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Gibbon was followed, some decades later, by German theologian David Strauss, who argued in his book Das Leben Jesu, kritisch bearbeitet (The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined) that the crucifixion darkness was a literary creation to solemnize the tragic death of the Jesus. [53] These arguments have nowadays been largely accepted by mainstream ...
The icon depicts Jesus, vested in white and gold to symbolize his divine majesty, standing on the brazen gates of Hades (also called the "Doors of Death"), which are broken and have fallen in the form of a cross, illustrating the belief that by his death on the cross, Jesus "trampled down death by death" (see Paschal troparion).
The transfer of Jesus' body by the local authorities into the hands of a rich influential follower and execution of a quick burial lend support to the swoon hypothesis, allowing a swooned Jesus to be removed from the cross, quickly hidden away from public scrutiny with room to recover from his ordeal in an above ground burial chamber on private ...
Sometimes, it's called a blackout. “A blackout means you are amnestic” — as in, ... “The higher your blood alcohol, the more likely you are to have a blackout,” says Lembke. “And the ...
As we embrace the multifaceted historical realities of Black History Month, it is not irony but ethnic reality that calls our attention to those passages of scripture in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26.
(2007) [8] and in his book The Madness of King Jesus (2010) [14] that Pilate and other Romans regarded Jesus as an insane lunatic. [8] According to the Gospels , Jesus was presented to Pilate and sentenced to death as a royal pretender , but the standard Roman procedure was the prosecution and execution of would-be insurgents with their leaders.
Andy Cohen says he didn't remember part of his alcohol-induced New Year’s Eve special. Here's what that means, according to experts.
[clarification needed] Jesus calls His Father "the Lord of the vineyard" in Matthew 21:40, [1] and "the husbandman" in John 15:1. [2] However, the term could also refer to Jesus, who sends out his the labourers, i.e. the apostles : see the quotation from John Chrysostom below.