then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;

'James' -most believe this James is the Lord's brother, also mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:5. We have no record of Christ's appearance to him in the gospels. And yet, such an appearance would explain his change of heart. During His earthly ministry, the physical brothers of Jesus had their doubts about Him. (John 7:5; Mark 3:20) And yet some 40 days after His death, we find Mary and her other sons with the disciples. (Acts 1:14) The brother named James, becomes. very prominent member of the church in Jerusalem. (Galatians 1:19; Acts 21:18) This verse would explain why James went from unbelief to 100% belief in. short period of time.

'then to all the apostles' -This time Thomas was present. Like the appearance mentioned in (John 20:26). 'To refer to the one mentioned in John 20:24 seems impossible because of the chain of events enumerated here; only eight days lapsed between the two appearances in John 20:19 which is hardly enough time for the Apostles to have journeyed to Galilee and back to Jerusalem.' (Willis p. 533)

Acts 1:3 informs us that the N.T. doesn't mention every specific appearance of Jesus.

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