Living Dead Man

When discussing the truth of the resurrection, invariably the historical accuracy of the New Testament come into play. After all, it is those documents that contain the majority of the information about the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. From an historical perspective, there are at least seven lines of evidence that are pointed to in order to validate and sustain the reliability and accuracy of the New Testament documents. These seven lines of evidence, or arguments, are known as the seven E’s and they are:
1. Eyewitness Testimony – eyewitnesses are those individuals that saw and experienced the events that they either wrote about or told someone else about.
2. Early Testimony – this speaks to how early the written documents are in relation to when their recorded events actually happened.
3. Embarrassing Testimony – this is the authors revealing embarrassing and unflattering information about either themselves or the central figure of their story.
4. Excruciating Testimony – this has to do with the imprisonment, torture, persecution, and death that many individuals suffered because of their belief.
5. Expected Testimony – expected testimony is the fulfilled Old Testament prophecies of Jesus as written the Gospels.
6. Extra-Biblical Testimony – this is written accounts of Jesus and his followers by non-New Testament authors.
7. Enemy Testimony – this is written accounts written by those who were opposed to Jesus and his followers.

Over the coming days and weeks I will be expanding on each of these seven E’s and how they help us prove that Jesus was a real historical figure and that the New Testament documents are accurate and reliable.