“I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on that Easter Sunday were a public event which had been made known...not only to the 530 Jewish witnesses but to the entire population, all Jews would have become followers of Jesus.” IfsMadeJesusChristCommunityKnownAcceptingEventsJesus ChristHistoricalPopulationJewInventionWitnessSundayFollowersResurrectionDiscipleEasterJesus ResurrectionEaster SundayHistorical EventsJesus Followers Author:Pinchas Lapide
“If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or self-deception-without a fundamental faith experience-then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection itself.” IfsSelfWould BeGreaterGroupsMovementMiracleFundamentalsDeceptionResurrectionDefeatedDiscipleSelf DeceptionFaith Based Author:Pinchas Lapide
“I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event.” CommunityAcceptingEventsJesus ChristHistoricalInventionSundayResurrectionDiscipleEasterJesus ResurrectionEaster SundayHistorical Events Author:Pinchas Lapide
