**Did Jesus physically rise from the dead?**
The God inspired/breathed Bible says:
...and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.\
\-[John 20:6-9](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=John%2020%3A6-9 "Read John 20:6-9 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=John%2020%3A6-9 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
..."Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."\
\-[Luke 24:5-7](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Luke%2024%3A5-7 "Read Luke 24:5-7 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Luke%2024%3A5-7 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."\
\-[Luke 24:38-39](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Luke%2024%3A38-39 "Read Luke 24:38-39 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Luke%2024%3A38-39 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.\
\-[John 21:12-14](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=John%2021%3A12-14 "Read John 21:12-14 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=John%2021%3A12-14 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time... \
\-[1 Corinthians 15:3-6](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A3-6 "Read 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=1%20Corinthians%2015%3A3-6 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")