The biblical texts present eleven appearances of the Risen Christ, of which ten took place between the Resurrection and the Ascension and one after Pentecost.
Some of them are described in detail and others are just listed. And, of course, we must say that not all of them are described by the same Evangelists, that is, not all eleven are mentioned in each Gospel, but some are mentioned by one Evangelist and some by the other.
Obviously there were other appearances of the Risen Christ. The words of the Evangelist Luke in the Acts of the Apostles are typical: “Those who presented themselves alive after his affliction in many presumptions, for forty days they came and spoke about the kingdom of God” (Acts 1: 3). It is natural for this to happen because, on the one hand, he wanted to comfort them, and on the other hand, to prepare them for His Ascension, but also for the coming of the Holy Spirit.
The eleven appearances of the Risen Christ are the following:
1. In Simon Peter (1 Corinthians 10: 5; Luke 3:35).
2. To Mary Magdalene (Mark 9: 9-11; John 11: 11-18).
3. To the Myrrh-bearing women (Matthew 7: 9-10).
4. To the two Disciples who were marching towards Emmaus (Mark ist, 12-13, Luke kd, 13-15).
5. To the ten Apostles, when Thomas was absent (Mark ist, 14, Luke kd, 36-43, John k, 19-25).
6. To the eleven Disciples, present and of Thomas (John k., 26-29).
7. To the seven Apostles in the lake of Tiberias (John, 1-23).
8. At eleven in Galilee (Matthew 16).
9. To the Apostles in Bethany, when he ascended (Mark p. 19-20; Luke 9:50; Acts 1: 6-11; 1 Corinthians 10: 7).
10. To the brother god James (1 Cor. 10: 7).
11. To the Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 10: 8-9).
These appearances of the Risen Christ are mentioned in the New Testament.
However, there are many other saints who claimed the theory of the Risen Christ.
After all, the Orthodox Church, which is the resurrected Body of Christ, offers the experience of the Resurrection.
Saint Symeon the New Theologian, referring to the prayer “in the resurrection of Christ, worshiping the saint, Lord, Jesus, the only sinless one”, teaches that we are not referring to the Resurrection that the Disciples saw, that is, it is not only a historical reference, but the Resurrection or rather the Risen Christ we see in the Church.
We do not say “believing in the resurrection of Christ”, but “being seen”. Of course, there are many who believe in the Resurrection, but there are others, even a few, who see the Resurrected Christ shining every hour, and sparkling “the flashes of incorruption and Divinity”.
Because, really, the Resurrection of Christ “today there is a resurrection, of the lower texts”.
Thus, some are witnesses of the Resurrection of Christ “by hearing” and others are witnesses “by sight”.
The latter are the eminent witnesses of the Resurrection of Christ.
