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To: Heart-Rest

I think there is far more evidence that the Apostles all deserted Jesus during and after the crucifixion than there is that they stayed with him as he endured it all. It was only John and the women we are told in Scripture that were there. The others were afraid for their lives and hiding from the authorities.


1,661 posted on 01/29/2015 11:11:35 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
"I think there is far more evidence that the Apostles all deserted Jesus during and after the crucifixion than there is that they stayed with him as he endured it all. It was only John and the women we are told in Scripture that were there. The others were afraid for their lives and hiding from the authorities."

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There is absolutely no evidence at all, one way or the other.    The Bible is silent as to where the other Apostles were during the crucifixion, and all that anyone can do today concerning that question is to speculate.

(We do know, however, that in his curiosity, Peter had tried once before to "hide in a crowd", but was discovered by someone who recognized him.    We also know there was probably some kind of sizeable crowd on the outside edges of the hill where Jesus was crucified, witnessing the crucifixions from a distance, and we know that with the kind of clothing worn in the Holy Land (both then and now), it is relatively easy to "hide in a crowd", if one is more careful than Peter apparently was in the courtyard.    John and some of the women were up closer to the cross.)

1,793 posted on 01/30/2015 8:38:13 PM PST by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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