both Jews and non-Jews, Rabbis and priests. I do plan on seeing the film once it comes out and will write a follow up article.) agree that the Romans fare much better than the Jews in their treatment of Jesus. As J. W. Eagan famously said, “Never judge...
(2) Jesus died under the reign of Pontius Pilate (AD 26-36),[10] and Emperor Tiberius (AD 14-37), which concurs with the NT (Lk. 3:1). (3) Tacitus’ reference to the “extreme penalty” is surely an allusion to crucifixion. The Romans considered crucifixion to be the most ...
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun ...
At the beginning Christianity was regarded as a rebellious and disintegrating movement and was subjected to frequent persecution. Jesus Christ was rushed to trial and crucified as a revolutionary preacher and dangerous reformer.Both St. Peter and St. Paul suffered martyrdom under the Roman...
The Romans leveled brutal taxes on the people and they demanded near worship of Caesar. So there were occasional attempts to overthrow the government. But these were quickly extinguished. What Exactly Were Jesus’ Political Views? Regarding the hated tax collectors, Jesus often welcomed them to din...
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: For what. Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for ...
Jesus did it all on the cross; we only have to accept His perfect obedience to be saved.” This tract argues that Christ’s work is not finished until Christ has brought the believer to the cross with Him, and Christ is reigning in the heart of the believer. After all, a crucified ...
First, inEphesians 1:4, Paul writes that God “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world.” Note that the text does not say that we were chosen “to be” in Him (Christ), but rather that we were chosen “in Him.” This means that Jesus Christ is the primary elect one...
The test is passed. I laid myself down within you to sleep. And, as I said, “I dreamed a dream.” Now it begins, these things I remember. If I remember, then it is passed. As Paul states, “I have been crucified with Christ.” Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ wh...
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "Christ died for the ungodly." -- Romans 5:6. In this verse the human race is described as a sick man, whose disease is so far advanced that he is altogether without strength: no power remains in his system to throw off his mortal malady, nor...