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The crucifixion of Jesus
Jesus was crucified outside Jerusalem at Golgotha under Pontius Pilate. He died after several hours on the cross and was buried in a nearby tomb before the Sabbath. The Gospels present His death as the sacrifice for the sins of the world.
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The ascension of Jesus
Forty days after the resurrection, Jesus led His disciples out near Bethany, promised the Holy Spirit, and was taken up into heaven as they watched. Two messengers told them He would return in the same way.
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Cleopas
Cleopas was one of the two disciples who walked to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection. He told the stranger who joined them everything that had happened in Jerusalem, listened as the stranger explained the Scriptures, and recognized Jesus when the bread was broken at their table.
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James, brother of Jesus
James was a brother of Jesus who did not believe during the ministry, saw the risen Jesus according to Paul, and became a leading figure of the church in Jerusalem. He gave the decisive judgment at the Jerusalem council and is traditionally identified as the author of the letter of James.
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John the apostle
John was a Galilean fisherman, the brother of James and son of Zebedee, called by Jesus beside the Sea of Galilee. With Peter and James he witnessed the raising of Jairus's daughter and the transfiguration, and Christian tradition identifies him with the disciple whom Jesus loved and with the author of the fourth Gospel.
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Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus from whom, Luke says, seven demons had gone out. She was present at the crucifixion, went to the tomb early on the first day of the week, and in John's account was the first person to see the risen Jesus and to announce it to the disciples.
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Matthias
Matthias was one of two men proposed to fill the place of Judas among the Twelve, having been with Jesus from the baptism of John to the ascension. After prayer and the casting of lots he was added to the eleven apostles. Acts does not record his later ministry.
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Paul
Paul, first known as Saul of Tarsus, was a Pharisee who persecuted the church until the risen Jesus met him on the road to Damascus. He became the apostle to the Gentiles, planted churches across the Roman world, and wrote the letters that make up much of the New Testament.
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Peter
Peter, originally Simon, was a fisherman from Galilee whom Jesus called to follow Him and renamed Peter. He confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied Him during the trial, was restored after the resurrection, and preached the first sermon at Pentecost.
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Thomas
Thomas, called Didymus, was one of the Twelve. John records him offering to die with Jesus, asking how the disciples could know the way, refusing to believe the resurrection without touching the wounds, and then confessing the risen Jesus as his Lord and God.
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Resurrection
Resurrection is God raising the dead to bodily life. The Old Testament glimpses it in Job, the Psalms, Isaiah, and Daniel; the Gospels narrate the raising of Jesus on the third day; and Paul calls Him the firstfruits, the first of a harvest that includes everyone who belongs to Him.
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Isaiah 25:8
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Psalms 16:8-11
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Psalms 2:7
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Connections around The resurrection of Jesus
The crucifixion of Jesus precedes The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe Gospels narrate the burial on the day of preparation and the empty tomb on the first day of the week.
Evidence:The resurrection of Jesus precedes The ascension of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceActs states that Jesus appeared over forty days before being taken up.
Cleopas witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceCleopas recognizes the risen Jesus at Emmaus and reports it in Jerusalem.
Evidence:James, brother of Jesus witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePaul's summary says the risen Jesus appeared to James.
Evidence:John the apostle witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn records seeing the risen Jesus and testifies to it as the author.
Evidence:Mary Magdalene witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMary Magdalene is named first among those who found the tomb empty, and John records her seeing the risen Jesus.
Matthias witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMatthias was chosen precisely to be a witness of the resurrection with the Eleven.
Evidence:Paul witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePaul lists his meeting with Jesus on the Damascus road as the last of the appearances, and Ananias calls him a witness.
Peter witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter runs to the empty tomb, and Paul lists an appearance to Cephas.
Thomas witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThomas sees and confesses the risen Jesus.
Evidence:The resurrection of Jesus develops the theme Resurrection
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe raising of Jesus is the event on which the whole theme rests.
Evidence:The resurrection of Jesus explicitly fulfills Isaiah 25:8
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidencePaul frames the saying as coming to pass through the resurrection Christ has begun as firstfruits.
The resurrection of Jesus explicitly fulfills Psalms 16:8-11
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidencePeter states that David foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ in this psalm; Paul makes the same claim at Pisidian Antioch.
Evidence:The resurrection of Jesus explicitly fulfills Psalms 2:7
Explicit fulfillmentHigh confidencePaul says God fulfilled the promise by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm.
Evidence:Other responsible views
- Raising up as appearance or as resurrection: Some read raising up in Acts 13:33 as God bringing Jesus onto the scene, with the resurrection first named in verse 34; either way Paul frames the psalm as fulfilled in Jesus.