According to the Gospel of John, Jesus informed his disciples during the Last Supper that one of them will betray him. When they asked who it would be, Jesus said “It is the one to whom I give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” He then dipped a piece of ...
Jews are said to be the ones who sell Jesus, the speculator, and the unclean. The Jews are distributed in the west of Palestine nomads, a former ancient Semitic, once The ancient kingdom of State of Israel and the kingdom of Judah were destroyed by the Empire of Rome. Hundreds of ...
Jesus spent most of his ministry surrounded by His disciples. While we know the names of the twelve who were closest to Him, there were countless others who followed Jesus during his time on earth. They were there when he was questioned by the religious
Why did Jesus ask the disciples to watch and pray? (14:38) In the loneliness that came while... PLUS Do your Biblical studies anywhere! Access $3,100 worth of premium resources on the go! Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus and get the best va...
He’s conflating the ascension, which is what Jesus did where he goes into heaven by his own power and the assumption where Mary is taken up by the power of Christ into heaven. When we talk about our resurrection the last day, when we will God willing be body and soul with Jesus in...
the Messianic progenitor. Bethlehem does have prophetic promises associated with it, and the Jews knew about those promises. And so Jesus’ Nazarene heritage could be used against him by those who knew their Bibles. As those Biblical scholars called Pharisees put it: “Has not the Scripture sai...
chose rather to be hell’s inmates then God’s disciples in heaven. It’s an interesting idea. However, you don’t have to hurt anyone to get into Hell. All it takes, according to Scripture, is knowing about Jesus and not accepting him as Savior. It doesn’t matter how virtuous you...
Recognize individual strengths and talents as gifts from God. Display empathy, compassion, charity and a commitment to serve others – being the hands and feet of Jesus to those in their community and beyond. Act with integrity, fairness, justice and respect recognizing the worth and dignity of...
and gathered His disciples around. The new twelve tribes had masculine leadership, just as they always had. If the new covenant was going to be the time to make a decided break with the old, outmoded patriarchal ways, this would have been a good time to do it. But Jesus did not—why...
It did not have the same force or power.The baptism instituted by Jesus takes away original and actual sins, as well as all punishment due to sin; the baptism of John was a baptism which stirred people to repentance and was a prefigurement of the baptism which Jesus instituted. That’s...