Were the Apostles etc. proclaiming “Jesus resurrected”?

• Clarifying the question

  Question: Were the Apostles, Paul, Mary etc. really proclaiming that “Jesus rose from the dead”?

• 1st Christians suddenly deemed Sunday special

  The first Christians felt something very theologically significant happened on a Sunday (“The First day of the week”).

  This full article analyzes 2 arguments:

  • Christians began calling Sunday “the Lord's day”
  • Christians replaced the Sabbath with Sunday

  This is relevant because Jews were otherwise tenacious about obeying the commandment concerning the Sabbath, and nothing other than their belief that Jesus resurrected on Sunday would warrant this change.

• [James said Jesus appeared to him]

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• [Peter said Jesus appeared to him]

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• [The 12 apostles said Jesus appeared to him]

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• [Mary Magdalene said Jesus appeared to him]

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• [Paul said Jesus appeared to him]

  According to Paul's own testimony, he witnessed Jesus appearing to him alive from the dead.

  See this full page to analyze four examples:

  • In 1 Cor 9:1, Paul says “Have I not seen?”
  • In 1 Cor 15:8f, Paul says “He appeared to me”
  • Acts 9, 22, 26 etc. says so
  • In Gal 1:16, Paul says “revealed to me”

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