Matthew 28:16-18, Where did the Twelve first encounter the risen Jesus?
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ... Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
//Nowhere does the Bible contain more contradicting stories than in the resurrection appearances. Take, for example, the question of where Jesus first appears to the Twelve.
For Matthew, it happens on a mountain in Galilee. Jesus, after rising from the dead, instructs the women who first encounter him to tell the disciples he will meet them in Galilee. Immediately, they head for the hills, and Jesus meets up with them there.
For Luke and John, the meeting takes place in Jerusalem. There, according to John, Jesus dispenses the Holy Spirit when he greets them. Luke's version differs a little: When Jesus meets the Twelve, he explains the Spirit will come along shortly ... actually, forty days later at Pentecost. Jesus tells them, "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." Note the command to remain in Jerusalem, a direct contradiction of Matthew.
Can Mark settle the argument of where they met? No, sorry, in Mark there is no meeting at all! Mark's resurrection chapter originally ended with verse eight (the margin comments in your Bible may confirm this), with the women who discovered the empty tomb running away afraid, telling no one. Nobody sees Jesus; he’s just gone. Before you discount Mark's version out of hand, remember that all throughout Mark, the disciples just don't catch on; they never do grasp the significance of Jesus. Mark’s mysterious ending fits the story he tells, leaving it up to us to see if we understand.
Little wonder there is so much argument between Bible scholars about the nature of the resurrection!
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//Nowhere does the Bible contain more contradicting stories than in the resurrection appearances. Take, for example, the question of where Jesus first appears to the Twelve.
For Matthew, it happens on a mountain in Galilee. Jesus, after rising from the dead, instructs the women who first encounter him to tell the disciples he will meet them in Galilee. Immediately, they head for the hills, and Jesus meets up with them there.
For Luke and John, the meeting takes place in Jerusalem. There, according to John, Jesus dispenses the Holy Spirit when he greets them. Luke's version differs a little: When Jesus meets the Twelve, he explains the Spirit will come along shortly ... actually, forty days later at Pentecost. Jesus tells them, "I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." Note the command to remain in Jerusalem, a direct contradiction of Matthew.
Can Mark settle the argument of where they met? No, sorry, in Mark there is no meeting at all! Mark's resurrection chapter originally ended with verse eight (the margin comments in your Bible may confirm this), with the women who discovered the empty tomb running away afraid, telling no one. Nobody sees Jesus; he’s just gone. Before you discount Mark's version out of hand, remember that all throughout Mark, the disciples just don't catch on; they never do grasp the significance of Jesus. Mark’s mysterious ending fits the story he tells, leaving it up to us to see if we understand.
Little wonder there is so much argument between Bible scholars about the nature of the resurrection!
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