To the Jews in general, it was blasphemous for Jesus ’ followers to claim that this impaled man was the Messiah. And to most educated Greeks, with their belief in the immortality of the soul, the very idea of a resurrection was repugnant. ​ — Acts 17: 32 - 34.
परंतु, अगदी सुरवातीपासूनच येशूच्या पुनरुत्थानाविषयी शंकाकुशंका व्यक्‍त केल्या गेल्या आहेत.