WHY DID JESUS STAY ON EARTH for 40 Days After the Resurrection? — A Deep Study

Grab the 52 Weeks of Bible Investigation: https://www.discernmentmadeclear.com This video explains why Jesus stayed on earth for forty days after the resurrection before the ascension, using Acts 1:3, the Greek words Luke chose, the Old Testament pattern of forty, and the Jewish feast calendar from Firstfruits to Pentecost. What’s covered in this video: The Sunday evening scene in Luke 24 where ten disciples behind locked doors watch Jesus hold out His hands and eat a piece of broiled fish and honeycomb. Why Luke 24 appears to compress the empty tomb, the Emmaus road, the locked room, and the ascension at Bethany into one day, and how Acts 1:3 corrects that impression with the phrase “during forty days.” The Greek word tekmerion, translated “infallible proofs,” which appears only once in the New Testament and which Aristotle used in his Rhetoric for demonstrative proof beyond argument. The Greek word optanomenos, also unique to Acts 1:3, and its sense of appearing at intervals and withdrawing. Luke’s purpose in writing to Theophilus, a Roman official, with courtroom vocabulary rather than the language of visions or grief. The Hebrew word arba’im and the pattern of forty days in Genesis 7, Exodus 24:18, Numbers 13, 1 Kings 19, Jonah 3, and Matthew 4 as a threshold between one season and the next. The parallel between Moses receiving the covenant on Sinai for forty days and Jesus teaching “the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” for forty days, confirmed by Peter’s citation of Deuteronomy 18:15 in Acts 3. A complete list of the post-resurrection appearances, including Mary Magdalene, the women, Peter, the Emmaus disciples, Thomas, the seven at the Sea of Tiberias with the catch of one hundred and fifty-three fish, the mountain in Galilee, James the Lord’s brother, and the five hundred witnesses of 1 Corinthians 15:6. Paul’s claim around AD 55 that most of the five hundred were still alive and could be questioned. Luke 24:39 and 24:41-43 on handling the risen body and eating in the disciples’ presence, and Peter’s later testimony to Cornelius in Acts 10:40-41 that they ate and drank with Him. Thomas, the seven-day wait, Jewish inclusive counting of “after eight days” in John 20:26, and the blessing on those who have not seen in John 20:29. The Greek verb dianoigo used three times in Luke 24 for opened eyes, opened Scriptures, and opened understanding, and again for Lydia in Acts 16:14. How the forty days functioned as a Bible study through the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms, and why Peter could preach Joel 2, Psalm 16, and Psalm 110 at Pentecost. The disciples’ question in Acts 1:6 about restoring the kingdom to Israel and the redirection in Acts 1:8 toward witnesses, with the Greek word martyres. The eyewitness qualification in Acts 1:21-22, from the baptism of John to the ascension, used to replace Judas. The feast calendar in Leviticus 23: Firstfruits on the day after the Sabbath, 1 Corinthians 15:20, the count of fifty days to Shavuot, and the arithmetic of forty days plus ten days. Why Pentecost, a pilgrimage feast with Jews present from every nation under heaven according to Acts 2:5, was the right day for the first sermon of the church. The ascension from the Mount of Olives near Bethany, the Sabbath day’s journey of about two thousand cubits, Josephus’s measurement of five stadia, and Zechariah 14:4. The cloud in Acts 1:9 read alongside the wilderness, the tabernacle, and Sinai, and Daniel 7:13-14 as the Son of Man arriving before the Ancient of Days to receive a kingdom. Peter’s use of Psalm 110:1 and Acts 2:36 to present the ascension as a coronation. Hebrews 9:24 and Hebrews 7:25 on Christ entering the true sanctuary as High Priest who always lives to make intercession. Mentioned in this video: Jesus, Luke, Acts 1:3, Theophilus, Aristotle, Rhetoric, tekmerion, optanomenos, arba’im, Noah’s flood, Moses, Mount Sinai, Exodus 24:18, the twelve spies, Canaan, Elijah, Horeb, Jonah, Nineveh, Matthew 4, Deuteronomy 18:15, Acts 3, Peter, Mary Magdalene, the road to Emmaus, Thomas, the Sea of Tiberias, Galilee, James the brother of Jesus, Paul, 1 Corinthians 15, Corinth, Cornelius, Caesarea, Acts 10, John 20, dianoigo, Lydia, Philippi, Acts 16, Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, the sign of Jonah, the Passover lamb, Joel 2, Psalm 16, Psalm 110, Pentecost, Shavuot, Feast of Weeks, Firstfruits, Leviticus 23, Passover, martyres, Judas, Matthias, Acts 1:8, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Bethany, Mount of Olives, Sabbath day’s journey, Josephus, Zechariah 14:4, the Ancient of Days, Daniel 7, the tabernacle, Hebrews 9:24, Hebrews 7:25, High Priest, Elisha, 2 Kings 2, Parthians, Medes, Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, New King James Version, resurrection, ascension, Holy Spirit, kingdom of God, Deep Made Simple.