At the Last Supper Jesus himself offered this interpretation of his death (see Maundy Thursday). This interpretation also fits with the timing of Jesus' death, which according to the Bible fell either on the first day of, or the day before, Passover. Passover celebrates the Israelites' ...
(see alsoFeast of the Holy Innocents). After an unsuccessful attempt atsuicide, Herod died. His final testament provided that, subject to Augustus’s sanction, his realm would be divided among his sons: Archelaus should be king ofJudaea and Samaria, with Philip andAntipassharing the remainder...
who is now nude and luminous and lies not in a manger but on the ground on a pile of straw or a fold of the Virgin’s mantle. Often Joseph, too, kneels in adoration. Most of the other details, except the ox and ass, areomitted, especially in earlier works. This version, which se...
There are many rending of the heavens in the Old Testament like the burning bush with Moses in the desert, the fire coming down on Mount Carmel with Elijah and the receiving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai with Moses. The ultimate rending of the heavens was with Jesus being born at...
Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day: What Would Jesus Do?The catalogues began arriving about three weeks ago, like amodern-day star in the East, but...Brackenbury, Mark
Jesus died “the ninth hour” or about 3:00 PM on Friday. So he disciples had only a few hours to take his body down from the cross and prepare spices and perfumes before the Sabbath began at sunset. They then rested “on the Sabbath n obedience to the commandment.” ...
or of the Christians. He died after 40 A.D. but at that period Christianity had hardly emerged into the recognition claimed by prominent historical phenomena. The writings of Philo are valuable, not for any light which they throw on the gospel histories, but for the evidence which they ...
He died but then came back to life, Let's celebrate for he's alive! Amen. A Good Friday Prayer Lord God, Jesus cried out to you on the cross, “Why have you forsaken me?” You seemed so far from his cry and from his distress. Those who stood at the foot of the cross wondered...
But through my daily Psalm on Thursday, He stressed my daughterhood. For I am His little girl. And there’s that verse. The one about publishing. This time around, though, I noticed the verse after. And it’s here I find good news highlighted through the word yet. Though you did (...
Bartholomew may have lived anonymously and died tragically, without a word or deed of his life recorded. But 2000 years later theresultsof what he did and said are still bearing fruit. The Armenian people, the subject of genocides and persecution, are sustained by the faith learned from Barth...