Sentences with phrase «resurrection appearances»
The phrase "resurrection appearances" refers to the events after the death of Jesus, where he was believed to have been raised from the dead and was seen by his followers. Full definition
I have always loved the story but have never understood why this particular resurrection appearance is so much richer in detail than those in other accounts.
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16:9 - 20) is in fact an early addition to bring Mark into line with the other gospels in recording Resurrection appearances of Jesus.
The evidence for Jesus» Messiahship during his earthly career is further strengthened by the explicit cries of the demons, who «knew him,» (Mark 1:34) and by the confession of Peter (Mark 8:29)-- which now moves back from the first resurrection appearance (I Cor.
Where did the earliest resurrection appearances take place, in Galilee or in Jerusalem?
Where, then, did the earliest resurrection appearances take place, in Galilee or in Jerusalem?
One of three villages destroyed here was Imwar (Emmaus), one of two possible sites for a recorded resurrection appearance of Jesus.
A number of theories, however, have been advanced to account for the loss of a supposed original ending which included Resurrection appearances in Galilee (cf. 16:7).
As the tradition developed and the community moved farther and farther away from eyewitness knowledge, the moment of this declaration, or designation, or installation, was moved farther and farther into the earthly life, being associated first with the transfiguration — which was itself probably an original resurrection appearance moved forward into the earthly life --
As for Mark, there are many explanations as to why there is no post resurrection appearance in it (at least with its original ending).
The earliest accounts, he believes, saw no need for resurrection appearances between the departure of Jesus and his now imminent return in glory.
You simply can not refute a single piece of the historicity of the life, death and resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ.
I have always loved the story but have never understood why this particular resurrection appearance is so much...
A strong case can be made for the view that the original resurrection appearances were in the nature of visions, and that the physical resuscitation accounts were developed for the purpose of convincing the doubtful, who thought the disciples had only seen a ghost.
The season of his passion, death and resurrection was followed by 40 days of resurrection appearances and kingdom teaching.
It is interesting that Paul counts his vision on the Damascus road as an appearance of the Risen Lord, as this seems to conflict with the Acts of the Apostles which implies that the resurrection appearances came to an end after forty days (Acts 1:3).
The historian can perhaps to some extent account for that faith from the personal intimacy which the disciples had enjoyed with Jesus during his earthly life, and so reduce the resurrection appearances to a series of subjective visions.
They also point to a Resurrection appearance in Galilee.
Because worship is a response in ever - new situations to God's peculiar way of being present, especially in the ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection appearances of Jesus of Nazareth, it constantly requires fresh formulations of what it is it is responding to.
Some indeed suggest that the transfiguration was originally a resurrection appearance.
The event of Jesus the Christ, and especially the accounts of his resurrection appearances are fundamentally promissory realities revealing what lies in store for the universe as a whole.
The clear Johannine understanding is that the already ascended Lord is appearing; Luke, in contrast, carefully places the ascension at the end of the resurrection appearances.
It was not preserved because the Gospel writers were gripped only by the amazing events of Jesus» ministry, death, and resurrection appearances, and had none of our concern for general biographical portraiture or the psychological analysis of personalities.
Of all the resurrection appearances, the one which is the most beautiful and moving is the appearance to Mary Magdalene on Easter morning.
In St. Paul's account of the resurrection appearances, the appearance to Mary is not mentioned.
However, my interest lies in the actual and effective emergence of a new structure of existence, and as a matter of historical fact, this occurred only by the total impact of Jesus» transformation of Jewish teaching combined with his resurrection appearances.
The resurrection appearances of Jesus created a community of intense excitement and expectancy.
For his disciples, the resurrection appearances of Jesus settled these questions.
It is not so much a «resurrection appearance» as a Christophany, which presents Jesus as the universal ruler of the world, commissioning his disciples to take his teaching to all nations.
2 He goes on to argue that the resurrection appearances were essentially hallucinations that the disciples mistakenly interpreted as Jesus come back from the dead, but that God used these hallucinations and this misinterpretation to create his kingdom, his community of love and forgiveness, within human history.
Yet, as with the resurrection appearances, such nonperceptual experiences of the living Christ also depend upon an interpretive framework, one which permits the presence of the living Christ to be a real possibility for the believer.
We take I Corinthians 15 to be our most reliable testimony to the resurrection appearances, as being the only eyewitness report we have.
The resurrection appearances confirmed this conviction, to be sure, but these visions may have been originally understood as grants of apostolic authority to their recipients, as fuller manifestations of the risen Christ bestowed upon the privileged few chosen to be their leaders.
There is no resurrection appearance in Mark, but here in the transfiguration scene is an unmistakable anticipation of such an appearance.
In Acts, however, the resurrection appearances are given only to the earliest apostles; both Stephen (7:55) and Paul (26:16) see Jesus, but they see him glorified and at God's right hand.
In his own view this experience was the last of the resurrection appearances which had begun with appearances to the other apostles (I Cor.