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192:4.1 [[Word]] of the [[appearances]] of [[Jesus]] was spreading throughout [[Galilee]], and every day increasing [[numbers]] of [[believers]] arrived at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]] to [[inquire]] about [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]] and to find out the [[truth]] about these reputed [[appearances]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], early in the week, sent out [[word]] that a [[public]] [[meeting]] would be held by the seaside the next [[Sabbath]] at three o'clock in the afternoon.

192:4.1 [[Word]] of the [[appearances]] of [[Jesus]] was spreading throughout [[Galilee]], and every day increasing [[numbers]] of [[believers]] arrived at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[home]] to [[inquire]] about [[the Master]]'s [[resurrection]] and to find out the [[truth]] about these reputed [[appearances]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], early in the week, sent out [[word]] that a [[public]] [[meeting]] would be held by the seaside the next [[Sabbath]] at three o'clock in the afternoon.

192:4.2 Accordingly, on Saturday, April 29, at three o'clock, more than five hundred [[believers]] from the environs of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] assembled at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to hear [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[preach]] his first [[public]] [[sermon]] since the [[resurrection]]. The [[apostle]] was at his best, and after he had finished his [[appealing]] [[discourse]], few of his hearers [[doubted]] that [[the Master]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]].

192:4.2 Accordingly, on Saturday, April 29, at three o'clock, more than five hundred [[believers]] from the environs of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] assembled at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to hear [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] [[preach]] his first [[public]] [[sermon]] since the [[resurrection]]. The [[apostle]] was at his best, and after he had finished his [[appealing]] [[discourse]], few of his hearers [[doubted]] that [[the Master]] had [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[dead]].

192:4.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] ended his [[sermon]], saying: " We affirm that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is not dead; we [[declare]] that he has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[tomb]]; we [[proclaim]] that we have seen him and talked with him. " Just as he finished making this [[declaration]] of [[faith]], there by his side, in full view of all these people, [[the Master]] appeared in [[morontia]] [[form]] and, [[speaking]] to them in familiar [[accents]], said, " [[Peace]] be upon you, and my [[peace]] I leave with you. " When he had thus [[appeared]] and had so spoken to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. This was the fifteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[Jesus]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XV]

192:4.3 [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] ended his [[sermon]], saying: " We affirm that [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] is not dead; we [[declare]] that he has [[Resurrection|risen]] from the [[tomb]]; we [[proclaim]] that we have seen him and talked with him. " Just as he finished making this [[declaration]] of [[faith]], there by his side, in full view of all these people, [[the Master]] appeared in [[morontia]] [[form]] and, [[speaking]] to them in familiar [[accents]], said, " [[Peace]] be upon you, and my [[peace]] I leave with you. " When he had thus [[appeared]] and had so spoken to them, he vanished from their [[sight]]. This was the fifteenth [[morontia]] [[manifestation]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] [[Jesus]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XV]

192:4.4 Because of certain things said to [[the eleven]] while they were in [[conference]] with [[the Master]] on the mount of [[ordination]], [[the apostles]] [[received]] the impression that their Master would presently make a [[public]] [[appearance]] before a group of the [[Galilee|Galilean]] [[believers]], and that, after he had done so, they were to return to [[Jerusalem]]. Accordingly, early the next day, Sunday, April 30, [[the eleven]] left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] for [[Jerusalem]]. They did considerable [[teaching]] and [[preaching]] on the way down the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley Jordan], so that they did not arrive at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|the Marks]] in [[Jerusalem]] until late on Wednesday, May 3.

192:4.4 Because of certain things said to [[the eleven]] while they were in [[conference]] with [[the Master]] on the mount of [[ordination]], [[the apostles]] [[received]] the impression that their Master would presently make a [[public]] [[appearance]] before a group of the [[Galilee|Galilean]] [[believers]], and that, after he had done so, they were to return to [[Jerusalem]]. Accordingly, early the next day, Sunday, April 30, [[the eleven]] left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] for [[Jerusalem]]. They did considerable [[teaching]] and [[preaching]] on the way down the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_valley Jordan], so that they did not arrive at the [[home]] of [[John Mark|the Marks]] in [[Jerusalem]] until late on Wednesday, May 3.

192:4.5 This was a sad homecoming for [[John Mark]]. Just a few hours before he reached [[home]], his father, Elijah Mark, suddenly died from a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhage hemorrhage] in the [[brain]]. Although the [[thought]] of the certainty of the [[resurrection]] of the dead did much to [[comfort]] [[the apostles]] in their [[grief]], at the [[same time]] they truly [[mourned]] the loss of their [[good]] [[friend]], who had been their stanch [[support]]er even in the times of great [[trouble]] and [[disappointment]]. [[John Mark]] did all he could to [[comfort]] his [[mother]] and, [[speaking]] for her, [[invited]] [[the apostles]] to continue to make their [[home]] at her house. And [[the eleven]] made this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] their [[headquarters]] until after the day of [[Pentecost]].

192:4.5 This was a sad homecoming for [[John Mark]]. Just a few hours before he reached [[home]], his father, Elijah Mark, suddenly died from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemorrhage hemorrhage] in the [[brain]]. Although the [[thought]] of the certainty of the [[resurrection]] of the dead did much to [[comfort]] [[the apostles]] in their [[grief]], at the [[same time]] they truly [[mourned]] the loss of their [[good]] [[friend]], who had been their stanch [[support]]er even in the times of great [[trouble]] and [[disappointment]]. [[John Mark]] did all he could to [[comfort]] his [[mother]] and, [[speaking]] for her, [[invited]] [[the apostles]] to continue to make their [[home]] at her house. And [[the eleven]] made this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] their [[headquarters]] until after the day of [[Pentecost]].

192:4.6 [[The apostles]] had [[purposely]] entered [[Jerusalem]] after nightfall that they might not be seen by the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]]. Neither did they publicly [[appear]] in [[connection]] with the [[funeral]] of [[Elijah Mark]]. All the next day they remained in [[quiet]] [[seclusion]] in this eventful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

192:4.6 [[The apostles]] had [[purposely]] entered [[Jerusalem]] after nightfall that they might not be seen by the [[Jewish]] [[authorities]]. Neither did they publicly [[appear]] in [[connection]] with the [[funeral]] of [[Elijah Mark]]. All the next day they remained in [[quiet]] [[seclusion]] in this eventful [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber].

192:4.7 On Thursday night [[the apostles]] had a [[wonderful]] meeting in this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] and all [[pledged]] themselves to go forth in the [[public]] [[preaching]] of the new [[gospel]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] Lord except [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], [[Simon Zelotes]], and the [[Alpheus twins]]. Already had begun the first steps of changing the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]— [[sonship]] with [[God]] and brotherhood with man—into the [[proclamation]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[opposed]] this shift in the [[burden]] of their [[public]] [[message]], but he could not withstand [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[eloquence]], neither could he overcome the [[enthusiasm]] of the [[disciples]], especially the [[women]] [[believers]].

192:4.7 On Thursday night [[the apostles]] had a [[wonderful]] meeting in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenacle upper chamber] and all [[pledged]] themselves to go forth in the [[public]] [[preaching]] of the new [[gospel]] of the [[Resurrection|risen]] Lord except [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]], [[Simon Zelotes]], and the [[Alpheus twins]]. Already had begun the first steps of changing the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]]— [[sonship]] with [[God]] and brotherhood with man—into the [[proclamation]] of the [[resurrection]] of [[Jesus]]. [[Nathaniel]] [[opposed]] this shift in the [[burden]] of their [[public]] [[message]], but he could not withstand [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]'s [[eloquence]], neither could he overcome the [[enthusiasm]] of the [[disciples]], especially the [[women]] [[believers]].

192:4.8 And so, under the [[vigorous]] [[leadership]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and ere [[the Master]] [[ascended]] to [[the Father]], his well-meaning [[representatives]] began that [[subtle]] [[process]] of [[gradually]] and certainly changing the [[religion]] ''of'' [[Jesus]] into a new and [[modified]] [[form]] of religion ''about'' [[Jesus]].

192:4.8 And so, under the [[vigorous]] [[leadership]] of [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and ere [[the Master]] [[ascended]] to [[the Father]], his well-meaning [[representatives]] began that [[subtle]] [[process]] of [[gradually]] and certainly changing the [[religion]] ''of'' [[Jesus]] into a new and [[modified]] [[form]] of religion ''about'' [[Jesus]].