Michael Jones

So the way historians wrestle about this, this is a huge conundrum of history.

Jesus was crucified in 33 AD.

A couple months later, his followers are proclaiming he rose from the dead.

This proves he's the Messiah.

It proves he's the son of God.

How do you get there?

This is what secular non-Christian historians wrestle with.

How do you go from a guy being crucified to his followers proclaiming he's the Messiah and even skeptics converting like Paul and James, they scratch their heads and like, okay, they come up with these really convoluted theories to explain all the data.

And when you go through all the data, the best explanation of all the available data is that Jesus rose from the dead.

So think about it.

So the disciples were proclaiming he rose from the dead.

Our earliest reports, like the creed of 1 Corinthians 15, say Jesus appeared to multiple people, including groups.

He appeared to Paul, who was a skeptic.

He appeared to James, who was a skeptic, not a believer during Jesus's life.

So you have Jesus appearing to groups, okay?

Like the disciples, okay?

Well, group hallucinations don't happen.

Even Paula Fredrickson will be like, they must have seen something, but I'm not gonna say what it was, but they saw something that convinced them Jesus rose.

This is a non-Christian saying this.

Yeah, she's a Jewish convert, yeah.