Gabe Fluhrer

And the only theory, so to speak, that can account for it all is that it actually happened like the Bible says it happened.

So the other theories cannot account for all the facts.

They can't account for what seems so patently obvious when you begin to read the Scriptures.

Now, a related question is this.

Is there evidence outside the Bible that the resurrection happened?

Well, as a matter of fact, yes, there is.

An ancient historian, Tacitus, lived AD 56 to 120, said this, quote, Nero created scapegoats and subjected them to the most refined tortures, those whom the common people called Christians, a group hated for their abominable crimes.

Their name comes from Christ, who, during the reign of Tiberius, had been executed by the procurator Pontius Pilate.

Suppressed for the moment, the deadly superstition broke out again, not only in Judea, the land which originated this evil, but also in the city of Rome, close quote.

Isn't that fascinating?

So here's a guy writing probably within 50 or so years of the resurrection of Christ saying, this is a deadly superstition.

What is he referring to?

The notion that Jesus was alive.

Now he's a pagan.

He dismisses this as myth and nothing else than that.

But he says, there's this superstition that broke out in Judea.

and has now come to Rome.

And notice he says there's this guy named Christ who was executed under the reign of Pontius Pilate.

Once again, the scriptures say these things happened.

And my friends, this is so basic.