Where Did Jesus Die? — Page 235
Appendix to Twelfth Edition 235 different men, but two different beliefs about the same man, each taking a life of its own, so to speak. The following references indicate that Jesus as may have spent a substantially greater amount of time with the Disciples and other close followers—as opposed to the mere forty days mentioned in Acts 1:3—after which he would depart from them: Five hundred fifty days after he rose from the dead, we said to him, ‘Did you depart and leave us?’ [The Secret Book of James] The students said to Yeshua, We know you will leave us. Who will be our leader? Yeshua said to them, Wherever you are, seek out Yaakov the just [i. e. , James the Just]… [The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 12] Since I was glorified like this once before, why do you hold me back when I am eager to go? After my labor you have made me stay with you another eighteen days [or emended to ‘months’ per the editor’s suggestion] because of the parables… Look, I shall be leaving you and go away. I do not want to stay with you any longer just as you yourselves have not wanted this. [The Secret Book of James]