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The Holy Sponge is one of the Instruments of the Passion of Jesus. [1] It was dipped in vinegar (Ancient Greek: ὄξος, romanized: oxos; in some translations sour wine), most likely posca, [2] a regular beverage of Roman soldiers, [3] and offered to Jesus to drink from during the Crucifixion, [2] according to Matthew 27:48, [4] Mark 15:36 ...
Stephaton, or Steven, is the name given in medieval Christian traditions to the Roman soldier or bystander, unnamed in the Bible, who offered Jesus a sponge soaked in vinegar wine at the Crucifixion. In later depictions of the Crucifixion, Stephaton is frequently portrayed with Longinus, the soldier who pierced Jesus' side with a spear.
There is some controversy about which of the versions is the first printed book in Spanish Philippines, with some scholars believing the first to be the Chinese-language version titled Doctrina Christiana en letra y lengua China, compuesta por los padres ministros de los Sangleyes, de la Orden de Sancto Domingo.
Fresco by Balthasar Augustin Albrecht showing Jesus healing a man with dropsy., Herrenchiemsee Abbey, 1715. Healing a man with dropsy is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels (Luke 14:1-6). [1] [2] According to the Gospel, one Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, and he was being
Luke has Jesus talking to some of his women followers along the way. They arrive at Golgotha, which Mark says means the place of the skull. This was probably an exhausted rock quarry whose remaining rock had been damaged in an earthquake. [32] They offer Jesus wine laced with myrrh to lessen the pain, but he refuses. Mark then simply says they ...
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[6] In giving himself via the beatific vision, God is the greatest reward. [7] Some commentators have used the parable to justify the principle of a "living wage", [8] though generally conceding that this is not the main point of the parable. [8] An example is John Ruskin in the 19th century, who quoted the parable in the title of his book Unto ...
Gil Vicente (c.1465 – 1536/1537): wrote in Portuguese and Spanish; considered joint-father of Spanish Drama with Juan de la Encina; wrote very early autos. [4] Juan de la Encina (1468 – 1529): considered joint-father of Spanish Drama with Gil Vicente; in 1496 published book called Cancionero of eight églogas, the precursor for the auto ...