Category: Death and Resurrection (page 1 of 13)

What Did Jesus Say Had Been Raised?

August 11, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Watchtower teaches that Jesus’ body never rose from the dead. Rather, “at his resurrection from the dead, Jesus was brought forth with a spirit body.”[1]

In last week’s post, we asked, “What did Jesus say would be raised?”

We looked at his prophecy in John 2:19-21 that if his body would be destroyed, in three days he would raise it up.

This time let’s focus on something different.

Let’s look at what happened after the resurrection and see what Jesus had to say about his resurrected form. Continue reading

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What Did Jesus Prophesy Would Be Raised?

August 4, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The Watchtower teaches that Jesus’ body never rose from the dead. Rather, “at his resurrection from the dead, Jesus was brought forth with a spirit body.”[1]

Let’s create a “stone in the shoe” soundbite response.

A good way to reply is to point out what Jesus prophesied about his own resurrection. Continue reading

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What Died and Was Raised?

July 28, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Let’s consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Watchtower teaches that Jesus did not rise from the dead bodily; rather, it teaches that he was raised as an invisible spirit creature.

One way to challenge the Watchtower’s doctrine on this point is to focus on the nature of resurrection.

Establish that in order for there to be a resurrection, something has to die and then come back to life again. Continue reading

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Series Summary

July 29, 2025 / / 0 Comments

When I began this “Watchtower Misconceptions About Jesus” series, I said:

“We’ll look at what the Watchtower teaches about Jesus, in what ways they are in error, and how we can get through to Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding what the Bible actually says about him.”

I hope I have successfully achieved that goal.

This has been my longest blog series to date.

It’s certainly possible that you weren’t able to get to all the posts, and you might have lost track of some that were especially meaningful to you.

For those reasons, I have decided to conclude the series by giving you an outline which includes the titles to each of the posts along with links so you can access them easily.

I hope you will find it helpful. Continue reading

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But Why Didn’t They Recognize Him?

May 20, 2025 / / 5 Comments

Jehovah’s Witnesses will sometimes ask, “If Jesus rose from the dead in his own body, how is it that so many of his close friends didn’t recognize him?” Continue reading

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