Defending the Truth of the Resurrection | Episode 23

St. Peter urged the early Christians to always "be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you". (1 Peter 3:15) And so it must be with us too! The hope which St. Peter speaks of is rooted ultimately in the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. As we begin the Easter Season, Dr. Luke Arredondo sits down to walk us through the facts surrounding the Resurrection and shows how we can defend the truth of the most significant event in human history. 

 

SHOW NOTES: 

Empty tomb accounts: 

Matthew 28: 1-10; Mark 16: 1-8; Luke 24: 1-12; John 20: 1-10. 

 

Post-mortem appearances of Jesus: 

Jesus appears to Mary Magdalen (John 20: 16)

Jesus appears to the women leaving the tomb (Matthew 28: 9)

Jesus appears to the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-30)

Jesus appears to Peter (Luke 24: 34)

Jesus appears to the disciples without Thomas (Luke 24: 36 ff, John 20: 19 ff)

Jesus appears to the disciples including Thomas (John 20: 24-29)

Jesus forgives Peter (John 21)

Jesus appears to the 500 (1 Cor. 15: 6)

Jesus appears to James (1 Cor. 15: 7)

Jesus gives the great commission (Matthew 28: 16, Mark 16: 14)

Jesus appears before his ascension (Luke 24: 50-53)

 

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Resurrection: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p122a5p2.htm

 

Other Reading recommendations:

Brant Pitre, The Case for Jesus

Michael Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

William Lane Craig, https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/jesus-of-nazareth/the-resurrection-of-jesus/