| (vii.) Seven Apostles}| | | | | | | on the Lake }| .. | .. | .. | .. | 21. 1-23| | | | | | | | |(viii.) The Apostles }| | | | | | | on the }| | | | | | | mountain }| .. | 16-20| 15-18 | .. | .. | | | | | | | | | (ix.) Over 500 }| | | | | | | persons }| 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | | | | | | | | | (x.) St. James | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_Back at Jerusalem, by_| | | | | | | | | | | | _Acts._ | | (xi.) The Apostles }| | | | | | | at Jerusalem}| .. | .. | .. | 44-49 | 1. 4-5| | | | | | | | | (xii.) The Apostles }| | | | | | | and others }| | | | | | | at Bethany }| 7 | .. | 19-20 | 50-53 | 6-11, 22| | | | | | | | |(xiii.) St. Paul | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 9. 3-9| | | | | | | | +-----------------------+--------+-------+--------+---------+---------+ And though this _double_ farewell is sometimes thought to be a difficulty, yet as Christ's Resurrection was meant to be the proof of His mission, it seems only natural that He should have appeared again to _all_ His disciples, and have taken leave of them; both those in Galilee, and those at Jerusalem, the Apostles themselves being of course present on each occasion. And as the words _when they were come together_ imply that the meeting in Jerusalem, like that in Galilee, had been previously announced, all the Judæan disciples may well have been there; and this we know was the case with Matthias, Justus, and others.[283] [Footnote 283: Acts 1. 6, 22.] (_C._) THEIR DIFFICULTIES. Passing on now to the difficulties in the narratives; they may be conveniently placed under the two heads of _discrepancies_ and _omissions_. (1.) _Discrepancies._