Talk:Resurrection of Jesus/prophecy

Ancient prophecies
Hundreds of years before the time of Jesus, Jewish prophets promised that a messiahwould come. Apologists claim that Jesus fulfilled some of these prophecies, which they claim are nearly impossible to fulfill by chance. (see Jewish Messiah). Other skeptics usually claim that the prophecies are either vague, misinterpreted, or unfulfilled, or that the Old Testament writings influenced the composition of New Testament narratives.