1. The percipient is a group. 2. The percipient lacks grief, religious belief, or belief in an afterlife. 3. The apparition imparts accurate information to the percipient who could not have known information otherwise.
The third criterion can and should be expanded. The coordination between Paul and Ananias, with Paul being sent to Ananias and Ananias being sent to Paul, meets the criterion. But we shouldn't just consider the acquisition of knowledge, but also other types of acquisition, like Paul's acquiring the ability to perform miracles after seeing the risen Jesus. That ability is well attested in Acts and Paul's letters, including in contexts in which Paul is citing his miracles as a known fact that even his critics should accept.
TL;DW. According to Licona:
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2. The percipient lacks grief, religious belief, or belief in an afterlife.
3. The apparition imparts accurate information to the percipient who could not have known information otherwise.
The third criterion can and should be expanded. The coordination between Paul and Ananias, with Paul being sent to Ananias and Ananias being sent to Paul, meets the criterion. But we shouldn't just consider the acquisition of knowledge, but also other types of acquisition, like Paul's acquiring the ability to perform miracles after seeing the risen Jesus. That ability is well attested in Acts and Paul's letters, including in contexts in which Paul is citing his miracles as a known fact that even his critics should accept.
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