Christ’s resurrection is no legend. It was breaking news 2000 years ago
by Julian Mann, The Conservative Woman:
The word legend does get applied to some strange people these days – guitar legend Slash, footballing legend (fill in blank), chef legend (one of them).
Most people would accept that Jesus existed in Palestine 2000 years ago in the days of the Roman Empire. But many people today would claim legendary stories grew up around Jesus that got written down in the Gospels. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, which Christians celebrate at Easter, would be one of those legends.
But those people who believe the resurrection is a legend have not looked very carefully at the evidence and this evening we’re going to look at two strands of evidence that point very strongly to the historical accuracy of the New Testament Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Imagine you are living in Jerusalem around the time when Jesus was killed and you are a freelance journalist. A film company based in Jericho wood just outside Jerusalem approaches you and says they are wanting to make a film about this dead preacher Jesus of Nazareth.
Their film is going to be about this dead preacher rising miraculously from the dead and founding a movement that spreads all over the world and changes history. They want you to help out with the pre-film hype. They want you to write a feature article claiming that Jesus really did rise from the dead, an article that would get syndicated in the newspapers and get people to go and watch the film.
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