Jesus promised that He would ask the Father to send a 'Helper/Comforter' to be in the Apostles to strengthen and enlighten them so they could accomplish their work.
John 14:15-18New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 "If you love Me, keep[a] My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
The Holy Spirit of God, aka Spirit of Christ begats all who keep God's commandments after they repent and are baptized.
in King James version it appears 12 times.
It wasn't - they were the first to know about it.
The 12 disciples transitioned into becoming apostles after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The news of the resurrection was brought to the apostles by women who were followers of Jesus, specifically Mary Magdalene, along with other women like Joanna and Mary the mother of James. According to the Gospels, they visited the tomb on the morning of the resurrection and encountered angels who informed them that Jesus had risen. They then went to tell the apostles about the miraculous event.
Jesus selected the group of 12 who became what was called his Disciples. After his death and resurrection, the 12 Disciples became the Apostles or founders of the churches.
The Catholic belief is that they received the power to consecrate the bread and wine during Mass so that they become the Body and Blood of Jesus. They received this power when Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of Me." Protestant belief: Food and time with the Saviour. Some of the food was supposed to remind the apostles of the Saviour's coming sacrifice.
The Apostles stressed that they must obey God rather than men and proclaimed the message of Jesus' resurrection before the religious council. They were bold in their faith and did not waver in their commitment to spreading the Gospel.
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No, Mary of Bethany was not one of the apostles. She was a friend and follower of Jesus, commonly associated with her sister Martha and brother Lazarus. The apostles were the twelve chosen by Jesus to be his closest disciples and to spread his teachings after his death and resurrection.
The great evidence of his resurrection was that he showed himself alive to his apostles; being alive, he showed himself and they saw him. After his resurrection he gave the disciples the commission to go and preach the gospel.
AnswerThe apostles received the gift of the Holy Spirit on either of two occasions, depending on which source is used: In John's Gospel at 20:22, Jesus breathed on the ten apostles (with Thomas absent) and gave them the Holy Spirit in the upper room on the evening of his resurrection. Elaine Pagels says there is a thread of anti-Thomas sentiment in this Gospel, and this is demonstrated by the omission of Thomas.In Acts of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles on the day of the Pentecost, more than forty days after the resurrection of Jesus.
The Apostle's Creed is a statement of beliefs used by several Christian denominations including Catholicism. The Acts of the Apostles is a book in the New Testament of the Bible. It is normally placed immediately after the four gospel books and follows the early ministry of the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus.