It is this interesting contrast to the role of Joseph of Arimathea that caused some scholars to notice that Arimathea could mean 'Best disciple town' in Greek, a play on words (originating in Mark's Gospel) because of the failure of the other disciples.
In the earliest account of the crucifixion, in Mark's Gospel, Mary Magdalene and other women watched from afar off. As no men were with them, and no one of Jesus's acquaintance was at the cross, the disciples had abandoned him. Only Joseph of Arimathea, the 'best disciple', was at hand. This was followed by Matthew, but in Luke, some of the disciples could be numbered among those of Jesus acquaintance who were with the women looking from afar off.
In John's Gospel, Mary Magdalene and other women are at the foot of the cross with the 'disciple whom Jesus loved, traditionally believed to be John. We still do not know where the other disciples are.
During the week before his death, Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, overturned tables in the temple to drive out money changers, taught in the temple, had the Last Supper with his disciples, and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before he was arrested.
There is no mention in the Bible that any of Jesus' twelve disciples were lawyers. The disciples chosen by Jesus were primarily fishermen, a tax collector, and tradesmen.
Yes, according to the Bible, when Jesus was arrested, his disciples deserted him and fled. This is mentioned in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. However, some of them later returned and followed from a distance.
John was not the oldest of the disciples. It is believed that Peter was the oldest among the twelve disciples of Jesus.
Peter, James, and John were the three disciples who went with Jesus to the mountain where he was transfigured.
Jesus and his disciples went to a garden, and Jesus was arrested
they were really the disciples of jesus. they just denied him in fear of being arrested because they were his disciples
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When Jesus was arrested,the most hard two things were: 1)that He will start a very long journey of pain and that will end with His Crucifiction. 2)that we was betrayed by one of His disciples,He knew that He will be betrayed by one of His disciples and He knew that this disciple is Judas but He also knew that His disciples will start to leave Him and that Saint Peter will start to deny Him... all these reasons were enough to make Jesus really sad when He was arrested...
they wer afraid to be arrested so they hid in a place
No matter what we read back into the gospels in hindsight, they say that the disciples clearly did not expect Jesus to be raised. Once Jesus was arrested, we are told that the disciples, to a man, distanced themselves from him. None of them went to the tomb on Sunday morning, and they expressed surprise when he appeared to them.
The disciples present at the arrest of Jesus are not specified except for Peter, James, John, and Judas. It is likely they were all present.
Jesus' disciples
They all faithly remained Jesus disciples after his death.
When He was arrested, Jesus and His disciples were in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26, Mark 14), which was on the Mount of Olives (Luke 22), across the Brook Kidron [NKJ spelling] from Jerusalem (John 18).
The theme is the last meal, the Passover meal, that Jesus shared with his disciples before being arrested.
During the week before his death, Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, overturned tables in the temple to drive out money changers, taught in the temple, had the Last Supper with his disciples, and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before he was arrested.