If Jesus had not been raised up ​ — if it was all a hoax — ​ why would Peter risk his life to proclaim Christ’s resurrection to the religious leaders, who hated Jesus and had plotted his death?
وَنَتِيجَةَ شَهَادَتِهِمْ بِغَيْرَةٍ عَنْ قِيَامَةِ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ،‏ ٱضْطُهِدُوا وَعُذِّبُوا وَتَعَرَّضُوا لِلْمَوْتِ .‏