Who Saw Jesus After He Was Raised From The Dead?

This Bible study shows

accounts of the people

who saw Jesus Christ

alive after His resurrection

from the dead. These

proofs are just part of

what makes Christianity

so exciting! Our Lord,

Jesus Christ, is the

Only God of any

religion who has died

and then rose from

the dead!

Jesus was also seen alive

in a physical body by more

than 500 people after his

resurrection! In his

resurrected body Jesus

Christ walked with, talked

with, and ate with his

disciples and others. And

Thomas, the disciple who

doubted Jesus Christ was

alive again, got to touch

the wounds Jesus

received when He was

nailed to the cross;

proving that we too, will

have a physical body

like the one Jesus had

after we are raised to be

with Him in heaven!

Also, when Jesus Christ rose

from the dead, many dead

saints (those people who had

accepted Jesus Christ as

their personal Saviour),

rose from their graves and

went into the holy city

(Jerusalem) to declare

"to many" that there is a

resurrection from the

dead! So, there were

many witnesses to the

fact that true believers

in Jesus Christ's death and

resurrection will also be

raised up to be with Him

either at the Rapture or

when we die!

Matthew 

27:52 And the graves were

opened; and many bodies

of the saints which slept

arose,

27:53 And came out of the

graves after his

resurrection, and went

into the holy city, and

appeared unto many. 

The first person to see Jesus

Christ after His resurrection

was Mary Magdalene.

Mark 16:9

Now when Jesus was risen

early the first day of the

week, he appeared first to

Mary Magdalene, out of

whom he had cast seven

devils.

John

20:16 Jesus saith unto her,

Mary. She turned herself,

and saith unto him,

Rabboni; which is to say,

Master.

20:17 Jesus saith unto her,

Touch me not; for I am not

yet ascended to my

Father: but go to my

brethren [the disciples],

and say unto them, I

ascend unto my Father,

and your Father; and to

my God, and your God.

20:18 Mary Magdalene

came and told the disciples

that she had seen the

Lord, and that he had

spoken these things

unto her.

Then Jesus Christ

appeared to Simon. Simon

(Peter) is also called Cephas,

a name which Jesus Christ

gave to him which means

a stone (NOT A ROCK)!

(John 1:42).

John 1:42 

And he brought him to

Jesus. And when Jesus

beheld him, he said,

Thou art Simon the son

of Jona: thou shalt be

called Cephas, which

is by interpretation, A

stone. 

Luke 24:34

Saying, The Lord is risen

indeed, and hath appeared

to Simon.

1 Corinthians 15:5

And that he was seen of

Cephas, then of the

twelve:

Jesus Christ also

encountered two of his

followers as they were

traveling on the road to

Emmaus. Luke

24:13-24:34 has the

complete story. But the

main point here is that

they saw Him and

spoke with Him, and

as they went to share

a meal with Him, Jesus

Christ said a blessing

over the meal and then

the disciples' eyes were

opened and they

recognized Him.

Luke 24:31

And their eyes were opened,

and they knew him; and he

vanished out of their sight.

Then Jesus Christ appeared

to eleven of his disciples and

others that were with them

as they ate. When they were

frightened, thinking that

they were seeing a ghost,

Jesus told them to touch

His hands and feet to see

that He had a physical body

just like theirs. (See verses

in Luke below.)

Mark 16:14

Afterward he appeared unto

the eleven as they sat at

meat, and upbraided them

with their unbelief and

hardness of heart, because

they believed not them

which had seen him after

he was risen.

Luke

24:33 And they rose up the

same hour, and returned to

Jerusalem, and found the

eleven gathered together,

and them that were with

them,

24:34 Saying, The Lord is

risen indeed, and hath

appeared to Simon.

24:35 And they told what

things were done in the way,

and how he was known of

them in breaking of bread.

24:36 And as they thus spake,

Jesus himself stood in the

midst of them, and saith unto

them, Peace be unto you.

24:37 But they were terrified

and affrighted, and supposed

that they had seen a spirit.

24:38 And he said unto them,

Why are ye troubled? and

why do thoughts arise in

your hearts?

24:39 Behold my hands and

my feet, that it is I myself:

handle me, and see; for a

spirit hath not flesh and

bones, as ye see me have.

John 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.

Then eight days later He

appeared to His eleven

disciples (minus Judas

Iscariot who betrayed Jesus

Christ and then hanged

himself).

John 20:26

And after eight days again

his disciples were within,

and Thomas with them:

then came Jesus, the doors

being shut, and stood in the

midst, and said, Peace be

unto you.

Then for third time Jesus

appeared to seven of his

disciples, this time by Lake

Tiberias, also known as

the Sea of Galilee.

John

21:1 After these things Jesus

shewed himself again to the

disciples at the sea of

Tiberias; and on this wise

shewed he himself.

21:2 There were together

Simon Peter, and Thomas

called Didymus, and

Nathanael of Cana in

Galilee, and the sons of

Zebedee, and two other

of his disciples.

21:14 This is now the third

time that Jesus shewed

himself to his disciples, after

that he was risen from the

dead.

Then Jesus Christ appeared

to a crowd of 500 brethren

(followers/disciples).

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, he was seen of

above five hundred brethren

at once; of whom the greater

part remain unto this present,

but some are fallen asleep

[have died].

Then Jesus Christ appeared

to one of his half-brothers,

James.

1 Corinthians 15:7

After that, he was seen of

James; then of all the

apostles.

Then Jesus Christ appeared

to the eleven disciples in

Galilee.

Matthew

28:16 Then the eleven

disciples went away into

Galilee, into a mountain

where Jesus had appointed

them.

28:17 And when they saw

him, they worshipped him:

but some doubted.

Then Jesus Christ appeared

to the eleven disciples in

Jerusalem - (Even though

these two verses don't say

they are in Jerusalem, we

know they are because

earlier in this chapter it tells

about the women going to

the tomb where Christ was

buried and that location

was in Jerusalem.)

Mark

16:14 Afterward he appeared

unto the eleven as they sat

at meat, and upbraided

them with their unbelief

and hardness of heart,

because they believed not

them which had seen him

after he was risen.

16:15 And he said unto them,

Go ye into all the world, and

preach the gospel to every

creature.

During the forty days following

His resurrection, Jesus Christ

met with His twelve disciples,

teaching them about the

kingdom of God so they could

spread the good news of the

gospel of salvation through

faith in Jesus Christ's death

for our sins and resurrection

from the dead. Forty days

after His resurrection, Jesus

Christ ascended into heaven

witnessed by His disciples.

Luke

24:50 And he led them out as

far as to Bethany, and he

lifted up his hands, and

blessed them.

24:51 And it came to pass,

while he blessed them, he

was parted from them,

and carried up into heaven.

Years later, while he was

being stoned to death,

Stephen saw the

resurrected Jesus Christ

standing at the right hand

of God the Father in

heaven.

Acts 7:55

But he, being full of the Holy

Ghost, looked up stedfastly

into heaven, and saw the

glory of God, and Jesus

standing on the right hand

of God,

Years later, Jesus Christ

appeared to Saul, who had

been persecuting Christ's

followers. After Saul

accepted Jesus Christ as

His Lord and Saviour, Jesus

renamed him Paul. Paul

then went and wrote many

of the New Testament Books

of the Bible; and led many

to salvation through Jesus

Christ.

Acts 9:5

And he said, Who art thou,

Lord? And the Lord said, I am

Jesus whom thou persecutest:

it is hard for thee to kick

against the pricks*.

*I did an online research in

order to understand the

phrase "kick against the

pricks" to better understand

this verse. During the first

century a large percentage

of people were farmers

who used oxen to work

the soil. If the animal

rebelled against working,

the farmer would poke

him with a wooden shaft

that had a pointed spike

(a prick) on one end. And

if the oxen continued to

rebel, he suffered all the

more because the spike

would be driven deeper.

This is an analogy that

Christ used to explain to

Paul that because he

(Paul) was pricking

Christians by persecuting

them, and because of his

rebellion against God, he

would suffer.

1 Corinthians 15:8

And last of all he was seen

of me [Paul] also, as of one

born out of due time.

So, the Good News is that

Jesus Christ, our Lord and

Saviour, is alive! He's in

heaven interceding with God

the Father in heaven on our

behalf as Satan, the accuser

accuses us before God. And,

Jesus said He is building

us a mansion to live in for

when we get there!

Romans 8:34

Who is he that condemneth?

It is Christ that died, yea

rather, that is risen again,

who is even at the right hand

of God, who also maketh

intercession for us.

John 14:2  

In my Father's house are

mansions: if it were not so,

I would have told you. I go

to prepare a place for you.

So, then how do we get 

saved from our sins and 

go to heaven when we 

die? God's Holy Word, 

the King James Bible, 

tells us how.

Realize you are a sinner.

(God says we are ALL

sinners.) 

Romans 3:23  

For all have sinned, and 

come short of the glory 

of God;

Believe that Jesus Christ,

the Son of God, died for 

your sins.

Romans 5:8  

But God commendeth 

his love toward us, in 

that, while we were 

yet sinners, [Jesus] 

Christ died for us. 

Repent of trusting

in anything other 

than Jesus Christ

[i.e. good works] 

to save you. 

Titus 3:5  

Not by works of 

righteousness [i.e., 

good deeds, religious 

ceremonies, money,

church traditions, 

etc.] which we 

have done, but 

according to his 

mercy he saved us, 

by the washing of 

regeneration, and 

renewing of the 

Holy Ghost;

Accept the gift of God

that is eternal life

through his Son,

the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Romans 6:23  

For the wages of sin is 

death; but the gift 

of God is eternal life 

through Jesus Christ 

our Lord. 

Jesus said we must 

repent of our sins. To

repent means to have

a change of heart -

that we now desire to

turn away from our 

sins and start living

in obedience to God 

in heaven. 

Luke 13:3  

I tell you, Nay: but, 

except ye repent, ye 

shall all likewise 

perish.

God tells us that as 

many as received 

Jesus as their 

personal Saviour,

and believe on

his name, he 

gave them power 

to become the 

sons of God. 

So, if you accepted 

Jesus Christ as

your Saviour and

Lord of your life,

you are now a 

child of God!

Congratulations!

John 1:12  

But as many as 

received him  

[Jesus Christ], to 

them gave he power to 

become the sons of God, 

even to them that believe 

on his name.

It's important to learn

how to live a life that

honors God once you

accept Jesus as your

Saviour. Here is a link

to my post, 'What Do 

I Do Now That I Am 

Saved?' Link here.