I think they fled, they were instructed to flee persecution. Lambs are not Lions, we are the weak and foolish in this world, the poor and those who are nothing in society ... we are not brave, we look to One who is mighty to save and protect us.
When we are filled with His Spirit He makes us bold.
Paul did not understand the second coming of our Lord in the same way the other Jewish apostles did ... he had further revelation which they did not have.
The other apossums had the Jewish understanding and they are not wrong for the world will end with a loud bang and fervent heat to the melting away of the elements.
But Paul understood there was to be a significant gap, a delay.
The delay is not between the Lord's coming and the end of the world, the gap or parenthesis is between our Lord's ascension and His coming to gather His people. The other crowd had no understanding of this, only Paul teaches the rapture. This is because only Paul understood that the church was to be established among the nations, the others thought it was to be established in Jerusalem, they believed the 1,000 year reign had begun and they were it's kings and priests.
Paul understood that the kingdom was to become reality after the church was gone. Peter candidly admits there were many things in Paul's teaching which were hard to be understood.
It's called the Parousia, the rapture is a dumbed down expression that can be so misleading or even outright stupid representations claimed in such that I have heard coming from people.
Jews ? what Jews, there are no Jews in the world nowadays who have a full blood line, not one.
The only people who could be worthy to be claiming to be a Jew would be one who follows the OT regardless of there race, so if they believe and follow the OT then they are followers of the Jewish OT. But so what ! big deal, so we have a group that is lost in the past that are Anti-Christ in fact, sure they may have the blueprint, that's worth something, but as for them people themselves what are they truly, well just dupes. so what's the point of idiots nowadays idolising such a people ?
I can not believe how brainwashed many so called Christians are in idolising the so called Jews. just the other night I had some tosser making claims about the Jews, I said I have a Jewish sir name and he rejected me outright and got in a stupid huff about it all, because he has been brainwashed like a lot of people I know around here. they idolise the Jews ! yet they refuse to accept one like me or they hate me outright. because I am a Christian of some Jewish decent. it's not suppose to be some make out. they are all wrapped up in the childish rapture BS line so much that they can not think past their carnal position, of hope to be Saved in the second coming. the fact is that they have not been Saved, because if they truly were born again they would understand that such a one is in the Kingdom of God for a start= Saved and that the Parousia will come in time, but we should be concerned with now to be truly Saved before hand. not some 3rd rate rubbish that I have seen idiots claim is born again brainwashing crap, that seeks the rapture idol, that is of Satan ! you will reap what you sow the Bible is clear on that and such will not be raptured out of here. they will go through the Hellfire. because they do not know Jesus is truly the Christ, they are looking for Jesus because they have not been found for crying out loud. oh they can't wait for Jesus to come back ? well did he ever leave us ? No ! he says so in the Bible.
You must have faith in the Holy Spirit, if one does not one is lost, religion never saved anyone, I have seen such does in fact, it's only Jesus Christ Saves ones Soul and that can happen now as it was 2000 years ago.
Many people were Saved over the 2000 years but what I get from new age mob is that they are saying none were and it's only after the rapture comes that people will be saved. well all will be Saved at the second coming, just as people were Saved over 2000 years, one must be born again to enter into the Kingdom of God. not to mention if one is not in the Kingdom of God you will not get into Heaven.
So stop your worldly religious works, because they are works of Man, not God. remember no one comes to the Father but through his only begotten Son, that counts all other religions out directly, one must follow in Jesus Christ only, end of story. anyone who claims differently is of Satan.