Commentary on Early Christianity

The doctrine of the Resurrection was the centerpiece of Christian faith from its formative stages. It was the decisive elaboration of Christianity's distinctive religious identity in canonical scripture, and it is described in the four canonical gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and the letters of Paul. Details differ from account to account. For example, Matthew describes a dramatic Resurrection wherein an angel dislodges the tombstone and terrifies the guards, and Jesus presenting himself to Mary Magdelene and his mother and instructing them to dispatch the disciples to him (Matt. 28). In Mark, the angel explains the fait accompli to the Marys, and Jesus selectively appears to various disciples and ascends into heaven. Luke's treatment is more extensive, explicating the Resurrection as a fulfillment of Jewish prophecy about the Messiah (e.g., 24.44). The Acts account focuses on the benefits to mankind of the Resurrection: "And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive" (Acts 15.

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