In Chapter 6, Williams scrutinises the evidence for the
Resurrection, and finds it eerily compelling. They were startled
and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, 'Why
are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at
my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost
does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.' The first
fact in the history of Christendom is a number of people who say
they have seen the Resurrection. If they had died without making
anyone else believe this 'gospel' no gospels would ever have
been written. It is very important to be clear about what these
people meant. This is, perhaps, the most important issue of all.
The Christian religion was founded on the belief that the man
Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, died and was buried, but three
days later was alive again - 'resurrected'. More specifically,
Christians claim that Jesus escaped from the sealed tomb in
which His dead body had been interred. Subsequently, over a
period of several we