At that point Pilate tried to free Jesus, but by then the Jewish authorities had created a mob revolt and they all called for Jesus to be crucified. This was not surprising to Jesus. He often spoke about what would eventually happen to him. “…we are going up to Jerusalem, and everyt...
Did a man named Yeshua ben Yousef live in Bethlehem during the first century of the Common Era? Did he preach, did he have disciples, and was he crucified? Putting aside the stories of the virgin birth, the miracles, and the resurrection, was there an actual historical Jesus?
8Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” 9The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here. 10For it is written: “‘He ...
Matthew 26 The Death of Jesus 1And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the...
9The crowds walking in front of Jesus and those walking behind began to shout, “Praise to David's Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God!” 10When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. “Who is he?” the people asked. 11“...
Did Josephus document the resurrection of Jesus?Question:Did Josephus document the resurrection of Jesus?Josephus:Titus Flavius Josephus (37-100 AD) is the Latinized name of the Roman-Jewish historian Yosef ben Matityahu. Josephus was a native of Jerusalem and fought against the Romans in the Firs...
Luke 2: 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Maybe you haven’t thought to much about this before, but please if you get anything from this, remember that Jesus truly was fully huma...
“During the Roman occupation, 250,000 Jews were crucified by the Romans, but only one rose from the dead.” That would make clear to the average viewer that Jews, just like Jesus, were victims of the same vicious regime. But so far, that message does not appear. It would detract ...
Did you know that the name of Jesus (Yeshua), Mary, Joseph, the names of the 12 disciples, Messiah, Galilee, Passover, Herod, the term “His Cross”, the term “Let Him Be Crucified” and many other phrases relating to Jesus have all been found by Bible code researchers embedded in...
So what happened right about forty years before the temple was destroyed? The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ of course. First, here is the description of these miracles that we find in the Jerusalem Talmud… “Forty years before the destruction of the Temple,the western light went out...