Jerusalem is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 14:18, a passage that tells us Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek, the King of Salem.Shalemmeansbe completeorpeaceablein Hebrew. It is the root word of Yerushalem (Jerusalem) and of shalom (peace). Indeed, God intends that Jerusalem be...
According to the New Testament, Jerusalem wasthe city to which Jesus was brought as a child, to be presented at the Temple (Luke 2:22) and to attend festivals (Luke 2:41). According to the canonical gospels, Jesus preached and healed in Jerusalem, especially in the Temple Courts. ...
Another aim of the Islamization of Jerusalem was to undermine the legitimacy of the older religions, Judaism and Christianity, which consider Jerusalem to be a holy city. Islam is presented as the only legitimate religion, destined to replace the other two, because Jews and Christians had changed...
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 ...
A Jew was permitted to travel2,000 cubitson the Sabbath (Exod. 16: 29 and Num. 35: 5), about 1.2 km. (¾ mile), and the Mount of Olives was within this distance from Jerusalem (Acts 1: 12). What do you eat on Shabbat?
In this passage, we meet an Ethiopian eunuch who had been to Jerusalem to worship. He was reading from the Prophet Isaiah and seeking to understand what it meant. As a eunuch, he would not have been accepted by the Jews, but God saw his heart and sent Philip to share the gospel with...
Why was Pompeii important to the Pax Romana? Why was king Clovis important? Why is Johannes Gutenberg important to society? Why was Charles Martel important? Why was the Babylonian Empire important? Why was Khufu important? Why is Jesus of Nazareth important? Why is Ancient Rome so important ...
In the Bible, why was Lucifer sent to Hell?The Bible:The Christian Bible details the creation of humans, their rebellion against God, and God's sacrifice through his son Jesus in order to restore humans to their rightful place in his kingdom. It also describes the architect behind humanity...
Jesus was a Palestinian Jew, born in a town south of Jerusalem, raised in Nazareth in a small village in Galilee. Jesus was not any ordinary child. Jesus was the son of the living God. Not only was He the son of Mary, He was foremost the Son of God. He was incarnated sent to ...
There is of course, the religious significance: the Holy land, according to Muslim belief, was the home of many Prophets, from Abraham to Jesus. It’s home to Al Aqsa Mosque – the first direction of prayer for Muslims, and the site of the Prophet Muhammad’sﷺmiraculous night journey ...