By Janet E. Smith, Crisis Magazine, April 28, 2025
Janet E. Smith, Ph.D., is a retired professor of moral theology.
Long shielded from the cosmic war waged by Satan and his legions against all that is good, it’s no surprise we’d be shaken to our core when God gives us a sneak peak.
The Gospels do not tell us precisely where the apostles went after the crucifixion, but there is some evidence that they retired to the upper room where the Last Supper had taken place. Perhaps, as we are told they did later, they locked the doors out of fear. I have been trying to do a lectio divina and place myself there to experience what was going on with the apostles. I find myself in an extremely uncomfortable scenario.
Peter, who had recently betrayed Christ, was there—Peter (the rock!) who had also, along with all the other apostles besides John, run away from the scene of the crucifixion. Did others know that Peter had betrayed Christ? Did he tell them? Did they question John about what he saw and heard and experienced at the crucifixion? Did they all feel like rats, or were they dominated by fear that they would be arrested and punished for being His followers? …
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