While a disciple is a student, one who learns from a teacher, an apostle is sent to deliver those teachings to others. "Apostle" means messenger, he who is sent. An apostle is sent to deliver or spread those teachings to others. ... We can say that all apostles were disciples butall...
5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;...
Solidarity has its maximum expression on the Cross where Jesus dies for us and in the Cenacle where He takes bread, which is His body, and breaks it and shares it among the disciples. He takes the cup, which is His blood, and he gives it to the disciples so that they may all drink...
The apostle Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples, is the author of this epistle. He writes to encourage and instruct believers who are facing trials and persecution.2. Foreigners and ExilesThis term refers to the Christian believers who are living in a world that is not their ultimate ...
/ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.” / Eight days later, His disciples were once again ...
They were also closely watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death; 25 but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket. 26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried repeatedly to associate with ...
31The people were amazed as they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised the God of Israel. Jesus Feeds Another Great Crowd (Mk 8.1–10) 32Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I feel sorry for these people, ...
Jesus’ disciples didn’t want Him to be crucified. Those who are new to Christianity sometimes recognize the offense of the cross more clearly than we do. A crucified man, a hanged man. Bloody, covered in wounds, mocked, spit upon. This is repulsive to people. It is weak. But Paul...
(margin, literal Greek). It could not have been the first day of the week; for this was not the day in which the Jews met for worship, and there were no disciples there except Paul and his companions. It was not a place where Christians had met; for there had been no Christians ...
The first idea is presented in the opening exchange as Jesus and his disciples exit the temple; one of the disciples, marveling at the new buildings, says, “Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!“ (1). The new temple buildings were man-made structures whose ...