In Jesus' case, it seems that ancient sources believed he was either born or divinely conceived during Passover, the springtime Jewish holiday during which he was later crucified. Christians who believed Jesus was conceived around Passover/Easter counted nine months ahead to identify his birthday....
the Son of God;" however, in this most ancient of all Christian manuscripts, this verse only reads "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ" Strangely, the very words which are most grating to the Muslim's Qur'an, "the Son of God," are completely missing. Isn...
The Jews did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 The soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the other man. ...
LAWTON: According to the New Testament, Jesus was crucified at a spot outside Jerusalem called Golgotha, which in Aramaic means “place of the skull.” The Latin word for skull is calvaria, and in English many Christians refer to the site of the crucifixion as Calvary. Why did the Sanhedr...
no oneever can be good enough to earn eternal life. In no other religion was God, the Creator of the universe,humiliated, even unto death on a cross. Jesus, God incarnate, humbled Himself to the level of being insulted, flogged, beaten, and ultimately crucified for the sins of the ...
But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.John 19:12-16From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.” / When Pilate heard ...
The Plot against Jesus (Mk 14.1–2; Lk 22.1–2; Jn 11.45–53) 1When Jesus had finished teaching all these things, he said to his disciples, 2“In two days, as you know, it will be the Passover Festival, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” 3Then the chie...
“Here is your King!” / At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!”“Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests. / Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away....
14 It was two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and legal experts through cunning tricks were searching for a way to arrest Jesus and kill him. 2 But they agreed that it shouldn’t happen during the festival; otherwise, there would be an uproar ...
Eventhose who were crucified with Him reviled Him. Jesus Dies on the Cross 33Nowwhen the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”which is transla...