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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 BaháΚΌí Faith Parent(s) Mary, Joseph [c] Jesus ...
John 18:38 is the 38th verse in chapter 18 of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of Christian Bible.It is often referred to as "jesting Pilate".In it, Pontius Pilate questions Jesus' claim that he is "witness to the truth" ().
The eschatology of Jehovah's Witnesses is central to their religious beliefs. They believe that Jesus Christ has been ruling in heaven as king since 1914, a date they believe was prophesied in Scripture, and that after that time a period of cleansing occurred, resulting in God's selection of the Bible Students associated with Charles Taze Russell to be his people in 1919.
Because she was the first to witness Jesus's resurrection, Mary Magdalene is known in some Christian traditions as the "apostle to the apostles". She is a central figure in Gnostic Christian writings, including the Dialogue of the Savior, the Pistis Sophia, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Mary. These texts portray ...
Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Jesus is God's "only-begotten Son", and that his life began in heaven. [69] He is described as God's first creation and the "exact representation of God", [70] but is believed to be a separate entity and not part of a Trinity. Jesus is said to have been used by God in the creation of all other things. [71]
Ben Witherington III described Jesus and the Eyewitnesses as a paradigm shift in Gospels study. [2] In a special issue of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus devoted to the book, Samuel Byrskog described it as "a remarkable achievement which rightly places the role of eyewitnesses in early Christianity on the international scholarly agenda and points to its historical and ...
The criterion of multiple attestation, also called the criterion of independent attestation or the cross-section method, [1] is a tool used by Biblical scholars to help determine whether certain actions or sayings by Jesus in the New Testament are from the Historical Jesus. Simply put, the more independent witnesses that report an event or ...
As the chapter opens, Jesus goes again to Jerusalem for "a feast".Because the gospel records Jesus' visit to Jerusalem for the Passover in John 2:13, and another Passover was mentioned in John 6:4, some commentators have speculated whether John 5:1 also referred to a Passover (implying that the events of John 2–6 took place over at least three years), or whether a different feast is indicated.