Lee Strobel

What do you experience? Some people believe that's when he was given this report by two people named in the report. But either way, it means within one to six years after the death of Jesus, this creed, this report is already in existence. And therefore the beliefs that make up this report go back even earlier, virtually to the cross itself.

So there's no huge time gap between the death of Jesus and the later development of a legend that he rose from the dead. We got a news flash and probably the greatest historian on the first century is Dr. James D.G. Dunn of the United Kingdom. He analyzed this report, which comes in the form of a creed of the earliest church with eyewitnesses to the resurrection.

So there's no huge time gap between the death of Jesus and the later development of a legend that he rose from the dead. We got a news flash and probably the greatest historian on the first century is Dr. James D.G. Dunn of the United Kingdom. He analyzed this report, which comes in the form of a creed of the earliest church with eyewitnesses to the resurrection.

So there's no huge time gap between the death of Jesus and the later development of a legend that he rose from the dead. We got a news flash and probably the greatest historian on the first century is Dr. James D.G. Dunn of the United Kingdom. He analyzed this report, which comes in the form of a creed of the earliest church with eyewitnesses to the resurrection.

He analyzed it historically and here was his conclusion. He says, we can be entirely confident that this report was written originally within months of the death of Jesus, within months. That is a newsflash from ancient history, much too quick to be a legend that developed over the generations. So we got an execution, he's dead. We got this early report and we got other early reports right there.

He analyzed it historically and here was his conclusion. He says, we can be entirely confident that this report was written originally within months of the death of Jesus, within months. That is a newsflash from ancient history, much too quick to be a legend that developed over the generations. So we got an execution, he's dead. We got this early report and we got other early reports right there.

He analyzed it historically and here was his conclusion. He says, we can be entirely confident that this report was written originally within months of the death of Jesus, within months. That is a newsflash from ancient history, much too quick to be a legend that developed over the generations. So we got an execution, he's dead. We got this early report and we got other early reports right there.

First generation, same generation of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and then John comes a little bit later, but also I would say in the first generation. So we've got these other reports too, but this one that I mentioned. Is it the original report too?

First generation, same generation of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and then John comes a little bit later, but also I would say in the first generation. So we've got these other reports too, but this one that I mentioned. Is it the original report too?

First generation, same generation of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and then John comes a little bit later, but also I would say in the first generation. So we've got these other reports too, but this one that I mentioned. Is it the original report too?

Well, he's reporting it in his letter to the church in Corinth.

Well, he's reporting it in his letter to the church in Corinth.

Well, he's reporting it in his letter to the church in Corinth.

And that's what we have today.

And that's what we have today.

And that's what we have today.

Well, the original letter's been turned to dust because it was written in parchment or on scrolls and papyrus and so forth. But we have people who copied it. And so we've got multiple copies. So we got an execution, we got the early report. Third E is empty tomb. And what's interesting about that is even the enemies of Jesus admitted the tomb was empty. How do we know?

Well, the original letter's been turned to dust because it was written in parchment or on scrolls and papyrus and so forth. But we have people who copied it. And so we've got multiple copies. So we got an execution, we got the early report. Third E is empty tomb. And what's interesting about that is even the enemies of Jesus admitted the tomb was empty. How do we know?

Well, the original letter's been turned to dust because it was written in parchment or on scrolls and papyrus and so forth. But we have people who copied it. And so we've got multiple copies. So we got an execution, we got the early report. Third E is empty tomb. And what's interesting about that is even the enemies of Jesus admitted the tomb was empty. How do we know?

Because we know from history sources inside and outside the Bible that when the disciples began saying, oh, Jesus had been resurrected, what the enemies of Jesus said was, oh, well, the disciples stole his body. Think about that. That's a cover story. They're admitting the tomb is empty. They're just saying, this is how it got empty. They stole the body.