In his eloquence he exclaimed: "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ".

(Acts 2:36) So persuasive and convincing was the Apostle's argument that the Jews who had participated in having the Lord put to death "were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do ?" Some of them suffered death and martyrdom because they preached Christ and his resurrection.

(Acts 7:59) The apostles and early Christians received much persecution because they testified boldly that Jesus was raised from the dead.

They would not have done this had they been trying to carry out some fraudulent imposition.

Their motive in preaching these doctrines was to be witnesses for the Lord concerning the fulfillment of his great plan for the redemption and deliverance of mankind.
CHRIST THE LORD DIVINE [275]Jesus was put to death in the flesh and was resurrected a divine being.