I would like to know your opinion on the Disciples states of mind during the 3 days after Jesus' burial and before His resurrection?
2007-01-16 06:55:45 · 29 answers · asked by stripedbook 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think they were lost and totally confused. I think they were hiding trying to make sense of who and what they had been following. Peter had denied Jesus 3 times and Peter was probably hating himself. If any truly knew Jesus was Christ it was Peter, James and John. They saw Jesus with Elijah and Moses at Jesus' Transfiguration on the high mountain. They heard God's voice from the cloud. Matthew 17:1-5, 2 Peter 1:16
They were totally different men after they saw Jesus alive and once the Holy Spirit was given to them. It was then that they laid down their lives for His name's sake. They were martyred for Christ and they gladly did it knowing He was the Messiah and Almighty God.
2007-01-16 07:16:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a lot more than like loosing your best friend. Jesus was their friend, teacher and most of all, their savior, hero, deliverer. He was, in their eyes, going to give them all they ever wanted - freedom from oppression, riches, glory, power, authority.
It was an extreme letdown. They not only felt they had lost their hope of a free nation, but they believed they had been following a charlatan, a fake, a false prophet; he failed them and they failed themselves by believing in this fake. It was a personal crush that went indescribably deep. EVERYTHING they had hoped for was SMASHED; there was nothing left to believe in -- not themselves, not their nation, and not their God.
They were probably echoing in their hearts, Jesus' words, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken [us]."
It was that bad.
On the flip side, just imagine how joyfully ecstatic they were when they found out that all that he taught was true, and then some.
2007-01-16 07:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by BC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever had something that you believed in strongly? So strongly you knew it to be true to the very core of your being? Than you had it snatched away from you with nothing to fill the void or gap? Take that feeling and multiply it by a 1000 and you will only have a glimpse of the despair they felt when their messiah was taken from them. This can be a back to front answer. Read the bible and see their reaction when they saw him raised from the dead, whatever their reaction in a positive manner was after he was raised was the same intensity of pain they felt when he was killed and burried. Keep in mind I am not just reffering to their immediate reaction, I am referencing their reaction from the time they saw him raised until their deaths. Any actions they took after their seeing the Lord raised was a direct result of the change in their life cause by seeing the Lord ressurrected so from that moment till death counts as a reaction.
2007-01-16 07:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by J-Dub 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were scared...
20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
2007-01-16 06:59:32 · answer #4 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably very afraid and confused. They believed Jesus to be the Messiah who would free them from the tyranny of the Roman occupation. Now, He was dead and they were alone.
They must have questioned if Jesus was the real Messiah and the time spent with Him was wasted. I believe they also thought they would be imprisoned and killed.
2007-01-16 07:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by paulsamuel33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Numb.
Shamed.
Lonly.
Confused.
Denial.
Yearning & searching.
Disorganized and dispair
What possible event could have transformed these 11 frightened men form hiding to going out and preaching this radical new religion. Preaching with so much conviction that it cost all of them their lives, and not one ever renounced Jesus trying to save their life. Something pretty dramatic must have happened to change 11 people that much.
2007-01-16 07:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by crazyhorse19682003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Initially, they were deeply saddened and afraid, as many of us would be, and hid. The women, Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdelene, that went out into public, went to the tomb and properly prepared the body.
2007-01-16 07:07:36 · answer #7 · answered by Apple21 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure they were devastated, they didn't understand that he would rise after three days. I would think they were praying, trying to figure out how they could have denied him. Trying to understand how he could let them kill him.
They never understood that he gave his life freely prior to his death, they had heard the teaching but were unable to put it all together. If you put it into one word I think it would be confused.
They knew Jesus was God, they understood he had power over death, they knew he had brought others back to life, they heard him speak of tearing down the temple and rebuilding it in three days but how could they understand all this in context.
I can't imagine.
2007-01-16 07:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly disappointed. They believed that Jesus was going to usher in the kingdom and punish the Roman Empire for "religious persecution". So, to see their hero beaten and killed was disillusionment for them.
But, up from the grave He arose, and the promise of his second coming was delivered. Are you ready to meet Him in the air?
2007-01-16 07:13:32 · answer #9 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"I believe the disciples felt that Jesus was with them again.
Most of them
2007-01-16 07:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by ChristianNanny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋