 Luke was saying, we saw him. We couldn't deny it was true. If it were a hoax the disciples had dreamed up, certainly one of them would have given in and admitted as much. Yet every apostle died the death of a martyr except for John, who survived a pot of oil and oil and was then banished to the island of Patmos. Not one of them broke ranks because they could not deny what they knew was true. Jesus was alive. They had seen him. It transformed their lives. And they had to go out and share this message with others.