Luke 24:36-48

Luke 1:2

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us (use)

John 21:24

This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. (use)

Luke 1:4

that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught. (use)

In any case, whether or not autoptai would have been recognized as a technical historiographical term in Luke’s preface, there is no doubt, from its total context in Luke-Acts, that it carries the historiographic meaning of people who witnessed firsthand the events of Luke’s gospel story.

Bauckham, R., 2008. Jesus and the eyewitnesses: the gospels as eyewitness testimony.
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Luke 23:52

This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. (use)

Mark 15:45

And when he{Pilate} learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the corpse to Joseph. (use)

Luke 23:55

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how his body was laid. (use)

The first and by far the most frequent interpretation is the God rescued Jesus from his fate in a miraculous manner and that someone else was sustituted for Jesus on the cross...

Lawson, T., 2014. The crucifixion and the Qur'an: a study in the history of Muslim thought. Simon and Schuster.
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The vast majority of Muslims are in the odd, even bizarre, category of not believing in the Jesus's resurrection because the do not believe in his crucifixion.

Barnes, P. and Younes, M., 2023. A Conversation between a Muslim and a Christian. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pg.71
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Matthew 27:64

Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first. (use)

Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?

Elmo, 2024. Tweet.
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Psalm 133:3

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore. (use)

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (use)

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. (use)

We stand where earth and heaven meet, where life is brought to death, and death is made the gate to glory.

Church of England., 2022. Service of Thanksgiving.
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Luke 24:6

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, (use)

Luke 24:9

and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. (use)

Luke 24:10

Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, (use)

Luke 24:11

but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. (use)

Luke 24:12

But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened. (use)

1 Corinthians 15:5

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. (use)

Mark 16:12

After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. (use)

Luke 24:34

saying{The Emmaus travellers}, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" (use)

We are still in the season of Easter and reflecting on the resurrection of Jesus. This is something we have a hard time getting our heads around because the 'rules of resurrection' are unclear the more you think about them.

Cary, J., 2024. The Rules of Resurrection.
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Luke 24:36

As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!" (use)

John 20:26

Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." (use)

1 Corinthians 15:5

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. (use)

Luke and John's narratives of this appearance are generally regarded as independent, and yet accord in what they relate is striking. There can be little doubt that Luke, John and Paul's formula all refer to the same event.

Craig, W.L., 2024. Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus.
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Acts 1:22

beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us-one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection. (use)

The evidence, therefore, of an appearance of Jesus to the Twelve is even better than that for an appearance to Peter: we have the testimony of the old formula, Paul's personal confirmation through his contact with at least Peter, and independent traditions relating the appearance in at least Luke and John. Once again, it seems very probable that the disciples as a group experienced something which they interpreted as Jesus's being alive from the dead.

Craig, W.L., 2024. Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus. pg.43
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Mark 16:14

Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. (use)

1 Corinthians 15:6

Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. (use)

and also the women...

No one fact in the history of mankind . . . is proved by better and fuller evidence of every sort than the fact that "Christ died and rose from the dead."

Arnold, T., 2018. Christian Life, Its Hopes, Its Fears, and Its Close: Sermons, Preached Mostly in the Chapel of Rugby School
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Mark 16:6

And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him." (use)

Mark 16:7

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you. (use)

Mark 14:28

But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee. (use)

John 21:1

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. (use)

Matthew 28:16

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. (use)

Luke 24:36

As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!" (use)

Luke 24:43

and he took it and ate before them. (use)

Across the spectrum of theological and historical opinion, one thing most pictures of the historical Jesus share is that he was a good eater...

McGowan, A., 2023. The Hungry Jesus.
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At best the historian can say that there were men and women in the first century who earnestly believed that they had seen the raised Christ … The historian cannot say that the raised Jesus was seen in a vision without himself becoming a man of faith. Nor can he account for the certainty with which the early Christians held to the conviction that they had seen Jesus.

Carnley, P., 1987. The Structure of Resurrection Belief.
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Matthew 17:3

And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him{Jesus}. (use)

...there was not sufficient time between the crucifixion and the report of Jesus resurrection for a myth to become popular. In addition, the resurrection eyewitnesses were still alive and available to be questioned about the facts surrounding the resurrection.

Driscoll, M., 2021. Alive 21 Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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As long as historiography does not begin dogmatically with a narrow concept of reality according to which 'dead men do not rise,' it is not clear why historiography should not in principle be able to speak about Jesus' resurrection as the explanation that is best established of such events as the disciples' experiences of the appearances and the discovery of the empty tomb.

Licona, M.R., 2008. The Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus - Historiographical Considerations in the Light of Recent Debates.
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Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures (use)

But they forgot the Scriptures; they did not think of that great source of hope.

Spurgeon, C.H., 1887. Folly of Unbelief.
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Mark 9:9-10

And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. (use)

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. (use)

What a sermon this must have been, where all the prophecies relative to the incarnation, birth, teaching, miracles, sufferings, death, and resurrection of the blessed Jesus were all adduced, illustrated, and applied to himself, by an appeal to the well known facts which had taken place during his life! We are almost irresistibly impelled to exclaim, What a pity this discourse had not been preserved!

Clarke, A., 1831. Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible.
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What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I, with body and soul, both in life and in death, am not my own, but belong to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and redeemed me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, that all things must work together for my salvation. Wherefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live unto Him.

Heidelberg., 1563. Catechisms.
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Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." (use)

The fact of Jesus' resurrection is a matter of history. What it means can only be understood by what the Bible tells us.

Guzik, D., 2012. Enduring Word.
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Luke 24:48

You are witnesses of these things. (use)

For a variety of reasons, contemporary scholars widely conclude that after his death, Jesus' followers at least thought that they had seen appearances of the risen Jesus.

Habermas, G.R., 2006. Experiences of the risen Jesus: The foundational historical issue in the early proclamation of the resurrection. Dialog, 45(3), pp.288-297.
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Acts 2:23

this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. (use)

Acts 2:24

God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. (use)

What you do with the one who hung on the cross and walked out of the tomb decides what God will do with you for eternity.

Begg, A., 2021. Brave by Faith. pg. 101
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Upon a life I have not lived, Upon a death I did not die; Another’s life, another’s death, I stake my whole eternity.

Bonar, H., 1881. Christ for Us. in Communion Hymns
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Hope is central to to Christian discipleship. We often present our faith in very pessimistic colours, emphasising the more sombre aspects of our religion, but, in essence, Christianity is good news.

MacLeod, D., 2016. A Faith to Live By: Understanding Christian Doctrine, Reprint edition. ed. Christian Focus Adult Catalogue. pg.267
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