After the resurrection

[rivera01]

Why did the apostles not recognize Jesus after the resurrection. The apostles were with him for 3 years and only departed for 3 days. I know that His face may have been grotesquely abused because of the torment He was put thru and he still had the nail wounds and pericing on His side. I was told once that God had blinded them from knowing that it was Jesus, until Jesus revealed Himself to them in His true glory. I also have read that there was some dispute among the Earl Church Fathers the type of apperance he had. They were basing this view from Isaiah 53:2-3, “There is no beauty in Him nor comeliness…” but later it was generally accepted that He did posses human beauty. If this was the case, if Jesus was in fact not attractive before the resurrection but was attractive after it, then this is why the apostles did not recognize Him. I know that this teaching has not been officially promulgated, but I was just curious to find out why the apostles did not recognize our Lord.

 

[Verbum]

Hi rivera,

There can be many explanations. The first one is that they did not expect to see Him. Seeing is not looking. If you see someone you are not expecting to see, you might not really look at him.

Another explanation is Jesus may indeed have been quite different in His glorified body.

Finally, Jesus may have obscured their perception, for his own purposes. When speaking to the disciples of Emmaus, for example, if he had revealed himself immediately, they would not have listened to him as intently when he was speaking of the messianic prophesies.

Verbum

 

[paarsurrey]

Why did the apostles not recognize Jesus after the resurrection. The apostles were with him for 3 years and only departed for 3 days. I know that His face may have been grotesquely abused because of the torment He was put thru and he still had the nail wounds and pericing on His side.

Hi
There could be many reasons. You have given one good reason, I would also add one here. They might have been ashamed and embarrassed to face JesusYeshuaIssa, since they left him alone for the trauma and fled away as per NTBible, not worthy of good disciples.
Thanks
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[paarsurrey]

Hi
The last passage of Luke which mentions of JesusYeshuaIssa’s ascension to skies is to researchers a later addition and is not found in ancient manuscripts of Luke.
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi – a peaceful faith in Islam bridging gaps between faiths/denominations/religions/agnostics