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The raising of the son of the widow of Nain (or Naim) [1] is an account of a miracle by Jesus, recorded in the Gospel of Luke chapter 7. Jesus arrived at the village of Nain during the burial ceremony of the son of a widow, and raised the young man from the dead. (Luke 7:11–17) The location is the village of Nain, two miles south of Mount Tabor.
Jesus The Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, 6th century AD Born c. 6 to 4 BC [a] Herodian kingdom, Roman Empire Died AD 30 or 33 (aged 33 or 38) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire Cause of death Crucifixion [b] Known for Central figure of Christianity Major prophet in Islam and in Druze Faith Manifestation of God in Baháʼí Faith Parent(s) Mary, Joseph [c] Part ...
Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary. The Miracle of the Sun (Portuguese: Milagre do Sol), also known as the Miracle of Fátima, is a series of events reported to have occurred miraculously on 13 October 1917, attended by a large crowd who had gathered in Fátima, Portugal, in ...
Constantine I claimed to have had a vision of symbol of Christ above the sun, with the words "In this sign, you shall conquer" (Latin: "In hoc signo vinces"), before the Battle of Milvian Bridge in AD 312. This symbol is usually assumed to be the "Chi-Rho (X-P)" symbol, but some think it was a cross.
[8] [1] Christians saw Jesus of Nazareth as that Messiah. [9] [10] [11] Jesus saw his identity and mission, and that of his followers, in light of the present and future kingdom of God and the prophetic tradition of Israel. [12] His followers believed God's spirit was incarnated (embodied) in Jesus and that after his crucifixion, he rose from ...
According to M. David Litwa, the authors of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke consciously attempt to avoid portraying Jesus's conception as anything resembling pagan accounts of divine parentage; [190] the author of the Gospel of Luke tells a similar story about the conception of John the Baptist in effort to emphasize the Jewish character of ...
The date of birth of Jesus of Nazareth is not stated in the gospels or in any secular text, but most scholars assume a date of birth between 6 BC and 4 BC. [1] Two main methods have been used to estimate the year of the birth of Jesus: one based on the accounts of his birth in the gospels with reference to King Herod's reign, and another based on subtracting his stated age of "about 30 years ...
The Golden Legend says that he saw celestial signs before conversion and that his eye problems might have been caused by illness or age. [11] The touch of Jesus's blood cures his eye problem: Christian legend has it that Longinus was a blind Roman centurion who thrust the spear into Christ's side at the crucifixion.