There is very good evidence to suggest they do. Discussion of The Resurrection of the Dead Saints in Matthew 27. Even leading Christian apologist William Lane Craig does not defend this story as historical.
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But this is the biggest resurrection story in the New Testament. According to this story many people were resurrected and were seen by many yet WLC ad other Christians are not keen on believing in this story…so why do they believe in the smaller resurrection story (the one involving Jesus p)?
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good question! Perhaps some kind Christian can explain…
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Consider this: the historian Josephus, a contemporary of Jesus from Jerusalem who wrote much about his city, just fails to mention this most public of miracles – multiple resurrections from the dead.
Other gospel writers fail to mention this amazing miracle.
Acts – which focuses on the history of the earliest church in Jerusalem – fails to mention the multiple resurrections. And they would be such propaganda value!
Paul’s letters fail to mention this event.
No other NT writer seems to know of it.
No non-Christian source mentions it – Jewish or Roman.
No Church Father mentions it in the 1st or 2nd century.
And as is well known, ancient biographers were very comfortable with making up stories. The gospels, situated within that genre, would likely have followed suit.
Result? 99.99% certainty it is a made up story. Call it ‘apocalyptic’ if you wish.
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