After Jesus was crucified and died, He was laid in a tomb. After three days and three nights, He resurrected. He appeared to His disciples during the next 40 days before He ascended to Heaven that they witnessed.
One scene during these 40 days was in John 21 where the disciples Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples went fishing in the Sea of Tiberias. It seems that the disciples of Jesus just went back to their former occupations and did not spread His words. His resurrecting and appearing to them did not give them the enthusiasm and zeal to preach His gospel.
That is why Jesus asked Peter three times, “lovest thou me”. Peter said that he did but became irritated for being asked the same question three times. And Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”
It was only after He ascended to Heaven and the disciples received the Holy Spirit during that festival in Jerusalem that they became motivated and bold to spread His gospel.
2007-09-06
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