The Mount of Beatitudes is a hill in Northern Israel on the Korazim Plateau. It is the spot where Jesus is believed to have delivered his Sermon on the Mount. Is Mount Hermon the same as Mount Sinai? According to the controversial research by Professor Israel Knohl of the HebrewRead More →
Is not religion all deeds and all reflection, And that which is neither deed nor reflection, but a wonder and a surprise ever springing in the soul, even while the hand hew the stone or tend the loom? Is the Prophet a religious book? It is not a religious book,Read More →
As for Jesus, he was probably somewhere between 12 and 19 years old when Joseph of Nazareth died. What happened to Joseph in the Bible after Jesus was born? In Matthew, Joseph obeys the direction of an angel to marry Mary. Following the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, Joseph isRead More →
Jesus was nailed to the cross at 9 in the morning, and He died at about 3 in the afternoon. Therefore, Jesus spent about 6 hours on the cross. As a side note, the Romans of Jesus’ day were especially adept at stretching out their torture methods for as longRead More →
Letter of James, also called Epistle of St. James the Apostle, abbreviation James, New Testament writing addressed to the early Christian churches (“to the twelve tribes in the dispersion”) and attributed to James, a Christian Jew, whose identity is disputed. Does Jesus have a brother? Jesus’ brothers and sisters TheRead More →
The name Jacob comes from the Biblical story of Jacob’s birth where he came out holding the heel of his twin brother, Esau. … It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Ἰάκωβος Iakobos, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿqob), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, JacobRead More →
The shepherd leaves the 99 others and searches high and low for the lost sheep. Jesus stresses that when the shepherd finds the lost sheep he rejoices over it more than the 99 who did not go astray. What man of you is 100 sheep? 4 What man of you,Read More →
In Jewish Antiquities (20.9.1), Josephus describes James as “the brother of Jesus who is called Christ”. … The only Catholic doctrine which has been defined regarding the “brothers of the Lord” is that they are not biological children of Mary; thus, Catholics do not consider them as siblings of Jesus.Read More →
Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ approximately 1,971 (33CE) years ago. As for Buddhism, it was founded by an Indian Prince Siddhartha Gautama in approximately 566BCE (Before Common Era), about 2500 years ago. In fact, the oldest of the four main religions is Hinduism. What did Jesus say about Buddha?Read More →
According to some traditions, the Roman emperor Caligula ordered Pontius Pilate to death by execution or suicide. By other accounts, Pontius Pilate was sent into exile and committed suicide of his own accord. Some traditions assert that after he committed suicide, his body was thrown into the Tiber River. WhoRead More →