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Category: Jesus’ Life
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Descent Of The Holy Spirit – Pentecost
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 20 – Early Spread Of Gospel By the Disciples Pentecost, the day the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles, was previously known as the Feast of Weeks. It was an important day in the Jewish calendar, drawing large crowds from “Every Nation.” (Acts 2:5) It was celebrated fifty days after the Feast…
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Appointment Of Matthias
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 20 – Early Spread Of Gospel By the Disciples It’s difficult to truly capture the complexity of feelings among the Apostles following Jesus’ Ascension! However, among them, there would have been a great sense of loss, anxiety and anticipation, as well as, fear of the unknown. The Apostles response was no surprise,…
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Jesus’ Last Words And Ascension
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, he appeared to his Apostles and took them to a place near Bethany, close to the Mount of Olives. Perhaps, they had all previously frequented it or it was a place that Jesus often retired to for solidarity prayer to His…
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Summary of Jesus’ Appearances
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus The likely order of Jesus’ appearances following his resurrection is as follows: There are slight discrepancies between Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul’s timeline of Jesus’ appearances. They naturally reflect the independence of the writers and their use of different witnesses, as well as, the difficulties…
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Jesus Appears To The Eleven On A Mountain In Galilee
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Prior to Jesus’ Ascension This appearance of Jesus is commonly referred to as the Great Commissioning (Matthew); the granting to the Apostles the power and authority to preach Jesus’ Gospel to all peoples throughout the world. Some have suggested that the event took place on…
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Jesus Appears To Seven Disciples By The Sea Of Tiberias
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Prior to Jesus’ Ascension For a third time, the Risen Jesus revealed himself to a large group of Apostles. They were by the Sea of Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) and Simon Peter, Thomas (Didymus), Nathanael (Bartholomew), James & John (the sons of Zebedee), and two…
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Jesus Appears To His Apostles (Thomas Present)
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: First Sunday After Easter The Apostle Thomas knew Jesus had died on Calvary having been tortured, crucified and pierced with a spear. He also knew that on the third day, Easter Sunday, when the women arrived at the tomb to anoint his body, it was…
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Jesus Rebukes The Apostles As They Eat
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Late Evening on Easter Sunday St Mark makes a unique reference in his Gospel to the Risen Jesus rebuking His Apostles for, “Their unbelief and hardness of heart”. (Mark 16:14) It is very probable that the occasion was when He appeared to the Apostles in the…
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Jesus Appears To His Apostles (Thomas Absent)
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Late Evening on Easter Sunday The Apostles had much to celebrate and talk about; the empty tomb, the Angelic vision, Jesus’ multiple appearances – to Mary Magdalene & the other Mary, Simon Peter and the most recent, the two Emmaus disciples. Yet, they were very…
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Jesus Appears to Simon Peter
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Easter Sunday It was probably late evening when Cleopas and the other disciple set off on their return journey from Emmaus to Jerusalem; they were overjoyed and wanted to share with their closest friends, the Apostles, the great news that Jesus had risen and walked…