Just a few quotes from scholars concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Those of us who believe already have no need for such things, but for those who think it a myth or fabrication, these might prove interesting and prompt further investigation. 

“After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted on the minds of human beings–or it is the most remarkable fact of history.”

Josh McDowell

“I claim to be an historian. My approach to Classics is historical. And I tell you that the evidence for the life, the death, and the resurrection of Christ is better authenticated than most of the facts of ancient history . . . “

E. M. Blaiklock
Professor of Classics
Auckland University

“There exists no document from the ancient world, witnessed by so excellent a set of textual and historical testimonies . . . Skepticism regarding the historical credentials of Christianity is based upon an irrational bias.”

Clark Pinnock
Mcmaster University

“If the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt.”

F. F. Bruce
Manchester University

“For the New Testament of Acts, the confirmation of historicity is overwhelming. Any attempt to reject its basic historicity, even in matters of detail, must now appear absurd. Roman historians have long taken it for granted.”

A. N. Sherwin-White
Classical Roman Historian

“These three great facts–the resurrection appearances, the empty tomb, and the origin of the Christian faith–all point unavoidably to one conclusion: The resurrection of Jesus. Today the rational man can hardly be blamed if he believes that on that first Easter morning a divine miracle occurred.”

Prof. William L. CraigA. 
Talbot School of Theology, Biola University

There is also a record of an excellent debate between two distinguished scholars here.  I have no intent to persuade anyone of the fact of the resurrection, but it has long been a matter of some curiosity that although Christ’s resurrection is one of the most attested to events in history, so many do not believe. I can only surmise that this is due to the sad state of the ‘natural’ human condition of being in bondage to sin and in rebellion against the creator – until the ‘supernatural’ turning of the human heart toward God, and the wonderful miracle of new birth in Christ.