Hey, he did at least give the benefit of the doubt and preface that we would take Acts as truthful for the purpose of the discussion... So give him a break for that.
Jews don’t believe any of it, he’s just cross-examining. No hidden tricks here— I want counter-arguments to see if we Jews have the ready-answers to them.
Roger that— apostles saw resurrection.
More than just the apostles saw Him:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Over_how_many_people_saw_the_resurrected_Christ
According to Luke, 1. To Cleopas and his companion (24,13-31). 2. To Simon (Peter) (34). 3. To the eleven and others (36). According to John, 1. To Mary Magdalene (20,14-18). 2. To ten disciples (19-24). 3. To the eleven (26-29). 4. To Peter,John and others (21). According to Paul,
1. “He was seen of Cephas.” 2. “Then of the twelve.” 3. “After that,he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once.” 4. “After that he was seen of James.” 5. “Then of all the apostles.” 6. “And last of all he was seen of me also.” Answer According to 1 Corinthians 15:5-8,Paul indicated that over 500 believers together at once saw Christ alive,of whom most were still living at the time of writing,therefore their testimony could be verified. Besides this,Paul had indicated that Peter and the twelve (included Matthias,who replaced Judas Iscariot) had seen Him,then repeats that all the Apostles had seen Him. For 40 days,Christ had been seen,having eaten with the believers and having had contact physically with them,notably with Thomas,who doubted the reality of the resurrected Christ,until he met Him and touched Him.
And three million Jews saw the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai.
Yes, just as there were many eyewitnesses of Moses going up to Har Sinai and bringing back the Torah, so there were for Yeshua dying, rising from the dead, and ascending to heaven. Even Eliyahu had a witness of his ascendancy into heaven in the fiery chariot.
Do you believe the Tanakh without the oral law/commentaries, or is your belief system predicated on having the oral law too so that you cannot understand or believe the Holy Scriptures in and of themselves ?
Organizations like Jews for Judaism are intended to keep Jews from embracing Christianity. That’s because Jews have a role and are needed in that role, and have souls with powers to fulfill that role.
The Jewish soul doesn’t turn to Christianity for rational reasons, so rational refutations of Christianity, while useful, don’t really address the underlying problem.