Where did the diciples flee to during christ crucifixion?

Answer 1

We are not told where the disciples went during the actual crucifixion, except for the whereabouts of Judas Iscariot, Peter and John. In the gospels, the writers report that Peter managed to sneak his way into the Temple precincts to watch part of the trial, and it was there, whilst he was warming himself by a fire, that he denied ever knowing Jesus three times. The only disciple to fully stand by Jesus was John ('the disciple whom Jesus loved'), who was present at the actual crucifixion with Mary Magdalene, Mary Jesus' mother and some other women. The gospel of John reports that just before he died Jesus handed the care of his mother over to John (as, being the oldest son of Mary, Jesus had the responsibility of her welfare in her old age) and from that day he took Mary into his own home and treated her as he would his own mother. We are told in the gospels that Judas Iscariot went back to the High Priests, and, realising his betrayal then went to a deserted place and hanged himself. We hear nothing about the other disciples after the arrest of Jesus until after the resurrection when some of them come to the tomb, others meet jesus on the Road to Emmaus, and eventually Jesus appeared to them all (except Thomas) in the 'upper room' where the disciples locked themselves in for fear of the Romans and the Temple authorities. The next time Jesus appeared Thomas was then with them in that same room and finally, after his initial doubts, believed in Jesus' resurrection. However, between the arrest and these events we are told nothing of their whereabouts. Some think that they hid in the upper room, others in the Garden of Gethsemane, others that they hid in the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha in Bethany, a few miles from Jerusalem, and others that they hid elsewhere. However, as we do not have gospel evidence of their whereabouts, all these suggestions are mere conjecture.