How many believers gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem after Jesus' resurrection?
After Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, the believers gathered in the Upper Room in Jerusalem numbered about 120. Acts 1:15 records that Peter stood up among the disciples and the number of names together was about 120, with the group located in Jerusalem at that time.
Les teaches that after Christ’s three years of earthly ministry, and after His crucifixion and resurrection, this group of believers met in the Upper Room in Jerusalem. Looking at Acts 1:15, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and the number of names together were about 120. Les explains that he is not saying this was all the believers from northern Israel, but he thinks this was all there were in the area of Jerusalem, and that this was it. He also notes that the multitudes following Jesus were not all believers, since many followed for free lunches or healings.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
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How many true Jewish believers were there in Jerusalem after Jesus' three-year ministry?
The 120 believers gathered at Pentecost were, in Les's view, the sum total of true Jewish believers in the Jerusalem and Judea area after three years of Jesus' ministry.