Lee Strobel

And then it mentions the specific names of eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses to whom he appeared, including 500 people at once, including a skeptic like James, a half-brother of Jesus, who didn't follow Jesus during Jesus' lifetime and yet ended up dying as a leader of the church in Jerusalem. Why? Because Jesus appeared to him.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

That's right, if anybody wants to check it out.

That's right, if anybody wants to check it out.

That's right, if anybody wants to check it out.

No, no, no, in the 50s, yeah. 50s. Yeah, well, but we can go back.

No, no, no, in the 50s, yeah. 50s. Yeah, well, but we can go back.

No, no, no, in the 50s, yeah. 50s. Yeah, well, but we can go back.

Not only that, you're right, but within 20 years or so, that would tell us it existed, but... We know Saul of Tarsus became the Apostle Paul one to three years after the crucifixion. So he's on the road to Damascus. He has this encounter with the risen Christ. He becomes the Apostle Paul. Immediately he goes into Damascus and he meets with some apostles.

Not only that, you're right, but within 20 years or so, that would tell us it existed, but... We know Saul of Tarsus became the Apostle Paul one to three years after the crucifixion. So he's on the road to Damascus. He has this encounter with the risen Christ. He becomes the Apostle Paul. Immediately he goes into Damascus and he meets with some apostles.

Not only that, you're right, but within 20 years or so, that would tell us it existed, but... We know Saul of Tarsus became the Apostle Paul one to three years after the crucifixion. So he's on the road to Damascus. He has this encounter with the risen Christ. He becomes the Apostle Paul. Immediately he goes into Damascus and he meets with some apostles.

Many people believe this is when he was given that creed that he later wrote to the church in Corinth. Others say it was three years later, he went to Jerusalem and he met for 15 days with two eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus who were named in the creed, Peter and James.

Many people believe this is when he was given that creed that he later wrote to the church in Corinth. Others say it was three years later, he went to Jerusalem and he met for 15 days with two eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus who were named in the creed, Peter and James.

Many people believe this is when he was given that creed that he later wrote to the church in Corinth. Others say it was three years later, he went to Jerusalem and he met for 15 days with two eyewitnesses to the resurrected Jesus who were named in the creed, Peter and James.

And they had a meeting in Jerusalem for 15 days and some believe that's when he was given the creed by two people named in the creed as eyewitnesses. Either way, that means within one to six years after the death of Jesus, this creed is already in existence, therefore the beliefs that make up that creed go back even earlier, virtually to the cross itself.