Were all the multitudes who followed Jesus during His earthly ministry believers?
No, the multitudes who followed Jesus during His earthly ministry were not all believers. Many followed because He provided free lunches or healings, not because they placed faith in Him. After His crucifixion and resurrection, about 120 believers gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem.
Les explains that people are often misled into thinking every crowd that followed Jesus everywhere He went were all believers. He teaches that they were not. They followed Him not because they were placing their faith in Him, but because He was handing out free lunches; promise a free lunch or a healing meeting, and the multitudes will come. Jesus healed all to prove who He was and would not have a miscarriage, yet they were not believers. By the end of His three years, and after His crucifixion and resurrection, the group of believers met in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, about 120 names together, as recorded in Acts 1:15.