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This is among the most famous images of the Revelation and is the subject of the famous painting The Light of the World by Holman Hunt. It bears similarities to a saying of Jesus in Mark 13:33–37 and Luke 12:35–38. The door in the painting has no handle and can therefore be opened only from the inside. [11]
Caesarea Maritima: This port city is the location of the 1961 discovery of the Pilate stone, the only archaeological item that mentions the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate, by whose order Jesus was crucified. [2] [3] [35] Sychar: The encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:4–26 takes place in Sychar in Samaria near Jacob's Well ...
In Islam, Jesus (or Isa; Arabic: عيسى ʿĪsā) is considered to be a Messenger of God and the masih (messiah) who was sent to guide banī isrā'īl (the Israelites) with a new scripture, the Injīl (Gospel). [87] The belief in Jesus (and all other messengers of God) is required in Islam, and a requirement of being a Muslim.
Arabic Infancy Gospel 2: "He has said that Jesus spoke, and, indeed, when He was lying in His cradle said to Mary His mother: I am Jesus, the Son of God, the Logos, whom thou hast brought forth, as the Angel Gabriel announced to thee; and my Father has sent me for the salvation of the world." [22] Surah 19:29–34: "But she pointed to the babe.
The start of the traditional Christian observance of the last walk of Jesus from prison to crucifixion, the Via Dolorosa, begins at the Lions' Gate, called St Stephen's Gate by Christians. Carved into the wall above the gate are four lions, two on the left and two on the right.
It is generally considered significant that this message was given to shepherds, who were located on the lower rungs of the social ladder in first-century Judea. Contrasting with the more powerful characters mentioned in the Nativity , such as the Emperor Augustus , they seem to reflect Mary 's words in the Magnificat : "He has brought down ...
Jesus compares himself to a doctor to show that, as a doctor fights disease by working with the sick, so Jesus must go to sinners in order to help them overcome their sins. Jesus had earlier announced that his mission was a call to repentance in Mark 1:14–15. The Oxyrhynchus Gospels 1224 5:1-2 also record this episode of "dining with sinners".