the essence of his teaching, aroused the hostility of the Pharisees. After the Last Supper with his disciples, he was betrayed by Judas and crucified. He is believed by Christians to have risen from his tomb after three days, appeared to his disciples several times, and ascended to Heaven ...
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Free E-mail Bible StudyHumility: Disciple's Guide to a Humble Life Ambrogio di Stefano Bergognone (ca. 1460-1523),Christ Risen from the Tomb (c. 1490), oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. The Corinthian church has another problem. They don't believe in the resurrectio...
“When the blessed Gabriel announced to the holy Virgin the generation of the only-begotten Son of God according to the flesh, he said, “You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the ...
(Christmas and Easter). He had twelve companions or disciples (the twelve months). He was buried in a tomb, from which however he rose again; and his resurrection was celebrated yearly with great rejoicings. He was called Savior and Mediator, and sometimes figured as a Lamb; and sacrament...
As the mighty angel, whose appearance was like lightning, rolled away the stone from the tomb, shafts of morning sunlight pierced the darkened cave and out stepped the living Jesus into the brightness of a new day! (See Matthew 28:1-3) His ascent from darkness to light, however, had ...
If it ended at the cross, this love would be unmatched. God had a higher expression of love to give though. The debt paid on the cross became the new life of Easter morning when the Messiah rose from the tomb. The perfect judge who paid the penalty himself rose as he had assured, ...
He did not go to the tomb before or after the boulder was moved aside. Yet, Christ crucified is central to Paul’s preaching (1 Corinthians 2:22). In modern times aligning with Christ can bring criticism, ridicule and perhaps malignment by others. Paul would remind you that your strength...
It is a short way down the hill to Jerusalem. It is a short way from the cross to the tomb. It is a short way from “Hosanna!” to “Crucify!” But it is also a short way theotherdirection. Going from “Crucify!” to “Hosanna!” is the exact same distance. While it does tak...
The fragment of the Gospel of Peter begins at the point that Pilate washes his hands and proceeds through the crucifixion up to the point that Jesus goes into a coma by means of a drug, and then his rescue from the tomb: "they saw the heavens opened, and two men descend from thence ...