Ascension of Jesus part of the depiction, with her hands raised towards Heaven, often accompanied by various Apostles. The upwards-looking depiction of the earthly group matches the Eastern liturgy on the Feast of the Ascension: "Come, let us rise and turn our eyes and thoughts high ..." The traditional site of the ascension is Mount Olivet (the "Mount of Olives"), on which the village of Bethany sits. Before the conversion of Constantine in 312 AD, early Christians honored the ascension of Christ in a cave on the Mount, and by 384 the ascension was venerated on the present site, uphill from the cave.
Resurrection of Jesus Corinthians, regarding "spiritual body". But they say that it was a true resurrection nonetheless. Flavius Josephus ("c". 37–"c". 100), a Jew and Roman citizen who worked under the patronage of the Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus, wrote the "Antiquities of the Jews c". 93 which contains a passage known as the "Testimonium Flavianum". This passage mentions John the Baptist and Jesus as two holy men among the Jews. The text describes the death and resurrection of Jesus as follows: "When Pilate, upon the accusation of the first men amongst us, condemned [Jesus] to be crucified, those who had formerly