criteria—since an apostle had to see the resurrected Christ in the flesh with his own eyes. As Samuel Waldron explains: Visions and dreams—even if real and genuine—do not qualify one to be an Apostle of Christ. It is clear that the Bible emphasizes the distinction between the inner eye and the outer eye and counts revelation to the outer eye as a mark of superior dignity. Modern claims to have seen Jesus in a vision or dream do not qualify anyone to claim this indispensable characteristic of an Apostle