Jesus was crucified on Friday, which is referred to as the "Preparation Day" for the Sabbath (Luke 23:54). He died around the ninth hour (approximately 3 PM) and was placed in the tomb before sunset that same day.He rested in the tomb over the Sabbath (Saturday), fulfilling the comma...
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The question of why the earliest Christians believed Jesus to be divine is important, not only as a matter of historical interest, but also because the divinity of Jesus is often rejected today on the grounds that it was not an essential part of earliest Christian faith but a latter addition...
Check to see if the animal is choking on a foreign object. If an animal is not breathing, place it on a firm surface with its left side up. Check for a heartbeat. If you hear a heartbeat but not breathing, close the animal’s mouth and breathe directly into its nose—not the mout...
12. and Jesus delivered up to be crucified.16. He is crowned with thorns, spit on, and mocked;21. faints in bearing his cross;27. hangs between two thieves;29. suffers the triumphing reproaches of the crowd;39. but is confessed by the centurion to be the Son of God;42. and is ...
Always I find again that this crucified and risen Lord is the only thing that makes sense of what I see. Always I find again that Jesus is “My Lord and My God.” In my best moments, I do not press myself to parse the mysteries of the universe or its Creator. In my best ...
Friend, if you’re feeling especially weary, I encourage you toread this article about the chaotic Fridaythat Jesus was crucified. It felt devastating. It felt a tragic, horrifying end. But the people didn’t know a beautiful, glorious Sunday was right around the corner. Your Sunday is comin...
The idea above is that direct body imprinting off the crucified Jesus generated the Shroud image we see today. Who’s to say that Sam might have also considered the notion, no matter how briefly, that the Shroud image was a SIMULATED sweat imprint, obtained with artificial pseudo-sweat (...
Let us abandon the old disputes and, each in his own domain, let us work to make our brothers good, by giving them good example. Later on, though traveling along different paths, we shall achieve union among the churches to form together the true and unique Church of our Lord Jesus ...
He never stopped even from the cross, when he prayed for intercession for those that crucified him: “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). Our model is Jesus Christ himself. Our duty on this path of discipleship is to be willing to be self...