HOW DO UNBELIEVERS EXPLAIN THE CHRISTIAN CLAIM THAT THE TOMB OF JESUS IS EMPTY?
A. Some say it is possible that the disciples of Jesus made up some kind of lie about the resurrection of Jesus. There are several problems with this view: 1. Jews in the first century were very concerned about the truthfulness of testimony. a. Jesus taught, let your yes be yes and your no be no. (Matthew 5:37) b. Jesus taught that on the Day of Judgment we will give an account for every careless word we have spoken (Matthew 12:36). 2. The Christian faith did not come to exist in some distant city, far from eyewitnesses who knew of Jesus death and burial. No, it came into being in the very city where Jesus had been publicly crucified, under the very eyes of its enemies (Dr. William Lane Craig). 3. Not even the President of the United States was able to cover up the break-in at Watergate. With the Presidency of the United States at stake, a small band of hand-picked loyalists, numbering no more than 10, could not contain the lie. Yet we are asked to believe that a small group of men and
