Resurrection of Jesus

The Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead after his crucifixion. It is central to Christian claims about salvation, Jesus’s identity, and hope beyond death.

Christianity: A religion centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection is a foundational claim shared across Christian traditions.
Paul the Apostle: An early Christian missionary and author of letters included in the New Testament. His letters preserve some of the earliest written Christian claims about Jesus’s resurrection.
Road to Emmaus: A Gospel episode in which the risen Jesus joins two disciples traveling to Emmaus. The episode depicts recognition of Jesus after his death through scripture and shared bread.
Resuscitation: The restoration of vital signs after apparent or clinical death, usually without a claim of transformed life. Christian accounts portray Jesus’s resurrection as more than a return to ordinary mortal life.
Kerygma: The early Christian proclamation of the message about Jesus, especially his death and resurrection. The resurrection became a central element of the message preached by early Christians.
Salvation in Christianity: The Christian understanding of deliverance from sin and death and reconciliation with God. Many Christian traditions connect Jesus’s resurrection with victory over sin and death.
1 Corinthians 15: A New Testament chapter in which Paul discusses Christ’s resurrection and the future resurrection of the dead. Paul cites an earlier tradition about Jesus’s death, burial, resurrection, and appearances.
Doubting Thomas: A Gospel episode in which Thomas demands evidence before accepting that Jesus has risen. The story makes bodily evidence and belief explicit themes of resurrection appearances.
Historical Jesus: The first-century Jewish teacher reconstructed through historical methods and surviving sources. Historical study distinguishes claims about Jesus’s death from theological claims about resurrection.
Sunday: The day of the week following Saturday, observed by Christians as the principal day of worship. Early Christian gathering on the first day of the week was associated with Jesus’s resurrection.

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