Christopher Mims
She runs back to her friends, but unsurprisingly they don't believe her at first. Some of them go and see that the tomb where Jesus body lay is empty now. The friends decide to stay together in the city. They keep windows closed and doors locked for fear of the authorities. Then Jesu...
Then in the New Testament there are also some experiences and statements that indicate that we do not go immediately and consciously to heaven at death.For example, Jesus died on the cross on Friday evening, and his body was put in the tomb during the Sabbath. If there was such a thing...
Jesus'7 Christian followers were once subjugated by the Romans until Constantine the Great8 became the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity; now, more than two billion people call themselves Christians. In the 7th century Muhammad9 founded Islam, and he is considered by Muslims to be ...
When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.New Living TranslationWhen the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, ...
facts. The ancient Jews affirmed that the earliest disciples of Jesus claimed Jesus rose from the grave, and these writers also acknowledged the tomb of Jesus was initially found empty. The Toledot Yeshu then attempts to explain the empty grave by saying that the gardener removed Jesus’ body...
Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. "Roll the stone aside," Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, protested, "Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible." ...
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”Berean Standard BibleJesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”Berean ...
One of the stories the kids become familiar with from an early age is the story of three Magi (or the three Kings) who foresaw the birth of Christ and went on a pilgrimage to see the newly born baby Jesus. My mother, god bless her soul, was kind of funky with a surreal aspect to...
24 Then some of those who were with us went off to the tomb,*+ and they found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” 24 Penepa bamo botwadi nabo abaendanga ku kibundu,*+ abatana’nka mwanenenanga bana-bakaji’ba, ino kebamumwenepo.” jw2019 The pro...