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Some skeptics have claimed that even if we take Acts at face value as a history of the earliest Christian movement, it doesn't support the claim that the original disciples of Jesus risked death for the claim that they had seen Jesus risen. Paulogia claims this here: youtu.be/9omTjcRwd1M?si=ej6dI2K75yYvjdcy
This video examines what Acts actually says in the first two chapters. It emphasizes the identities of the eleven disciples who remained after Judas's death, it emphasizes the fact that they viewed themselves as witnesses of Jesus' resurrection, and it emphasizes the fact that they elected a twelfth person who met these same criteria to be a witness with them. The report of Peter's Pentecost sermon is emphatic that this was a very public event and that the other eleven disciples (who have already been named) were publicly and overtly endorsing what he said. (So much for Bart Ehrman's claim that they weren't "out on street corners" claiming that Jesus was risen.)
Some skeptics have claimed that even if we take Acts at face value as a history of the earliest Christian movement, it doesn't support the claim that the original disciples of Jesus risked death for the claim that they had seen Jesus risen. Paulogia claims this here: youtu.be/9omTjcRwd1M?si=ej6dI2K75yYvjdcy
This video examines what Acts actually says in the first two chapters. It emphasizes the identities of the eleven disciples who remained after Judas's death, it emphasizes the fact that they viewed themselves as witnesses of Jesus' resurrection, and it emphasizes the fact that they elected a twelfth person who met these same criteria to be a witness with them. The report of Peter's Pentecost sermon is emphatic that this was a very public event and that the other eleven disciples (who have already been named) were publicly and overtly endorsing what he said. (So much for Bart Ehrman's claim that they weren't "out on street corners" claiming that Jesus was risen.)
