Jewish religious leader who was crucified in Jerusalem after his teaching and reported miracle-working incurred the disfavor of the Roman government of Palestine. In Christianity, Jesus is seen as Christ and as the Son of God. [Middle English, from Late Latin Iēsus, from Greek Iēsous, from ...
A European priest looks 1,500 years into the past and imagines the Holy City at the birth of Christianity.
Jesus was sentenced to death by crucifixion. He was beaten by Roman soldiers, scourged, stripped, and nailed to a cross. He was crucified between two robbers, and died.His body was placed in the new tomb of a rich man named Joseph of Arimathea. Jesus had promised the disciple...
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Jesus finally gave up his life. He was not helpless at the hands of those who crucified him—he alone had the authority to end his life. InMatthew 20:28, Jesus says, “The Son of Man came . . . to give his life as a ransom for many.” The crucifixion was Jesus’ plan, and it...
I keep thinking of all those thousands of Jews crucified around Jerusalem in the terrible first century from among whom we have found only one skeleton and one nail. I think I know what happened to their bodies, and I have no reason to believe that Jesus' body did not join them...The...
Liberale da Verona: Jesus Before the Gates of JerusalemJesus Before the Gates of Jerusalem, manuscript illumination by Liberale da Verona, 1470–74; in the Piccolomini Library, Siena, Italy.(more) Differ though they may in many details, the Gospels all begin their report of Jesus’ last week...
Criticism from Jewish Christians: Upon returning to Jerusalem, Peter faced criticism from Jewish Christians for eating with Gentiles (Acts 11:1–3). In response, Peter recounted his vision and the events at Cornelius’ house, concluding, “Who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way...
disciples, too, executed, either at the time or when they returned to Jerusalem to take up their new mission. Instead, the prefect limited his actions to theircharismaticleader and turned Jesus over to his soldiers for execution. They took him and two thieves outside Jerusalem and crucified ...
In Jerusalem, high priests and elders condemned Jesus for blasphemy. Jesus was crucified Golgotha. According to the Gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. Christians consider the resurrection of Jesus to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important ...