How many days passed between Jesus' resurrection, his ascension, and the Day of Pentecost?
Acts 1:3 states Jesus showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days. That covers the period from the Resurrection until the Ascension. Scripture then indicates it was ten more days until the Day of Pentecost, making fifty days total.
Les explains that Acts 1:3 is the only verse he knows of in Scripture that gives the time element between the Resurrection and the Ascension. There Jesus showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days. Les then notes that it was ten more days until the Day of Pentecost, making fifty days total from the Resurrection to Pentecost. He also emphasizes that the Resurrection is a doctrine many people, including preachers, struggle with, but he accepts it because the Book says it, and Jesus arose from the dead bodily.
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
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What was Jesus doing during the forty days after his resurrection before the ascension?
Les teaches that during those forty days after the resurrection, Jesus, in his resurrection body, was explaining to the Eleven things about the kingdom that up to that time they had not been able to comprehend.
According to Acts 1:3, what did Jesus do during the forty days after his resurrection?
After his resurrection, Jesus showed himself alive to the Eleven by many infallible proofs over forty days and spoke about the kingdom.