It is Luke also who reports that Jesus twice called upon God as Father from the cross (23:34, 46), and
after his resurrection spoke to the troubled disciples of «the promise of my Father» (24:49).
Not exact matches
He never thought,
after the Greek fashion, of soul as pure being, capable of disembodiment, but
spoke, as his Jewish contemporaries did, of future life in terms of bodily
resurrection, and on that basis he discussed life
after death with the skeptical Sadducees, protesting only against the popular, contemporary ways of conceiving the raised body and its uses in the next world.
Regarding John 6:40, though this verse may have been
spoken before the
resurrection, but it was written
after.
I think we can be reasonably sure that those
Resurrection stories which
speak of a fully corporeal presence of Jesus
after his death could not have been known to Paul.
Yet the whole context of the passage indicates that Paul is not
speaking primarily about the
resurrection after death but to new life in the present through knowing Christ as Savior.)
Whatever may have been the actual course of events, historically
speaking, which the New Testament means to signify when it
speaks of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is at least clear that it was the conviction of the New Testament writers, building on the testimony of the disciples
after the crucifixion of Jesus — as it has been the continuing conviction of millions of Christian people since that time — that far from Jesus» being «put out of the way» by his death at the hands of the Roman authorities in Palestine, he was «let loose into the world.»
After a time, however, some Jews began to
speak about
resurrection of the body, which to them meant the entire human personality; they did this because it was inconceivable that Jews who suffered death as martyrs in the time of the Maccabees should be «cast as rubbish to the void,» their faithfulness to Judaism unrewarded and their bravery denied enduring value.
The eyewitnesses of the
Resurrection of Jesus — those who ate, drank,
spoke with, and listened to the Lord Jesus Christ
after His
Resurrection — were so convinced of the Good News of God's Love, Forgiveness, Peace, and Healing Power for all humanity revealed by the Risen Jesus Christ that these eyewitnesses were willing to die as martyrs for their belief in the Risen Christ as fully God and fully man when it was illegal to do so under Roman authority (where Cesar was considered a deity in the state cult religion).
The letter to the Hebrews is noteworthy for the fact that it makes only one reference to
resurrection, «the God of peace who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus».28 It elsewhere
speaks of Jesus
after his death only in terms of exaltation.
According to the Shi`as, they have had virtues and attributes which have been superior to those of anyone in their time; they were endowed with greatness and the ability to perform miracles; they were infallible and innocent; each one was introduced by the previous Imam as his immediate successor; the Prophet referred to them by name and designated them by number; they gave the best and clearest statements concerning the origin of man and the Day of
Resurrection; and
after the Prophet they were the best authority to
speak about religious affairs and conduct in the affairs of this world.
In this case we should recall the words
spoken to Mary by the angel, «Be not afraid,» 4 and again to Joseph, «Do not be afraid,» 5 and again by Our Lord, who constantly exhorted Peter and the apostles, especially
after the
resurrection, to have no fear.
Descending the Mount of Transfiguration, he told Peter, James and John not to
speak of their experience until
after the
resurrection; each of the three predictions of the passion included a prediction of
resurrection; and on the way to Gethsemane, Jesus said, «But
after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.»
As Jesus is reported to have
spoken, there are to be not two
resurrections with an earthly kingdom between, but one
resurrection,
after which comes a general assize, inaugurating the Messianic age.
Indeed, in some cases it is actually suggested that the disciples recalled the miracle only
after the
resurrection or, at any rate,
spoke of it only then.