Jesus rose from the dead. Here are 3 reasons why we can be confident

Two thousand years on, why are Jesus’ teachings still so influential in our world today? And why is he appearing in people’s dreams? The answer to that question lies in the evidence for his death and resurrection, says Justin Bass 

Virtually all non-believing scholars agree that Mary Magdalene, Peter, Paul and James, Jesus’ brother were honest and trustworthy when they claimed Jesus appeared to them risen from the dead. They really believed that the same Jesus who was crucified and buried walked among them. So if Jesus stayed dead and did not rise again, who or what did they see?

Whatever it was - at least in the cases of Peter, James and Paul - it transformed their lives to the point of being willing to suffer and die for what they saw. They sealed their testimonies with their own blood.