Romans10: 8- 9 The word is near you in your mouth and in your heart. In the bible Jesus says you have to believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and you will be saved and allowed to enter Heaven.
A:Yes and no: In Acts 1:11-12, Jesus was taken up bodily to heaven near Jerusalem at the mount of Olives, or Mount Olivet (KJV), 40 days after the resurrection.In Luke 24:50-51, written by the same author but somewhat earlier, Jesus was taken up bodily to heaven near Bethany on the evening following his resurrection.
Only the author of Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles seems to have considered the notion of Jesus ascending bodily to heaven.In Luke, the disciples saw Jesus ascend bodily to heaven near Bethany, on the evening of his resurrection.Although written by the same author, Acts says the disciples saw Jesus ascend bodily to heaven forty days after his resurrection, instead of the evening of the day of his resurrection. Since he had just commanded the disciples not to leave Jerusalem, it can be assumed that this account occurred in Jerusalem.
Only Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles tell us about Jesus ascending to heaven. In Luke's Gospel, Jesus ascended bodily to heaven near Bethany, on the evening of his resurrection (Luke 24:50-51). In Acts of the Apostles, by the same author but written some time later, Jesus told the disciples not to leave Jerusalem, so presumably they were actually in Jerusalem when they were assembled together in Jesus' presence and saw him taken bodily up into heaven forty days after his resurrection (Acts 1:4,9).
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The author traditionally known as Luke says that Jesus rose bodily to heaven. In the Gospel of Luke, this occurred near Bethany on the evening of his resurrection. In Acts of the Apostles, written some time later, Jesus rose bodily to heaven after forty days. All the gospels in their present form also say that Jesus was seen at least once by the disciples and by some women.
Matthew's Gospel does not actually say whether Jesus ascended into heaven, but if he did it would have been after his only meeting with the disciples, at the mountain in Galilee. Here, his last words were, "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."Luke's Gospel gives a graphic account of Jesus ascending bodily into heaven near Bethany, on the evening following the resurrection. Luke's account actually describes the ascent to heaven, but much earlier and in different circumstances to Matthew. It says only that Jesus blessed the disciples and was then carried up into heaven.
His core message: Matthew 4:17New International Version (NIV) 17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Apart from the author of Luke's Gospel, the other evangelists seem unaware that Jesus ascended bodily into heaven. Arguably, Luke is the most influential gospel in the New Testament, and it says that Jesus rose bodily into heaven near Bethany, on the evening of his resurrection. Acts of the Apostles, by the same author but somewhat later, changes the detail, saying that the risen Jesus remained on earth for forty days before he was taken up into heaven.For non-Christians, no, Jesus did not really rise up into heaven.
This describes John the Baptist, who baptized Jesus and preached, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near" before Jesus began to minister in public in order to prepare people for Jesus' message.
A:It is very possible that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, after all the Romans crucified many thousands in first-century Palestine. Crucifixion was not uncommon and would not, by itself, make Jesus special. Jesus of Nazareth was not crucified if he did not exist, and there are many hypotheses as to the background of the Jesus story, including that the story was based around the second-century-BCE Teacher of Righteousness mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls or that the pre-gospel Jesus was purely spiritual, crucified in heaven (as various Near Eastern gods were).
Only the author of Luke's Gospel and Acts of the Apostles seems to have considered the notion of Jesus ascending bodily to heaven.In Luke, the disciples saw Jesus ascend bodily to heaven near Bethany, on the evening of his resurrection.Although written by the same author, Acts says the disciples saw Jesus ascend bodily to heaven forty days after his resurrection, instead of the evening of the day of his resurrection. Since he had just commanded the disciples not to leave Jerusalem, it can be assumed that this account occurred in Jerusalem.