Lee Strobel

And what's interesting about that is even the enemies of Jesus admitted the tomb was empty.

Everybody conceded the tomb was empty.

How do we know?

Because we know from sources inside and outside the New Testament that when the disciples began proclaiming that Jesus had risen, what the enemies of Jesus said was, oh, well, the disciples stole the body.

Now think about that.

They're conceding the tomb is empty.

They're trying to explain how it got empty.

So everybody's conceding the tomb is empty.

That's not the issue of history.

The issue of history really is how did it get empty?

Romans weren't about to steal the body.

They wanted Jesus dead.

Religious leaders of the day weren't about to steal the body.

They wanted Jesus to stay dead.

The disciples weren't about to steal the body.

I found seven ancient sources, six of them outside the Bible,

that said that the disciples lived lives of deprivation and suffering as a result of their proclamation that Jesus had risen.

They were willing to die for it.

Why?

Because they heard in Sunday school he'd risen from the dead and proved he's the Son of God?