1. In the earliest accounts of the disciples’ activity after the crucifixion, they are seen citing the resurrection of Jesus as their primary piece of evidence that Jesus was God. From the earliest days of the Christian movement, eyewitnesses were making this claim. 2. The students of the disciples also recorded the resurrection was a key component of the disciples’ eyewitness testimony (more on this in chapter 13). 3. The earliest known Christian creed or oral record (as described by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15) includes the resurrection as a key component. 4. This explanation also fails to
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