Wonder how many comedians in A.D. 33 (or thereabouts) ran around yelling “He’s Back”? Especially in the face of Roman soldiers who had participated in the arrest, conviction and crucifixion of “that man”. Probably the greatest surprise in history – a dead man who did not stay dead. Of course, there were those who tried to explain it as trickery or some great illusion, but it cannot be explained away. It has to be taken at face value. The “Man” was dead, but is not any longer. He did what he said he would do, even though people did not believe Him.
Interesting that it did not make any difference whether people believed that Jesus was the Christ…that He said he would rise in three days…that the tomb could not keep Him. Whether they believed it or not, it happened. Even today, what you believe or feel does not change the fact that a perfect man died and rose again to make you and me perfect.