Did you know? (Sunday, May 11, 2025)

The disciples’ self-understanding after Easter was manifested first of all in their conduct. It can be determined from their concrete actions. The most striking event is that the disciples left Galilee, even though the first Easter appearances took place there, assembled in Jerusalem and remained in the capital. The Christian movement spread from Jerusalem, not from Galilee. It was centered in Jerusalem for a number of years. Its earliest community developed in Jerusalem, not in Galilee.