they wer afraid to be arrested so they hid in a place
Mary Magdalene, along with other women who included Joanna, Salome, and Mary, the mother of Jesus.
the eleven disciples. in Galilee
On the road to Emmaus
The witnesses of the resurrection were Mary Magdalene, other women, and the disciples of Jesus. They saw the empty tomb and encountered the risen Jesus.
A:In Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, written long before the first of the gospels, the risen Jesus appeared to the twelve (1 Cor 15:3-8) which can only mean that for Paul, Jesus was not betrayed by Judas Iscariot.The gospel story required a traitor, and that traitor was Judas Iscariot. In the gospels, when the risen Jesus appeared to the disciples, he appeared to the eleven. It would be inconceivable that the other disciples would have kept Judas in their midst to be seen by the risen Jesus. Now, Judas did not see Jesus.
The disciples to sinned like all of us. Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ. Peter denied Jesus thrice. and Thomas doubted that it was the risen christ who the other s had seen.
Jesus met two of his new disciples (not apostles) there and walked with them! They were blinded by their own sorrow that Jesus had died and didn't recognize Him. At the end other their journey they finally recognized Him and went back to Jerusalem to see the 11 disciples and told them Jesus had risen from the dead.
The women who went to the tomb early in the morning on the third day after Jesus' crucifixion were the first to encounter the resurrected Jesus. They were told by an angel at the tomb that Jesus had risen from the dead and instructed to inform the disciples.
Five people who saw the risen Lord Jesus include Mary Magdalene, who encountered Him outside the tomb; the disciples on the road to Emmaus; Peter, who had a personal meeting with the risen Christ; Thomas, who famously doubted until he saw Jesus; and the group of disciples gathered in a room when Jesus appeared to them. These encounters are recorded in the New Testament and highlight key moments of Jesus' post-resurrection appearances.
Jesus told his disciples on a couple of occasions to tell no man of what they had seen - as in - Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (Matthew 16.20) And - And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (Matthew 17.9)
[John 20:24] Thomas called Didymus aka Doubting Thomas because when the disciples told him they had seen Jesus, Thomas would not believe them unless he had tangible proof which he got 8 days later when Jesus reappeared.
The disciple named Thomas was called a doubter when he did not believe that Jesus had indeed risen from the dead.