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The crucifixion of Jesus was the death of Jesus by being nailed to a cross. [note 1] It occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, and later attested to by other ancient sources.
Christ Crucified by Giotto, c. 1310. According to Christian tradition, the True Cross is the real cross on which Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.. It is related by numerous historical accounts and legends that Helen, the mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great, recovered the True Cross at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, when she travelled to the Holy Land in the years 326–328.
Jehohanan: Jewish man who was crucified around the same time as Jesus; it is widely accepted that his ankles were nailed to the side of the stipes of the cross. Jesus: His death by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate (c. 30 or 33 AD), recounted in the four 1st-century canonical Gospels, is referred to repeatedly as something well known in the ...
The Koine Greek terms used in the New Testament of the structure on which Jesus died are stauros (σταυρός) and xylon (ξύλον).These words, which can refer to many different things, do not indicate the precise shape of the structure; scholars have long known that the Greek word stauros and the Latin word crux did not uniquely mean a cross, but could also be used to refer to one, and ...
Debates around the Shroud of Turin are reigniting as a new study shows it may present more evidence of Jesus Christ's death on the cross. ... proof of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion wounds — but ...
The Mental Condition and Career of Jesus of Nazareth [6] Ernest Brougham Docker: 1920 If Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross [7] Harvey Spencer Lewis: 1929 The Mystical Life of Jesus: Werner Hegemann: 1933 Christ Rescued [8] Sufi M. R. Bengalee 1946 The Tomb of Jesus [9] Khwaja Nazir Ahmad: 1952 Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Robert Graves and Joshua ...
"No, there’s a cross for ev’ry one, And there’s a cross for me.” History is full of incidences where one group of people have compelled others to bear many types of crosses for their ...
Joseph of Arimathea (Ancient Greek: Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας) is a Biblical figure who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. Three of the four canonical Gospels identify him as a member of the Sanhedrin, while the Gospel of Matthew identifies him as a rich disciple of Jesus.