Is the resurrection of Jesus just a **Christian faith story**, or is it grounded in real history? In this episode of Miracles in the 21st Century, Dr. John Ashton makes the case that the **biblical evidence** for the resurrection is stronger than most people realize.

Many people assume the New Testament is little more than folklore, written generations after the fact and edited beyond recognition. Dr. Ashton challenges that assumption head-on, walking through the eyewitness authorship of the four Gospels, the historical accuracy of Luke's writing style, and the sheer volume of ancient manuscripts — thousands more than we have for any comparable Roman historical text. From there, he turns to the resurrection itself: the forensic proof that Jesus was truly dead, the empty tomb, the disciples' encounters with him afterward, and his public ascension in front of many witnesses. It's a case built not on blind faith, but on historical record.

In this episode, you will hear:
- Why the New Testament has thousands more surviving manuscripts than any other ancient historical document
- How archaeology confirmed details in the Gospel of Luke that critics once dismissed as fiction
- The medical and historical proof that Jesus was genuinely dead before the resurrection
- Eyewitness accounts of the risen Jesus — including his ascension before a crowd of witnesses

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