Since then, they had witnessed evidence of Jesus’ physical resurrection on more than one occasion. A few had personal encounters with Jesus that had shaken them to the core. They had spoken with him, eaten with him, and listened to his words. He had “commissioned” them in words that seemed to imply great expectations for the gospel, saying “that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). He had urged them to “wait” in