Following him in, they found that the house was a hollow square, enclosing a courtyard with a bath sunk in the middle, and a fountain in the centre of the bath.
It is the aim of this article to offer a sort of synthesis of some of their key points and show the strength of the historical evidence for the resurrection of Christ. A method commonly used today to determine the historicity of an event is inference to the best explanation..
By basic definition, evidence is proof supporting a theory. It is the smoking gun and bullet taken from the crime scene. In other words, the gun and bullet (evidence) support the victim's death by gunshot wound (theory). Consider, however, the definition of theory -- a fact-based explanation. This means the victim's death by gunshot wound is a theory ascertained by reviewing many variables, one of which is evidence.