^c 29 And ^d 12 On the morrow [after the feast in the house of Simon the leper] ^c it came to pass, when he he drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, ^a 1 And when they came nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage unto { ^b at} ^a...
Jesus in fact was doing a silent revolution subverting the tyrannical legacy of David and his original son Solomon. The writer offers a rereading of the "son of David" verses in the Gospels which cohere around the Matthean version of Jesus' "triumphal entry into Jerusalem." The Gospel ...
There’s nothing else quite like it in the canonical gospels. The Bible in general is short on description and long on action. We never hear about the weather in Jerusalem or the colors of spring in the Galilean hills or the way light falls on the walls of the temple courtyard in late ...
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!” 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve. Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts 12 The next day as they were leavi...
The place of the skull, where Jesus was crucified, located outside the walls of Jerusalem.3. Roman SoldiersThe executors of the crucifixion, who were present at the scene.4. Jewish BystandersThose who witnessed the crucifixion, including some who misunderstood Jesus' cry.5. God the FatherThe ...
In his foreword, Aslan proposes that Jesus was a radical nationalist whose mission fails after grand entrance into Jerusalem, the violent cleansing of the temple, what Jesus meant when he spoke about paying tribute to Caesar, and his arrest and death. But, in fact those events do exactly the...
Some scholars have linked his surname “Iscariot,” to Queriot (or Kerioth), a town located south of Jerusalem in Judea. “One of the things that might set Judas apart from the rest of Jesus's disciples is that Judas is not from Galilee,” says Robert Cargill, assistant professor of ...
The Jews differed from other people in the ancient world because they believed that there was only one God. Like other people, they worshipped their God with animal sacrifices offered at a temple, but, unlike others, they had only one temple, which was in Jerusalem. The sanctuary of the ...
Crucified on either side of Jesus were two convicted thieves, whom the soldiers dispatched at eventide by breaking their legs. The soldiers found Jesus already dead, but, to be certain, one of them drove a spear into his side, from which poured blood and water. He was taken down before ...
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 ...