What if Jesus appeared to the Chief Priests after His resurrection?

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That is the Chief Priests who wanted him crucified? What would have been the consequences of this? Did Our Lord have reasons for not doing this?
 
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They weren’t covered by His miracles, they weren’t converted when the temple veil was ripped from top to bottom, so I doubt it would have changed anything.
 
He didn’t appear to them because they wouldn’t have believed in him anyway even if he’d appeared. They rejected every other miracle he did and finally had him killed. Why would they all of a sudden believe this miracle? They’d think it was a magic trick, or that he got his power from Satan.

When Jesus returned, he appeared to those who had faith in him, who had believed all along. They understood and appreciated what had happened.
 
Pointless questioning.

What if I were a supermodel? What if I had a different major in college? What if my mom married a different person than my dad?

The possibilities are endless. We should just deal in reality. Especially concerning Jesus.
 
Firstly if Jesus appeared to them after His resurrection the Chief Priests would have seen the miracle with their own eyes. They would know from that moment on that they could not just simply eliminate Jesus from history as they had hoped to do by crucifying Him. From that moment they would know that they would be powerless against Him.
 
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That’s a huge assumption on your part.
Also, if God had thought that a miracle would somehow increase their faith, he’d have let it happen.
Scripture makes very, very clear in a number of places that God knew differently, and we see this even today when God answers some prayer or works a miracle and there are a dozen skeptics working overtime to explain it away.

Might I suggest that instead of wasting your time re-imagining the Scripture, you read it and dwell on it as it is?
 
“When Jesus returned, he appeared to those who had faith in him, who had believed all along.”

Not true: Jesus revealed himself to Saul of Tarsus (St Paul) a non-believer who persecuted the church before his conversion. Probably there have been many other non-believers he appeared to as well since.
 
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To gain a deeper understanding of the teachings of the bible it is important to think about why the Lord did what He did at the time (or chose not to do) and the reasons for it.
 
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In the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, it was made clear that even if somebody were to rise from the dead, the rich man’s brothers still wouldn’t listen.

And besides, He probably did appear to Nicodemus and Joseph of Aramethea, who were in that chief priest/scribe/ Pharisee crowd.
 
I always wondered what happened to Nicodemus after the resurrection of Jesus? Did he remain a Pharisee/scribe or convert to being a Christian?
 
Well, have you actually read the Bible in depth?
I would expect someone who had read the Bible to know the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, which Scarlett just mentioned. It makes it very clear why God/ Jesus don’t waste miracles on trying to convince people like the Chief Priests who aren’t going to believe. There are also numerous other Scriptural references.

I don’t mean to be harsh, but a lot of the questions you ask here are very basic. That’s okay, because this is a forum for people to ask questions about Catholic belief. It’s fine to have a question. But it does suggest that you might benefit from reading more Scripture, or studying it more deeply.
 
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We don’t truly know if the Pharisees/Scribes didn’t believe Jesus was sent from God - they may have done (or at least some may have) after hearing of the resurrection but they just wanted to keep their reputations and status intact. All I am saying is that if the risen Christ appeared to them in the temple before the people then the Chief Priests/Scribes would have been made to look very foolish. Particularly after mocking Jesus on the cross.
 
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I would agree that Nicodemus did believe in Jesus although we do not know if he was the only one of the Chief Priests/Scribes that did so.
 
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All I am saying is that if the risen Christ appeared to them in the temple before the people then the Chief Priests/Scribes would have been made to look very foolish. Particularly after mocking Jesus on the cross.
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John 8:
“8:48 The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil?
8:49 Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father. And you have dishonoured me.
8:50 But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
8:51 Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever.
8:52 The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever.
8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself?
8:54 Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God.
8:55 And you have not known him: but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know him and do keep his word.
8:56 Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it and was glad.
8:57 The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old. And hast thou seen Abraham?
8:58 Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM.
8:59 They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.”
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If they could accuse Him of being possessed then, if they could acknowledge His actions as miracles and yet Caiaphas still say:
“11:49 But one of them, named Caiphas, being the high priest that year, said to them: You know nothing.
11:50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.
11:51 And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation.”
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They didn’t care who Jesus was. It doesn’t matter if Jesus were to appear like that or not. The Pharisees prioritized what they wanted, and they received their reward.
 
Who knows who all Jesus appeared to after he resurrected? There may have been many not mentioned in Scripture.
 
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