Jesus

The Quest for the Historical Jesus Jesus Christ is a figure of religion and mythology. Miraculous deeds, divine attributes, and arcane sayings are attributed to him, and his billions of followers across the world hold countless views about who he was, what he said, what he meant, and how exactly he was related to God. Jesus of Nazareth is a figure of history, a real man who lived and died in the first century Middle East, but whose biographical details often seem frustratingly elusive, obscured

Jesus experience at his first Passover The excitement started building up long before the journey: Stories he had heard about Jerusalem and the temple and all the stories of the Jewish people, hearing them being recited again caused the Jewish history to came alive in his heart as they traveled; standing on the Mount of Olives overlooking Jerusalem for the first time was a great thrill as his eyes soaked in the magnificent view. He could see over the top of the Golden Gate into the various courts

Jesus used metaphors, in John 6:35 (ESV): “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” He lets others know that he can provide spiritual sustenance as bread feeds the hungry. Also, from John 8:12: He said: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” This enlightened His followers that He will guide them. He used verbiage and phrases they could understand to convey

The Life of Jesus The life of Jesus Christ as told from The New Jerusalem Bible is filled with miracles and unexplainable happenings. This paper will be divided into three parts; the first will discuss we will see the various views from John, Mark, Luke and Matthew. Then the nature of the gospel where I will answer questions like were the writers eye witnesses, and how they used these written sources. We will also see what a Q source is, the similarities between Matthew and Luke and how the Old

Salvation Through Jesus We need Jesus because there is no hope of salvation without him. This is a concept that holds the basis of Christianity. In this paper I want to go over what I think are the most important pieces of evidence to this thesis: Jesus as the prophesied seed of the women, Jesus as our mediator, prophet, and priest, and lastly Jesus as our king. The first reason is that Jesus is the seed of the women we hear about throughout the bible. “I will put enmity between you

The Arrest: For Jesus to go to prison and go to trial, the guards had to arrest him and put him in prison. In order for the guards to arrest Jesus, they needed two things: the assistance of Judas, and the whereabouts of Jesus. The guards have tried before to capture Jesus; however, he always eluded their arrest. The guards asked Judas to betray Jesus with the exchange of 30 pounds of silver. Judas accepted this offer very quickly and the amount the guards paid Judas was a small amount, as he really

Each gospel presents Jesus as one person but with two natures: God and man. The political, social, and religious aspects, of the gospels, help believers to understand God’s message. For example, the Hebrew background is important to understanding the gospel because it is directed to first century Jews. The Hebrew background is primarily religious because the gospel message was first sent to the Jews (Acts 1:8). The Roman period was stable when Jesus was born and the struggles of the Jews were

discover more about the Messiah’s important place in the fulfillment of God’s promise. In Matthew 16:16 Peter said to Jesus, “You are Christ.” How would the disciples be sure if Jesus was really the promised Messiah? The prophets of God who lived before Jesus foretold many details about the Messiah. These details are what helped the disciples to identify Him. In John 14:9-10 Jesus said, “How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me

why one of Matthew's main goals in his gospel, was to prove that Jesus was the true Davidic Messiah, the true king that the Jews were expecting, the king who would deliver them from their oppression and bondage. The way that Matthew portrays Christ as King can really be broken down into three

Four Portraits, One Jesus: A Survey of Jesus and the Gospels Chapter 19&20 The evidence suggests that both Roman and Jewish authorities were active participants in the arrest and trial of Jesus. The crucifixion was ordered by Pilate and carried out by Roman soldiers. The Jewish authorities probably acted against Jesus because he threatened their influence among the people and because he directly challenged their legitimacy as guardians of Torah and temple. Even apart from Jesus’ explicit passion predictions