Pinchas Lapide Born : November 28, 1922Died : October 23, 1997 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Pinchas Lapide I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. If the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on that Easter Sunday were a public event which had been made known...not only to the 530 Jewish witnesses but to the entire population, all Jews would have become followers of Jesus. Pinchas Lapide sundayeasterjesus If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or self-deception-without a fundamental faith experience-then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection itself. Pinchas Lapide deceptionmiracleself I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. Pinchas Lapide sundaycommunityeaster
