(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . in a close observation of all |jthe apostles letters. The very name for the Lord whichPaul uses is a source of evidence. The most coJimon formand the one found in the greatest variety of combinationsis Christ, the Greek equivalent of Messiah. This isused with the article Eighty times, and without, onehundredand twenty-fslx times. The use with the article is that ||earlier form which was used in oorinedioB with the issue asto whether Jesus was the prophesied Messiah, as when John theBaptist said, I aa not the Christ^John 1:20). It is asort of off
(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . in a close observation of all |jthe apostles letters. The very name for the Lord whichPaul uses is a source of evidence. The most coJimon formand the one found in the greatest variety of combinationsis Christ, the Greek equivalent of Messiah. This isused with the article Eighty times, and without, onehundredand twenty-fslx times. The use with the article is that ||earlier form which was used in oorinedioB with the issue asto whether Jesus was the prophesied Messiah, as when John theBaptist said, I aa not the Christ^John 1:20). It is asort of official designation. Paul alone of the New Test-ament writers puts the nameChristfirst. using it a littlemore often than the formJe8us Christ. This order, saysGilbert, accords well with the unique experience of this a-postle. It is due to his vision of the Christ nn the roadto Damascus,, an epitome of apostolic faith, as Gilbertindicates, and the nucleus of his practical may further be noticed that Paul : not 3peak_ of th|e ?1. 12. authority of the historical Jesus, he makes no allusionto bhe baptism, etc., which is so prominent in the SynopticG-ospels, nor does he allude to the claim which Jesus Him-self laid to unique authority, to work miracles, to*|forgive cin, to bestow life, and to Judge men. Thus, thru-out all St. Pauls writings wherein he argues for the re-surrection of the righteous, he proceeds from this all im-portant i-esuirection of Christ. In a like manner thru the pages of the New Test-ament we find writer after writer laying the of hiS faith on the Resurrected Christ. In firstPeter, afte. tlie preliminary words, the author comes to the£flct of history which stirs his soul most deeply, namely,the Resurrection of Jesus and the living hope that it tells his readers that God raised Jesus from the dead andgave Him glory, so th .t their faith and hope might be in God,(1:21) and that the Resurrection helpeo them to
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