Sarah Kanary wrote:
>  wrote in message
> news:075.51.16.05.868937000{at}srcbs.org...
> >>
> >> Matthew 28:16: "However, the eleven disciples went into Galilee to
> > the
> >> mountain where Jesus had arranged for them"
> >>
> >> So the disciples did go back to Galilee, but after reporting there
as
> >
> >> instructed, they then returned to Jerusalem as instructed. There
they
> >
> >> awaited the baptism in holy spirit instead of water that Jesus
Christ
> >
> >> had promised. (Acts 1:5)
> >
> >
> > Oh, I see. Late in the day that Jesus was raised from the dead,
Jesus
> > told them to "... stay in city then, till you are clothed with
power
> > from on high".(See verses below Lk. 24:49-53)
> >
> >>From my reading of Luke 24, I get the impression that all in Luke
24
> > took place on the same day.  So the disciples stayed in Jerusalem
till
> > they were "clothed with power from on high". Then some of the
disciples
> > went back to Galilee and saw Jesus on the mountain (Matt. 28:16-20)
and
> > by the lake (John 21:1-14) them returned to Jerusalem and stayed
there
> > till Pentecost, when they were "baptized with the Holy Spirit.
> >
> > Have I got it right now?
>
> Almost! :-)
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Luke 24:49-53  And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon
you;
> > but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on
high."
> > Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he
> > blessed them.  While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was
> > carried up into heaven. And they returned to Jerusalem with great
joy,
> > and were continually in the temple blessing God.
>
> Luke also wrote the book of Acts, which definitely says that Jesus
appeared
> to his disciples for 40 days after his resurrection.  (Acts 1:3-15)
So the
> events of Luke chapter 24 must not have all taken place the same day.
 Also,
> the distance between Judea and Galilee was about 90 miles, back then
a long
> trip of about 3 or 4 days, yet Jesus instructed his disciples to
travel
> there to meet him (Matt. 28:16-20).  So his disciples had to have
time to
> travel there and back after his resurrection, but before Pentecost,
which
> took place 50 days after Nisan 16, the day of his resurrection.

Some things I do not understand about the writer Luke:

First, I cannot figure out is why Luke did not mention the disciple's
trip to Galilee or their instructions to do so. He must have known
about it.

Second, is why are the disciples sent to Galilee and meet Jesus on a
mountain and while in Galilee also (to their surprise) meet Jesus by
the lake.  Then return to Jerusalem and meet him again. Why all these
movements from one place to another?

Is there some meaning to all that travel on the part of the disciples?

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