1. The Resurrection of Christ (Acts 10:37-43; 13:27-31)

St Peter preached: “You are well aware of what was proclaimed all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism of John, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to everything he did in the Jewish countryside and in Jerusalem.”

“They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him to life on the third day and allowed him to be seen not by all the people but by witnesses who were chosen by God in advance—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to bear witness that he is the one designated by God as Judge of the living and the dead. To him all the Prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”

On a similar note, St Paul preached: “The people of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize Jesus or to understand the words of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, and they fulfilled those prophecies by condemning him. Even though they found no basis to justify his execution, they asked Pilate to have him killed.”

 “When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb. However, God raised him from the dead, and over a period of many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses before the people.”

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