Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Evidence for the resurrection of Jesus include: 1. Women Eyewitness Testimony Women were the first to see the empty tomb and the risen Jesus. In the 1st and 2nd centuries, people did not trust women's testimony. Josephus wrote: "Let not the testimony of women be admitted" (Antiquities of the Jews 4.219). The Talmud says: "Any testimony for which a woman is unfit" (Rosh Hashanah 1:8c). Critic Celsus mocked it in the 2nd century: "Who beheld this? A half-frantic woman!" (Contra Celsum, Book 2, Ch. 55). If the resurrection story was invented, no one would say women were the first witnesses. It would hurt credibility. Yet all four Gospels include this detail. This proves the account is authentic. 2. Conversion of Paul Paul hated Christians, but after the risen Jesus appeared to him, he changed completely, became a bold preacher, suffered greatly, and died for his faith, which proves the resurrection is true because no one would hallucinate a Jesus they hated while actively persecuting His followers.