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Below is a list of 11 appearances of our Lord Jesus Christ after his resurrection (to which is added the post-ascension appearance to Paul). Is this correct? Is this all of them? Your thoughts?

The appearances of our Lord Jesus after His resurrection
Before his ascension

1. To Mary Magdalene, Mark 16:9-11; John 20:11-18.
2. To Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James, Matthew 28:9-10.
3. To Peter, Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5.
4. To Cleopas and another disciple on the road to Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35.
5. To the apostles at Jerusalem, except for Thomas, Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25.
6. To the eleven Apostles at Jerusalem, i.e., with Thomas, John 20:26-29.
7. To the disciples by the Sea of Galilee, John 21:1-25.
8. To the apostles on a mountain in Galilee, Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-18.
9. To over five hundred brethren, 1 Corinthians 15:6.
10. To James the brother of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 15:7.
11. To the apostles at Jerusalem before his ascension, Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:3-12.

After his ascension

1. To Paul, Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:8.

 

The list should be qualified as a list of recorded appearances -- he very likely did have appearances that weren't recorded.

 

Thanks for the comments and addition. When I started this, I was thinking mostly about Jesus's appearances the earth in bodily form after his resurrection and before his ascension. Then I decided to add Paul, based on his wording in 1 Corinthians 15:8. I didn't think to include Stephen since he saw him in heaven, and concerning John in Revelation, I usually think of that more as a vision. Though he certainly did see Jesus, what he saw was quite different from the Lord's post resurrection appearances -- Revelation 1:14-15 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

Do you think this one is a different appearance, not encompassed in the other descriptions of appearances to the apostles? Thanks.

 

I am stumped by all that as well. I'm sure Paul knew what he meant, but I do not. The whole text is:

I have always assumed "then of the twelve" should be taken generically as the group name, not that there were actually twelve in number. If it does mean literally twelve in number, then Paul must either mean that Judas was with them at some point when Jesus appeared, or that Matthias was with them. ? "Of all the apostles" seems to mean the same group, but Paul does this as a different appearance than the one in verse 5, even if it is the same people. I suppose it could coincide with my number 11 (his last appearance before the ascension).

 

I understand. Any suggestion on incorporating them would be welcome. I struggle to put them in a place in the list when I am not sure where to put them.

I definitely think this is a good possibility. Though he was not numbered with the twelve until after the ascension (Acts 1:26), he was a witness of the resurrection (Acts 1:22) and one of the twelve.

This one I don't see. Other people seem to be called apostles in the New Testament (e.g. Barnabas, Acts 14:4,14; 1 Corinthians 9:1-6; James, the Lord’s brother, Galatians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Silas, 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; Timothy, 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; Apollos, 1 Corinthians 4:6,9), but I don't see that any were so called as early as pre-ascension.

 

Interesting. I see the "once" motif as more about a one time (once for all) sacrifice than about where Jesus could or could not appear. Hebrews tells us our Lord Jesus "offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool." Yet he did not remain seated when he appeared to Stephen, but stood (Acts 7:55-56).

Paul's manner of writing in 1 Corinthians 15 at the least implies, if not states, that the way he saw the Lord was of a kind like all the previous mentions.

 

Perhaps this would work, 1 Corinthians 15:5 inserted between "To Peter" and "To Cleophas," and 1 Corinthians 15:7 incorporated into what is now number 12?

The recorded appearances of our Lord Jesus after His resurrection
Before his ascension

1. To Mary Magdalene, Mark 16:9-11; John 20:11-18.
2. To Mary Magdalene, Salome, and Mary the mother of James, Matthew 28:9-10.
3. To Peter, Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5.
4. To the twelve, an unspecified mention that may include Matthias, 1 Corinthians 15:5.
   
5. To Cleopas and another disciple on the road to Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35.
6. To the apostles at Jerusalem, except for Thomas, Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John 20:19-25.
7. To the eleven Apostles at Jerusalem, i.e., with Thomas, John 20:26-29.
8. To the disciples by the Sea of Galilee, John 21:1-25.
9. To the apostles on a mountain in Galilee, Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-18.
10. To over five hundred brethren, 1 Corinthians 15:6.
11. To James the brother of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 15:7.
12. To the apostles at Jerusalem before his ascension, Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:3-12; 1 Corinthians 15:7.

After his ascension

1. To Paul, Acts 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 15:8.