1. THE QUESTION WAS:
How many people saw Christ on
Earth after He rose from the dead?
a.
12
b.
120
c.
over 500
THE
ANSWER IS
.C
.More than 500 witnesses saw Christ walking the Earth after he
rose from the dead.
Among the witnesses were his
mother Mary, Mary Magdalen, and the eleven apostles (Judas, the 12th apostle
had committed suicide and presumably gone to hell).
Christs disciples also saw Jesus rise into heaven 40 days after he rose from the dead. This is called the Ascension.
Concerning
the Resurrection, heres what St. Paul wrote in the Bible:
For I handed on to you as of
first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in
accordance with the scriptures;
that he was buried; that he was
raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; that he appeared to
Kephas, then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more
than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some
have fallen asleep.
After that he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.
Last of all, as to one born
abnormally, he appeared to me. (I Cor
15:3-8)
Heres
what the Bible says about the Ascension
So then the Lord Jesus, after
he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand
of God. (Mark 16:19)
As he blessed them he parted
from them and was taken up to heaven. (Luke 24:51)
But you will receive power when
the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
When he had said this, as they
were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
While they were looking intently
at the sky as he was going, suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood
beside them.
They said, "Men of Galilee,
why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up
from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going
into heaven." (Acts 1:8-11)
As you may know, Christ
predicted his ascension before it happened. Speaking to his disciples who were
having a hard time understanding they would have to eat and drink the Flesh and
Blood of Christ, Jesus said: "Does this offend you?. Then how will you
react when you see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?"
(Jn.6:61-62)
According
to the Catholic Encyclopedia,
the fact of Christs Resurrection is
attested by more than 500 eyewitnesses, whose experience, simplicity, and
uprightness of life rendered them incapable of inventing such a fable, who lived
at a time when any attempt to deceive could have been easily discovered, who
had nothing in this life to gain, but everything to lose by their testimony,
whose moral courage exhibited in their apostolic life can be explained only by
their intimate conviction of the objective truth of their message. Again the
fact of Christs Resurrection is attested by the eloquent silence of the
Synagogue which had done everything to prevent deception, which could have
easily discovered deception, if there had been any
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12789a.htm
(The Resurrection of Jesus Christ)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01767a.htm
(The Ascension of Jesus Christ)
http://www.disciplesnow.com/catholic/html/article534.html
(Forty Days after the Resurrection, Christ Ascended
into Heaven)
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/christ.htm
(Collection of articles on Christology)
Back to StillCatholic.com