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The Resurrection - introduction

It is perhaps the greatest miracle told in the Bible ...Jesus of Nazareth has been dead for two days  ... early on the third day two women make their way to his tomb...when they get there, they find his body is gone. A voice speaks to them. It says, "Jesus is risen".

The Resurrection was hailed as THE miracle of miracles. It became and remains the central pillar of Christianity. But why? What exactly did the Resurrection mean to those first followers of Jesus? The claim that a man could be raised from the dead was as outlandish in the first century as it is today. But the rumour spread like wildfire. First to embrace it were Jesus' followers in Jerusalem and Galilee, his brother James, Peter and Mary Magdalene. It was then championed by a strict Jew called Saul of Tarsus. He claimed he'd met the risen Jesus and it changed his life. We know him as Saint Paul. Through Paul and the disciples, belief in the Resurrection spread beyond the Middle East.

Miracles of Jesus

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