But nothing was found in his favor, and they hanged him on the day before the Passover. (b. Sanhedrin 43a) From just these passages that mention Jesus by name, we can conclude that Jesus had magical powers, led the Jews away from their beliefs, had disciples who were martyred for thei...
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead; they made,
37 With a loud cry Jesus died.38 The curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. 39 The army officer who was standing there in front of the cross saw how Jesus had died.[b]“This man was really the Son of God!” he said....
" They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died. So he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead.… Come, let's go see him." When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. Martha said to Jesus...
A few days before the Passover, Jesus again predicted his death. He told his disciples that he would be handed over to be crucified. At about this time, the chief priests and other community leaders plotted to have Jesus arrested so they could kill Him. They conspired with Judas, one of...
While this source is limited in its historical value, we can learn a number of details from it: (1) The religious leaders killed Jesus on the day before Passover. (2) The religious leaders were aware of Yeshua (“Jesus”). In another passage, we read, “Jesus the Nazarene practiced ma...
Judas Iscariot (died c. 30 ce) was one of the Twelve Apostles, notorious for betraying Jesus. Judas’s surname is more probably a corruption of the Latin sicarius (“murderer” or “assassin”) than an indication of family origin, suggesting that he would have belonged to the Sicarii, the...
Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, the week before Passover, riding on a donkey. Great numbers of people took palm branches and greeted him at the city’s entry. They praised him as the Son of David and as the Son of God. The priests and Pharisees, fearful of the growing public adulation, ...
Before he was finished speaking, a voice came from heaven saying, “The kingdom has departed from you […] your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven years shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in ...
The exact date of Jesus' death is also unclear. The Gospel of John depicts the crucifixion just before the Passover festival on Friday 14 Nisan, called the Quartodeciman, whereas the synoptic gospels describe the Last Supper, immediately before Jesus' arrest, as the Passover meal on Friday ...