Questions tagged [resurrection-of-jesus]
Central tenant of Christianity, that Jesus Christ rose from the dead following his crucifixion
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How long was Jesus in the tomb?
Christians commonly celebrate Good Friday as the day that Jesus was crucified, and Easter Sunday as the day that Jesus rose from the tomb. Most relevant verses in scripture say that Jesus would be in ...
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Why did Jesus say, "Do not touch me"? [closed]
John 20:17:
Jesus said, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"...
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Who resurrected Jesus - the Father, the Son, or the Holy Spirit?
In John 2:19-22 Jesus tells the Jews that he will perform a miraculous sign by raising the temple of his body in three days.
In John 10:18 Jesus says he has authority to lay down his life and ...
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Why the resurrection?
My understanding is that Christians believe that Jesus died, was resurrected, and ascended to heaven alive.
What is believed to have been the purpose of this? Specifically, once dead, why not just ...
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Are there any secular historical references to the natural phenomena that occurred at the crucifixion and resurrection?
The Scriptures record that there was three hours of darkness during the crucifixion of Jesus. This is a pretty significant meteorological event. Furthermore, the morning of Jesus' resurrection, the ...
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Where, exactly, were Christ's body and soul during the Descendit?
In the Confessional Presbyterian, Vol. 3, p. 104ff., Daniel Hyde wrote about several different views of the Descendit - the descent of Christ into Hell - in his article "In Defense of the Descendit: A ...
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How does Jesus' death and resurrection save humanity? [closed]
Time and again we hear that Christ died for our sins, or that Christ died so that we could be saved. But I've never understood how exactly the two are connected? In what way does the death of Christ ...
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Was Jesus' resurrected body the same as his glorified body that he now has in heaven?
Most people understand that the Scriptures teach that the body in which Jesus was crucified was the same body that came out of the grave. But regarding the body in which He now dwells, was that ...
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How similar was the resurrected body of Jesus to his physical human body?
Different Christian denominations have differing theologies of the resurrection: what it means for us, how it happened, and so on. What do the main bodies of Christian belief (Orthodox, Catholic, "...
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What did Paul mean when he called Jesus the "firstborn from the dead"?
note: All Scripture quoted is from the King James translation.
I have noticed that Paul referred to Jesus as the firstborn numerous times:
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: ...
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How is it significant that Jesus rose on the 3rd day? [closed]
Christianity teaches that Jesus died on the cross and on the Third day rose from the dead. His resurection is significant for all sorts of reasons which I don't want to go into in this question. What ...
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What happened to Jesus' physical body after his death and resurrection?
As the title asks, what do modern Christian religions believe happened to Jesus' physical body after the resurrection?
From John 20:11 - 14:
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, ...
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The nature of Jesus's 40 days post-resurrection but pre-ascension
I recently learned that the gap in time between the resurrection and the ascension of Jesus into heaven was given as "40 days". I'm curious about that period and have a few related questions about it ...
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External reference of Jesus's resurrection?
After that he appeared to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of
whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep in death. - 1
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I'm trying to find some external/non-biblical ...
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What was Van Til's view on the use and validity of historical proofs for the resurrection?
Cornelius Van Til was the pioneer of presuppositional apologetics, and was one of the founding members of Westminster Theological Seminary. The defenses of faith that he developed sought to apply the ...
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How do we know that death has no mastery over Christ?
Romans 6:9 says:
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.
The logic here says that since Christ died and was risen, now he ...
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Did Jesus transform into spirit form after Resurrection
In the 40 days after the Resurrection and before his Ascension, Jesus appears and disappears to people, including his disciples.
He also is not recognizable by some of his followers including Mary ...
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What is the New Testament argument against Gnosticism?
I'm aware that the rise of Gnosticism was after the New Testament was written – but it would seem that a lot of the ideas on which it was built were floating around at the time. (Particularly Greek ...
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What evidence is there for the Resurrection of Jesus?
What historical evidence has been used by people who argue for truth of Jesus' Resurrection?
It’s important to distinguish between the evidence and the best explanation of that evidence. This ...
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Did Jesus and the repentant thief reunite in heaven on the very day they died?(Catholic view)
The reading of Luke 23:43 differs depending on how we punctuate it:
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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And Jesus said unto him, Verily ...
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What arguments can be made that 1 Corinthians 15 is not about physical resurrection?
This is something of a long shot. I had a friend look at 1 Cor. 15 (and other parts of the Bible), and he formed the conclusion that 1 Cor. 15 was about a spiritual and not bodily resurrection—i.e., ...
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What about all those who just don't know? [duplicate]
Romans 10:9
That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
John 14:6
I am the way and the truth and the life. ...
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Can someone point to a prophecy about the 3 days between the cross and resurrection? [closed]
Can someone point me to a OT prophecy about the Messiah being in the tomb for 3 days? As general or specific as you can think of. I think I have one, and it seems pretty obvious to me, but a lot of ...
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Who believes the incarnation and resurrection wouldn't have happened without Mary's faith?
A group called the Steering Committee for the National Consecration of Ireland to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is, as the name suggests, seeking the consecration of the nation of Ireland to the ...
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How can apologists argue that if Jesus did not rise again then Christianity and the Church would not have lasted, when other religions have?
As I reflect on this Easter holiday, as a spiritually young person, I thought of the idea that's often repeated: that if the resurrection of Jesus were not true, then Christianity and the Church would ...
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How could Jesus get through locked doors?
Since Jesus tomb was empty, he obviously arose in his material body, and throughout the Bible references to shutting the door at night, is the same as us locking the door at night since it is obvious ...
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How does the Christology of the Baha'i faith differ from that of trinitarian Christianity?
In his letter dated 28 March 1941 addressed to the believers throughout the West, Shoghi Effendi emphasizes: As to the position of Christianity, let it be stated without any hesitation or equivocation ...
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What is the significance of what Jesus ate after his resurrection?
Is anyone aware of any special symbolic significance of Jesus eating specifically fish and honeycomb while showing his disciples he was not "a spirit" when he appeared to them (and somewhat scared ...
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What denominations believe that Jesus Christ has a current physical body? [closed]
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I believe that Christ after his death took up his physical body and that it was this now-perfected body that he showed the disciples, ...
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What is the biblical basis for the belief that the Lord Jesus Christ does NOT presently possess blood in his incorruptible body?
Some Christians do not believe that the Lord Jesus Christ presently possesses blood in his incorruptible body. What is the biblical basis for such a belief?
For example, the Christian Apologetics and ...
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When, and by whom, did what we now call Easter Sunday first become known as Resurrection Sunday?
During the course of my search into the origins of ‘Resurrection Sunday’ I found some interesting information, but mainly to do with the name ‘Easter’:
The naming of the celebration as “Easter” seems ...
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The resurrection & Deut 13 - If a prophet says "Let us worship another god" - Do NOT follow him, even if he gives a sign/miracle
It seems that Christian apologetics very much rests on the historical veracity of the resurrection. That is, if we can verify the resurrection, than we have an objective rationale to believe in the ...
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Where did the disciples meet Jesus after the resurrection?
I was listening to a debate between a Muslim scholar and a Christian scholar, and the Muslim debater raised this and many other questions. The Christian debater did not address this issue in his ...
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Did the importance of the resurrection increase as the New Testament was written?
I've often heard that if you lay out the books of the New Testament by the chronological order of their composition, the story of Jesus' resurrection becomes more important in the later books. Some ...
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What is the LDS (Mormon) view of the necessity of Jesus death and resurrection?
I heard recently in a sermon that the LDS church views Jesus' death and resurrection as almost a "blemish" on Christianity - that it was an unfortunate event, and not at all the way God planned for ...
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Where did Jesus go and what did he do between His Death and Resurrection?
Without going into the specifics of three days and three nights or some configuration, where and what did Jesus go and do between the time of His death/burial and His resurrection, if anything?
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Did Peter fully enter the tomb?
In Luke 24:12 it states that Peter stooped down to look through into the tomb, but omits any mention of hims actually going into the sepulchre itself. Only after he briefly stoops down does he run ...
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Has Numbers 19:11-12 been considered when discussing why Jesus rose on the third day?
Has anyone ever considered Numbers 19:11-12 when discussing why Jesus resurrected on the third day and not another day? I was reading my daily bible reading and this struck me during the reading.
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Is there a group of Christians that believes that Jesus was resurrected metaphorically rather than physically?
Is there a group of Christians or confession that believes that Jesus was resurrected metaphorically rather than physically?
Sometimes I encountered with opinions that Jesus was resurrected in the ...
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Why did Christ need to be the first person to be resurrected? [closed]
Christ is the firstfruits; he was the first person to be resurrected. Why did he need to be the first? Why couldn't anybody else be resurrected until after Christ was first resurrected?
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Refutations of, or Thoughts on How Jesus Became God (Bart D. Ehrman)
Are there any published, written or recorded (audio or video) responses to the claims Bart D Ehrman makes in How Jesus Became God?
I'm currently reading this and Misquoting Jesus as part of an ...
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If flesh & blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God how did the Lord Jesus show His "hands and feet" after the resurrection? [closed]
As blood and flesh can't inherit the Kingdom of God, how could the Lord Jesus be resurrected with same blood and flesh? I mean He showed his hands and feet to the disciples in Luke 24:39. Or is that ...
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Did the conversion of Paul occur before or after the Ascension?
According to the Bible, the conversion of Paul occurs when he is walking on the road to Damascus and suddenly has an encounter with the resurrected Jesus. My question is, did this encounter occur ...
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Is the Feast of First Fruits rather related to the Start or the End of the 50-day-count?
I have seen scholars associating the start of the 50-day-count to a "Feast of First Fruits", but when reading Lev 23:6-14 and Exo 34:18-26 I rather see this as a small ceremony related to ...
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What is meant by the Jehovah's Witness statement "Jesus was dead, forever dead."?
The following is pulled from an answer to this question: According to Jehovah's Witnesses, In What Way is Jesus Human.
It would appear, then, that the Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus had his ...
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According to Emanuel Swedenborg, who is the man Jesus, born of a woman, who died and then was resurrected?
An article titled "The Lord" at the website of the Swedenborg Foundation states that Emanuel Swedenborg believed
“that the Lord is God from eternity and that he himself is that Lord who was ...
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How is the resurrected Jesus related to the Trinity?
The Doctrine of the Trinity is affirmed by the Catholic Church and more in general by the large majority of Christian denominations, Orthodox, "mainline" Protestant etc., with some relevant ...
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How was the Catholic Easter calendar established, despite this passage?
Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
If Jesus said he ...
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Which are the OT prophesies referred to in the Nicene Creed in relation to Jesus' Resurrection?
St Paul writes in 1 Cor 15:4 that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. We recite the verse in the Nicene Creed also. Now, we see Jesus mentioning his death and ...
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According to Biblical Unitarians, who resurrected Jesus - the Father or the Son?
In John 2:19-22 Jesus tells the Jews that he will perform a miraculous sign by raising the temple of his body in three days.
"Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise
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