The fact is that after Jesus’ death the disciples had no joy because they had absolutely no hope. There are several things that are strangely absent in the resurrection accounts, apart from the body of Jesus that is!
1 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. 2 The Spirit of...
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life....