are yet in their sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). Elsewhere Paul tells us that Christ's resurrection was involved in the justification of believers (Romans 4:25).

The belief that Jesus Christ was resurrected physically is vindicated by Christ's own words in Luke 24:39

See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."

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Quotes

Sir Norman Anderson, O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D., F.B.A., "The Evidence for the Resurrection", IVP, 1950.

Paul, in the fifteenth chapter of his Epistle to the Corinthians, gives a detailed list of several resurrection appearances. Now there is scarcely a scholar who has doubted the genuineness of 1 Corinthians, and its date is generally accepted as about 56 A.D. But the apostle writes that he had not only previously given his readers this information orally (i.e., in 49 A.D.), but had himself 'received' it, presumably from those who were apostles before him. This may take us back to 40 A.D. or to within some ten years of the crucifixion.... Paul tells us that in 56 A.D. the majority of some 500 original witnesses were still alive....

It may indeed be objected by some critic that a resurrection from the dead is so incredible that no amount of evidence would suffice. Such an attitude seems prejudiced and unscientific, but let that pass. Let us assume that the resurrection of an ordinary man is indeed incredible. But such a line of reasoning cannot apply to the One whom we are considering. He was unique in all He did; in all He said; in all He was. Whichever way one looks at Him, He is in a class by Himself. Even apart from the resurrection, there are excellent and convincing reasons for believing that He was 'God manifest in the flesh'. Is it, then, so incredible that such a One should rise from the dead? It would have been far more incredible if He had not. It is, indeed, the profoundest of mysteries that He should ever have died 'for us men and for our salvation': but, having died, it is no mystery that He should have risen.

Edmund P. Clowney, First President of Westminster Theological Seminary

The resurrection shows that God has made the crucified both Lord and Christ. At the right hand of the Father, Jesus rules until the day that he will come to restore and renew all things. With the resurrection of Jesus and his entrance into glory, a new age has begun.

Justin Martyr, The first apology of Justin, chapter LXVII. In ANF1, that is, Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1, at Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Quoted by Kidd BJ (1920) Documents illustrative of the history of the church: Vol I: To AD313. [C 156 AD. Re: Resurrection.]

But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because ... Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. For He was crucified on the day before that of Saturn (Saturday); and on the day after that of Saturn, which is the day of the Sun, having appeared to His apostles and disciples, He taught them these things, which we have submitted to you also for your consideration.

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