Resurrection

Question 1

Luke’s Gospel

Answer 1

• women went to Jesus’ tomb with spices to preserve the body
• they realised the boulder had rolled away from the entrance and Jesus was not inside
• 2 men appeared and reminded them that Jesus would rise on the 3rd day
• The women told the apostles but they did not believe them
• peter ran to the tomb and only saw the cloth Jesus’ body had been wrapped in

Question 2

Conspiracies

Answer 2

• Romans burnt the body
• Jesus wasn’t dead to begin with
• Women many have looked in the wrong tomb
• disciples stole the body to make it look as I Jesus had resurrected
• his teachings continued through disciples

Question 3

St Paul

Answer 3

If the resurrection didn’t happen then ‘your faith is futile’. The resurrection is key to Christianity