Table of Contents Part VIII: The Resurrection of Jesus The
Historical Aspect of the Resurrection of the Resurrection as
found in the Gospels are presented in such a way that throughout
the centuries believers and unbelievers alike have recognized
their cogency; and skeptics have generally found that the only
way to undermine this testimony to His bodily resurrection is
not to deny that Jesus was seen alive after the Crucifixion, but
that He never actually died on the cross in the first place.
This ancient argument has been so often discredited by critical
analysis of the resurrection scenes presented in the Gospels
that one might suppose no one would think of reviving the
argument any more. Nevertheless, it was reported by Associated
Press in 1970 that a German scholar, Kurt Berna, (2) after
careful re-examination of the famous shroud which is believed to
have been wrapped about the Lord's body in the grave, satisfied
himself that blood stains on it prove that Christ was still
alive when He was taken down fro