Empty Tomb Puzzle

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Jesus appeared to 500 people during the 40 days after the resurrection to the ascending.

Acts 1:2-3,9 explicitly explains how his ascension was after 40 days. What would John say about this!

John 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.

8 days.

Mark and Luke?

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Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
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After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.
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Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
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So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
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And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. ...
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus....
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And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together....
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And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

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The same day as the resurrection.

To believe Acts or not to believe. That is the question.

You can not disprove Christ and His apostles, I know that's not your burden, it does not matter, the fact remains that no one can disprove Christ and His apostles.

The fact is I have yet to see evidence that proves Jesus and the Apostles were people in history.

No the apologetic does not go like that, the OT and NT mesh together well, showing us Christ is who He said He was.

No, that is how it goes. Was Jesus just a lunatic or really telling the truth? If he was a lunatic then he would have remained dead, but because he apparently didn't.... etc.
What I was saying is that it doesn't occur to many people that there's a 3rd option. Never.existed.
I used to pull this apologetic line all the time but it's heavily flawed from a historical p.o.v.