Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? - Part One: The Facts

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Why was Jesus of Nazareth crucified?

Because he made outrageous claims about himself. He claimed... to be the one and only Son of God.
Why would anyone take his claim seriously?

Well, that all depends...

If Jesus actually rose from the dead, then his claim to be God’s unique Son carries considerable weight. On the other hand, if the resurrection never actually happened, then Jesus may be safely dismissed as just another interesting, but tragic, historical figure.

Did Jesus rise from the dead?
As we explore this question, we need to address two further questions: what are the facts that require explanation? and which explanation best accounts for these facts?

There are three main facts that need to be explained: The discovery of Jesus’ empty tomb ... the appearances of Jesus alive after his death...and the disciples’ belief... that Jesus rose from the dead.

Let’s examine each of these...

[beltingguy]

As a broken believer I base my hope on this incredible, undeniable moment in history. Only God can raise the dead. Jesus rose and made a way for me to be reconciled to the Father.
Have you asked Jesus to forgive you of your sins and have you put your trust in Him?

[AleInBywater]

I see many critics (and some trolls) being confused about NT sources being independent.

New Testament critics have identified a number of sources behind the New Testament, sources on which the New Testament authors drew. For example, Matthew and Luke drew not only upon Mark as a source but also upon a source which scholars designate “Q, ” which appears to have been a source containing Jesus’ sayings or teachings. Thus, if you could show that a saying in Matthew or Luke appears in both Mark and Q, that would count as multiple, independent attestation.
Now what is amazing is how the burial and empty tomb of Jesus are attested in multiple, independent sources.
1. Mark’s Gospel closes with the story of the women’s discovery of Jesus’ empty tomb. But Mark did not compose his account out of whole cloth. He appears to have drawn upon a prior source for Jesus’ Passion, that is, the final week of his suffering and death. When you read the Gospel of Mark, you will find that it consists of a series of unconnected anecdotes about Jesus, rather like beads on a string, which may not always be chronologically arranged. But when it comes to the final week of Jesus’ life, we do find a continuous, chronological account of his activities, arrest, trial, condemnation and death. Scholars thus think that Mark drew upon a pre-Markan Passion story in the composition of his Gospel. Interestingly, this pre-Markan Passion source probably included the account of Jesus’ burial by Joseph in the tomb and the women’s discovery of the empty tomb. Since Mark is already the earliest of our Gospels, this pre-Markan Passion story is an extremely early source which is valuable for our reconstruction of the fate of Jesus of Nazareth, including his burial and empty tomb.
2. Matthew clearly had independent sources (designated “M”) apart from Mark for the story of the empty tomb, for he includes the story of the guard posted at Jesus’ tomb, a story not found in Mark. The story is not Matthew’s creation because it is suffused with non-Matthean vocabulary, which indicates that he is drawing upon prior tradition. Moreover, the polemic between Jewish Christians and Jewish non-Christians presupposes a history of dispute that probably goes back before the destruction of Jerusalem to the earliest debates in that city over the disciples’ proclamation, “He is risen from the dead.” 
3. Luke also has independent sources (designated “L”) for the empty tomb, since he includes the story of the visit of Peter and another, unnamed disciple to Jesus’ tomb to verify the women’s report. This incident cannot be a Lukan creation because it is also mentioned in John, which is independent of Luke’s Gospel.
4. John’s Gospel is generally recognized to be independent of the other three, called the Synoptic Gospels. John also has an empty tomb narrative which some would say is the most primitive tradition of all.
5. The apostolic sermons in the book of Acts were probably not created by Luke out of whole cloth but also draw upon prior tradition for the early apostolic preaching. In Acts 2, Peter contrasts King David, whose “tomb is with us to this day, ” with Jesus, whom “God raised up.” The contrast clearly implies that Jesus’ tomb was empty.
6. In I Corinthians 15.3-5, Paul quotes an old Christian formula summarizing the apostolic preaching. The pre-Pauline formula has been dated to go back to within five years of Jesus’ crucifixion. The second line of the formula refers to Jesus’ burial and the third line to his rising from the dead. No first century Jew could have understood this in any other way than that Jesus’ body no longer lay in the grave. But was the burial mentioned by the pre-Pauline formula Jesus’ burial by Joseph in the tomb?  A comparison of the four-line formula with the Gospels on the one hand and the apostolic sermons, for example in Acts 13, on the other allows us to answer that question with confidence. The pre-Pauline formula is an outline, point for point, of the principal events of Jesus’ death and resurrection as related in the Gospels and Acts .

[collegepennsylvania]

“He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all. He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:3-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
God loves you so much and showed that by sending His Son to die for us so that we may inherit eternal life. We deserve hell but He gave us heaven through faith in Jesus. He took the punishment we deserved and by putting our faith in Him we can be saved. The Key To Eternal Life:
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because if Jesus really rose from the dead it is the most important fact ever!
God bless y’all!

[Huntlifts]

God Bless You all. Jesus is King ALL GLORY HONOR PRAISE WORSHIP AND THANKSGIVING TO GOD JESUS IS KING THANK YOU GOD FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THANK YOU JESUS FOR ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING I LOVE YOU GOD MORE THAN ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WITH ALL MY HEART SOUL MIND AND STRENGTH ALL HAIL KING JESUS

[James-lwgi]

What a succinct and clear video. The graphics are also on point. Very well done 👍

[nitongpelingon]

the most powerful argument for Gods existence

[feotppx]

Hello! Can i translate this fenomenal video on my language and reupload it? :)

[nagranoth_]

The first 2 "facts" are just claims, NOT facts, and the sources you pretend were independent are about as dependent as it's possible to be... including copying entire paragraphs word for word... You say the earlier the source the more reliable, but the earliest of those sources doesn't mention a tomb at all, so you're left with ONE independent source that doesn't mention the tomb and a bunch of derived sources that suddenly add that stuff. Guess what that does to credibility?

Woman caring for the dead is not remarkable, it was woman's work at the time. It would be weird if the claimed men were going to do that, while everyone at the time would've been baffled by that idea. Also the weight a women's testimony caries IN COURT has no bearing on anything, AND the stories have the men immediately "verify" what the women said so even if the weight of woman's testimony was relevant (which it isn't) that's easily sidestepped by the very same story. You do realize that it's a story right? People could've just made the entire sequence of events up, which is extremely likely since - again - your earliest source doesn't even mention a tomb, and all those other derived sources have different stories around the suddenly added tomb narrative.

The third "fact", while arguably also just a claim, is at least somewhat realistic because obviously people believed this stuff. Otherwise the religion wouldn't exist. Sadly for you belief that something happened is in no way evidence that it happened. Just look at the utterly ridiculous conspiracies existing today that sometimes developed in a matter of days or even hours...

If you're going to say that you're going to look at facts that need to be explained it would be a whole lot better if you actually presented facts, and if the explanations were reasonable....

[carloalbertogalanti]

Jesus is raised from the dead and he is always present in the mistery of the only eucharistic.

[daynehaworth]

Thanks for sharing! Another historical fact that isn't mentioned is that Jesus was crucified. Which can also be verified by Jewish historian Josephus which is an external historical source from the bible

[shinywarm]

Viced Rhino has pointed out the claim that these are "6 independent sources" for the empty tomb claim is extremely problematic. The earliest of the 6 is 1 Corinthians. This video suggests the earlier the document, the more reliable, so it is rather embarrassing that 1 Corinthians does not in fact mention an "empty tomb" at all. As for the later accounts, both Christian and non-Christian scholars recognise that the authors of Matthew and Luke used Mark as a major source. They also agree that Acts was written by the author of Luke. John is later and itself states that it is based on the testimony of other disciples. Only one independent source exists - Mark. To claim the other accounts are "independent" and "unconnected" is dishonest.

[unknown_individual]

I find it strange that the books used as independent sources are synoptic gospels from the same Bible. Ultimately the Church decides what canon books they keep in the Bible. Are there no external sources outside of the Bible actually accounting the Resurrection or are they just not present in the graphics here?

[AnimatedBibleandTheology]

Odd this video has so many views yet hardly any comments. The video is amazing!

[GrandpaDoesMovies]

Using the bible to prove the stories in the bible are true??? LOL

[con.troller]

Please provide credible, testable evidence that ANY of the supernatural claims made in the bible are even possible.

Failing that, provide credible, testable evidence that ANY of the supernatural claims made by anyone, have actually occurred.

[theshepherdszeal]

For dejected followers of Jesus such as his disciples, the very fact that they gave their life for what they witnessed, which was the resurrection of Christ in the flesh. All bolds proof enough that rose from the dead and is Lord of all and the King Mesiah! Praise Yahweh!

[johnfoster]

Well I'm an ex Christian here.
Now, I'm prepared to go along with the events that occurred up to his crucifixion( and I even have my doubts about this too).
However, its what happens after that that doesn't convince me. I have 2 questions to ask. Firstly, how could Jesus have had the strength to push aside a huge boulder that was covering the entrance to his grave on his own? And, my second question. How could he have managed to slip past the Roman centurion that was supposedly guarding his grave without being seen?
Now, before anyone answers these questions, keep this in mind. Roman soldiers were severely punished for failure of duty( I understand that they could even be executed themselves for failure). So, if there was a Roman soldier guarding Jesus tomb, then why didn't he see him?
Now, I'll also put this up for consideration. This is something that everyone appears to have overlooked.
Jesus was a wanted man. Now what do you think would have happened if the people that killed him found out that he was alive? What do you think would have happened?
Well, here's what I think. I think that the Roman soldiers that were involved in Jesus supposed death would have been severely punished for failing their duties. And there would have been garrisons of Roman centurions sent out to look for him with strict orders for either his recapture, or he was to be killed on the spot.
That, never happened. Now, I once read somewhere that an Anglican minister said that he believed that Jesus did rise from the dead because Jesus body was never found. So what? Perhaps the reason for that was because there was no body to find to begin with. Its all nonsense. The resurrection never happened.

[XxlightxX]

It happened, but people dislike spiritual things.

[savedbymylovegodthelordjes]

praise the only true living LORD and GOD bless you all glory be to the HOLY TRINITY forever and ever amen 💖✝️✝️✝️

[Kittensarevicious]

I've examined the evidence, and I must say... it's compelling. I'm convinced that he did in fact rise from the dead, which gives validity to all his teachings.