Where was Jesus seen after he rose from the dead?

Answer 1

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The various gospel accounts differ in detail, but essentially say that Mary Magdalene and possibly other women saw the risen Jesus, and also the eleven apostles. In Luke's account, Jesus also appeared to two men on the road to Emmaeus: one was named Cleopas and the other might have been Peter.

Paul says that Jesus was seen by Cephas (Peter), then the twelve, then by more than 500, most of whom were still alive, then by James and all the apostles, and finally by himself. Reference to the "twelve" means that, for Paul, Judas had not defected from the group. Reference to "all the apostles" indicates that for Paul, the apostles constituted a much larger group than the "twelve". There seems to be no way to harmonise Paul's reference to the 500 with the gospel accounts.

Acts of the Apostles was written much later and there are indications that the author was by then aware of Paul's letters. This may explain the delay in the Ascension of Jesus, which takes place on the evening of his resurrection in Luke, but after forty days in Acts, during which time he was "seen by many". This does not exactly agree with Paul's 500, but at least allows the possibility, unlike the earlier gospels.

Answer 2

no one saw him rise from the dead. a woman that had always follwed his teachings and came to see him in his grave but he was gone. she started crying, so came out of some bushes and told her his father god had risen him from the dead

Answer 3

He was seen all over the place. He was first seen by Mary Magdalene in the garden itself. He was seen by Cleopas and a fellow traveller on the road to Emmaus. He was seen in the upper room where the disciples were hiding for fear of the authorities. He was seen by the lakeside. He was seen on the lake itself. He was seen on the hillside before the ascension. And on some occasions we are told that he was seen by over 500 believers at one time, although we are not told where.

Answer 4

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Mark

Mark's Gospel, the first gospel to be written, originally ended at verse 16:8 with the young man telling the women that Jesus was risen and they fled in terror, telling no one. In this account,Jesus did not appear after he rose from the dead.

The 'Long Ending' (verses 16:9-20) was added after the other gospels had been written, and most closely follows Luke, in having Jesus appear, first to Mary Magdalene, then to "two of them", and finally to the disciples once at a meal. .

Matthew

In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus appeared to the two women, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, hurrying back to tell the disciples, and later showed himself to the disciples at a mountain in Galilee, where he sent them forth to preach to all nations. .

Luke

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus appeared to two disciples on the road to Emmaeus, then to the eleven disciples once at a meal in an upper room on the evening of his resurrection, then took them out on the road to Bethany where he ascended bodily to heaven. .

John

John's Gospel was loosely based on Luke but changes the account of the risen Jesus. He appeared once to Mary Magdalene standing in the garden, then to ten of the disciples at a meal on the evening of his resurrection, then eight days later to all elevenin the same room, and finally to the disciples by the Sea of Galilee. .

Some of these accounts exclude the others, while at least two are the same appearance: Matthew's appearance at the mountain in Galilee can not be totalled with the others, as it excludes the possibility of these appearances (and vice-versa); Mark's (Long Ending) appearance is the same as Luke's appearance; strictly speaking, the two appearances John describes in the upper room are not the same as Luke's appearance in the same room, but most readers would see either one of them as matching Luke's account. Nevertheless, the ascension to heaven in Luke excludes John's account. .

Paul

Paul's epistles, which were written before the gospels, say (1 Corinthians 15:3-8) that Jesus was seen by Cephas (Peter), then the twelve (not eleven), then by more than 500, then by James and all the apostles. For Paul, the 'twelve' seem to be a different group than the apostles, and the appearances seem to have been spiritual, in the same way as the later appearance to Paul himself. .

Acts of the Apostles\

Acts of the Apostles, written around the end of the first century by the same author as Luke's Gospel, says that Jesus was on earth 40 days and was seen by many before he ascended bodily to heaven near Jerusalem.