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Originally Posted by CT-Content
If they catch me outside I'll say; Jesus died on the cross. He lay in rest for 3 days before his soul ascended into heaven. Where was his soul for those 3 days ? - Watch all the confused blacks look at each other like they lost their last bucket of chicken !  |
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Some scholars interpret Paul's account as saying that the resurrection and ascension to heaven were the same event. Jesus was resurrected immediately to heaven.
In the 'long ending' of Mark's Gospel, Jesus ascended after meeting the disciples in and near Jerusalem, either on the same day as his resurrection, or within just a few days.
According to Luke's Gospel, Jesus met the disciples briefly, and ascended to heaven at Bethany, seemingly with a few days of his resurrection.
Matthew's Gospel and John's Gospel do not actually mention the ascension, so from these sources it is not possible to say how many days there were between the resurrection and the ascension.
Acts 1:3 says that Jesus was taken up after forty days, having spent much of this time with the apostles.
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According to Matthew, Jesus appeared to the disciples on one occasion, on a mountain in Galilee and then appears to have left them. This would seem to have been soon after the Resurrection.
According to Luke, two of the, went "the same day" to Emmaus and met Jesus, but did not at first recognise him. That evening he ate with the disciples. He later took them to Bethany, where he was lifted up to heaven. Some people interpret this as meaning that Jesus ascended to heaven after one day.
According to Acts of the Apostles, a later work by the same author as Luke, Jesus stayed 40 days.
According to John, Jesus visited the disciples twice in their room in Jerusalem, then some short time later at the Sea of Galilee. A delay of forty days can not be ruled out, although the text makes it seem unlikely.
Mark, the first of the gospels to be written, originally did not mention any appearances of the risen Jesus. The "Long Ending" (16:9-20), believed by some to be added some time later to harmonise as far as possible with Matthew and Luke, says that Jesus was received up into heaven after he met the disciples. Some interpret this as being on the evening of his Resurrection.