In Matthew's Gospel, the disciples never met Jesus in the upper room - they went to a mountain in Galilee, where they saw Jesus.
In Luke's Gospel, Jesus met all the disciples in the upper room on the evening of the day of his resurrection and then took them out towards Bethany, where he was taken bodily up into heaven.
In John's Gospel, Jesus also met the disciples in the upper room on the evening of the day of his resurrection - but only ten of them, Thomas being absent. Jesus returned after eight days and met all the disciples. Later, he met them at the Sea of Galilee.
Mark's Gospel originally ended at verse 16:8, with the young man telling the women that Jesus was risen, and the fled in terror, telling no one. The 'Long Ending' (verses 19:9-20), added much later, has Jesus meeting the disciples as in Luke, but does not say when.
Waiting and praying. Jesus told them to wait. Acts 1:4-5 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
John's Gospel, which Elaine Pagels sees as containing an element of anti-Thomas narrative, has Thomas miss out on receiving the Holy Spirit. The Gospel says that Jesus met the disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, with Thomas absent, and breathed on each of the disciples and gave them the Holy Spirit. He met the disciples again a few days later, when Jesus showed 'Doubting Thomas' his wounds, but did not give him the Holy Ghost. However, Acts of the Apostles was in a somewhat different tradition, in which the disciples clearly had not received the Holy Spirit before Jesus was taken up into heaven. In this story, all the disciples - Thomas included - received the Holy Spirit as tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost.
A:There are some different answers to this depending on the gospel relied on. The reason for this is that the first New Testament gospel to be written, now known as Mark's Gospel, originally ended at verse 16:8, with no appearances of the risen Jesus. When the authors of Matthew and Luke copied mark's Gospel, they had no guidance from Mark as to what happened next yet, working independent of each other, they both wanted to give their readers proof that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Because of a suggestion about Galilee earlier in Mark, Matthew has Jesus meet the disciples at a mountain in Galilee, where he said farewell and sent them to all nations to teach the gospel. Luke has Jesus meet the eleven at a meal in the upper room, in Jerusalem, then he took them out on the road to Bethany, where he was taken bodily up into heaven.John's Gospel was loosely based on Luke, but the Johannine community appears to have been involved in a minor dispute with a community that followed St Thomas as its patron. In the corresponding meeting, Jesus first met only ten of the disciples (with Thomas absent) and breathed on them, saying (John 20:22), "Receive ye the Holy Ghost." Not only did Thomas miss out on receiving the Holy Spirit (John's author was unaware of the account in Acts of the Apostles), but was shown to be a 'Doubting Thomas' when Jesus met all eleven disciples in the same room eight days later. After the two meetings in the upper room, Jesus met the disciples at the Sea of Galilee.The 'Long Ending' (verses 16:9-20) that we now have on Mark's Gospel more or less agrees with Luke and has Jesus meet the disciples at as meal in the upper room in Jerusalem.
Paul was far from the only person to teach about Christ, but it seems he was the most successful.Apart from Paul, we know that Peter taught about Jesus, as no doubt did James and John, who are mentioned by Paul as pillars of the Christian community in Jerusalem. Paul's Epistle to the Romans demonstrates clearly there was also a flourishing Christian community in Rome, although we have no way of knowing who took the gospel to Rome in the very earliest days of Christianity.
The Bible does not specifically address why 40 days. It has been conjectured that 40 days would have A. provided enough time for numerous eye-witnesses to see and interact with Him to verify His victory over death and B. there is a symbolism connected to the Israel's wandering in the desert prior to entering the promised land.
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Christopher is a Greek name meaning "Christ-bearer".Back in the days when Christian was a rude word, the disciples of Christ called themselves christopheri.
The Ascension of Jesus Christ takes place many days after His ressurection, or 'Easter'. According to the Bible He was seen by many people, including His disciples during the 40 days after His ressurection. At the end of the 40 days He ascended to Heaven in full view of the disciples.
Waiting/Preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ.
Jesus' last instruction to his disciples can be found at Matthew 28:19, 20- "Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things."
The event where the disciples prayed for ten days can be found in the Book of Acts, specifically in Acts 1:4-14. After Jesus' ascension, the disciples returned to Jerusalem and devoted themselves to prayer in the upper room, as they awaited the promised Holy Spirit. This period of prayer lasted until the day of Pentecost, when they received the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues.
We simply do not know. We can assume that the twelve were there (the 11 original disciples and Matthias who replaced Judas Iscariot after his suicide), but in addition to these it is most likely that other followers of Jesus were there too. These would have included those who were present at his crucifixion (eg Mary, his mother and Mary Magdalene and Salome, as well as others) and probably other followers such as Cleopas and his friend (thetwo men the resurrected Jesus appeared to on the road to Emmaus), John Mark, Lazarus, Mary and Marha from Bethany, Joseph of Arimathea and possibly Nicodemus too. However as to actual numbers nowhere in scripture does it tell us this - only that 'all' the believers were assembled. Actually there were just shy of 120. 13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. 14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. 15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty.
50 days is not correct. They were in the upper room 7 days or less. there were 50 days from the time of the crucifixion or (passover) until the day of Pentecost. Jesus was in the lower parts of the earth for 3 days, The Bible also says that he was with the disciples for 40 days. 43-50 = 7. It could be less because the bible is not absolutely clear when the 40 days began that Jesus was with His disciples, most believe that it was from the time that He rose from the dead, but we can take into account that Jesus had not yet ascended to the Father, and had only appeared to His disciples 3 different times the first week after he was raised from the dead, and it was also a sabbath days journey from the place that Jesus ascended from heaven and told the disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the Holy Ghost, but a sabbath day's journey is less than 3/4 of a mile, so realistically, it is at most 7 days, and at least one day.
The Catholic church was founded by Jesus Christ when He sent the Holy Spirit on the disciples in the upper room fifty days after the Resurrection with St. Peter as its head. The bishops, in direct descent from the apostles, and the Popes in Rome, in direct descent from St. Peter have ruled Christ's church ever since. in an unbroken line All other churches currently existing have broken away from the Catholic church (or each other) in the last 400-500 years over disagreements in doctrine.
Christmas- In remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ Easter- In remembrance of the Resurrection of Christ Good Friday- In rememberance of the crucifixion of Christ.
Lent the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Lent that Christians fast and prayer before Easter. Forty days were chosen as the length because it is the number of days that Jesus spent in the desert in prayer and fasting just prior to the time that He began his public ministry.
Jesus chose his disciples after he returned from fasting in the wilderness for 40 days and starting his worldly mission.