Nothing is more central to the Bible than Jesus' death and resurrection, over one weekend in Jerusalem about two thousand years ago.

Attempts to make sense of the Bible that do not integrate the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus are doomed to failure. Jesus' own followers did not expect him to be crucified; they certainly did not expect him to rise again. Yet after these events their thinking and attitudes were so transformed that they could see the sheer inevitability that Jesus would die on a cross and leave an empty tomb behind, and absolutely everything in their lives was changed.

However much the Bible insists on the historicity of these events, it is as important to know what they mean as to know that they happened.

With clarity and conviction, D. A. Carson unpacks what some of the earliest witnesses wrote, in five New Testament texts, to provide an introductory explanation of Jesus' death and resurrection.

CONTENTS
Preface

1 The Ironies of the Cross: Matthew 27:27-51a
The Man Who Is Mocked as King Is the King
The Man Who Is Utterly Powerless Is Powerful
The Man Who Can't Save Himself Saves Others
The Man Who Cries Out in Despair Trusts God

2 The Center of the Whole Bible: Romans 3:21-26
Where the Passage Falls in Romans
What Paul Establishes

3 The Strange Triumph of a Slaughtered Lamb: Revelation 12.
The Occasion for Satanic Rage
The Reasons for Satanic Rage
How Christians Overcome Satanic Rage

4 A Miracle Full of Surprises: John 11:1-53
Jesus Receives a Desperate Plea for Help
Jesus Comes Up Against Devastating Loss
Jesus Confronts Implacable Death
Jesus Comes Up Against Moral and Spiritual Death

5 Doubting the Resurrection of Jesus: John 20:24-31
The Cry of a Disappointed Skeptic
The Adoration of an Astonished Skeptic
The Function of a Converted Skeptic
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Preface

Nothing is more central to the Bible than Jesus' death and resurrection. The entire Bible pivots on one weekend in Jerusalem about two thousand years ago. Attempts to make sense of the Bible that do not give prolonged thought to integrating the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus are doomed to failure, at best exercises in irrelevance. Jesus' own followers did not expect him to be crucified; they certainly did not expect him to rise again. Yet after these events their thinking and attitudes were so transformed that they could see the sheer inevitability that Jesus would die on a cross and leave an empty tomb behind, and absolutely everything in their lives was changed.

However much the Bible insists on the historicity of these events, it never treats them as mere pieces of raw data-admittedly, rather surprising raw data-the meaning of which we are free to make up for ourselves. It is as important to know what these events mean as to know that they happened.
This little book is a modest attempt to summarize not only what happened but also what they mean-in short, to provide an introductory explanation of the cross and resurrection. I do this by unpacking what some of the earliest witnesses of Jesus' death and resurrection wrote. The words of those witnesses are preserved in the Bible;...

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