The popular idea that the apostles didn't show up for the Crucifixion because they were "afraid" doesn't seem to hold up.
Luke 22:49-50 tells a different story, since the apostles were ready to FIGHT on his behalf and Jesus stopped them. That shows they were NOT afraid.
So here is the question: Do you really think that the apostles were afraid as you were taught. Or do these verses from Luke tell a different story... that the apostles were ready to fight on his behalf.
I think the apostles were not at the Crucifixion because Jesus didn't want them there. What do you think?
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2007-10-02 02:11:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well, some were there. But honestly, if your best friend was being tortured and crucified, would YOU go to watch? I would lock myself up in my room, and cry my eyes out, but no way i'd go watch it if i plan to stay sane for the rest of my life.
2007-10-02 02:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question, I think that the Apostles being human had a certain amount of fear and also horror at the crucifixion of Jesus, after all crucifixion was a terrible thing for Jews, you may well have a good point about Jesus not wanting them to be present but John was there and the holy Women too, so I have to side with the inner fear concept myself.
Regards.
2007-10-02 09:19:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus was crucifed, His mother Mary and John were at the foot of cross. “And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things” (Luke 23:49).
Where were the apostles of Jesus when He was crucified? From the arrest of Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane, His disciples had forsaken Him and fled (Matthew 26:56, Mark 14:50). They became cowards. They became like sissies. As Jesus said in Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 quoting the Holy Scripture, “I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.” Not any of His apostles even helped Him carry the heavy cross to Calvary.
Because of their fear of the Jews, they locked the place where they assembled while staying in Jerusalem (John 20:19). Even Joseph of Arimathea, the man who besought Pilate to take away the body of Jesus, secretly feared the Jews (John 19:38). The apostles came from Galilee, yet, from the arrest of Jesus until He resurrected, they continued to stay in Jerusalem. They were just nearby but they did not come out into the open as disciples of Jesus or to be identified with Jesus. When they went back to Galilee, they did not continue the work of Jesus. They just returned to their usual ways—like fishing. That is why Jesus had to ask Peter three times if he loved Him and Jesus told Him to feed His sheep.
Jesus might have understood the fear of His apostles. His consolation though was He did not lose anyone of them, as in John 18:9: “That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.”
2007-10-02 10:38:59 · answer #3 · answered by Peace Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The popular idea that the apostles didn't show up for the Crucifixion because they were "afraid" doesn't seem to hold up"
Yeah, it isn't like Peter denied Jesus 3 times or anything because he was scared. Good point.
2007-10-02 09:15:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
,My opinion is, they were not true believers, but seekers of fame in the name of Jesus not willing to die for the cause or beliefs Jesus had taught them. I think Judas was the only true apostle who believed the words of Jesus. Because of his
personal greed he was led astray later to die by his on hand for his sins
2007-10-02 10:59:00 · answer #5 · answered by Doctor Strange 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, John was there because Jesus saw him and asked him to care for His mother.
2007-10-02 09:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John was there.
And there was a prophesy to be fulfilled regarding them being scattered.
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2007-10-02 09:19:30 · answer #7 · answered by Hogie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋