Which event is associated with empowering the disciples to spread the Gospel?

• A. Resurrection.
• B. Pentecost.
• C. Ascension.
• D. Transfiguration.

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is the empowerment of the disciples for mission through the Holy Spirit. Pentecost is the moment when the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples, equipping them to boldly proclaim the Gospel and begin witnessing to all nations. This fulfillment of Jesus’ promise that the Spirit would empower witnesses is what makes Pentecost the event tied to spreading the Gospel (as Acts 1:8 describes, you will receive power when the Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses).

The Resurrection confirms Jesus’s victory and validates the gospel; the Ascension marks Jesus’s return to heaven and the promise of the Spirit’s coming; the Transfiguration reveals Jesus’s divine glory. None of these function in the same immediate way to empower the disciples for mission as Pentecost.