4. To the two walking to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-33).
5. To the ten in the upper chamber (Luke 24:36-48).
6. To the eleven in the upper chamber (John 20:26-29).
7. To James (1 Cor. 15:7).
8. To the seven, at the Sea of Galilee (John 21:1-25).
9. To the five hundred brethren in a mountain in Galilee (1 Cor. 15:6).
10. To the Apostles in Jerusalem (Acts 1).
To these may be added his appearances to Paul, to Stephen, and to John on the Isle of Patmos.
156. The Ascension.—At last we come to the final scene. We are on the Mount of Olives. He is there, and with him the eleven. As he blesses them, lo, he begins to ascend. In rapt amazement they gaze on his disappearing figure. Then a cloud intervenes, and he is lost to their sight. Still they gaze, hoping once more to see him, when they are aware that two strangers are with them. These men say to them that this same Jesus will return again in like manner as they have just seen him go. Satisfied with this message, they return to Jerusalem, there to tarry until they be endued with that power of which the Master had just spoken to them. How this power came and the results of its coming we shall see in the lesson on the Acts of the Apostles.