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Uncovering the Language of the First Christmas
... period, the now typical jokes pile up on social media. Jesus is commended for having a “stable upbringing”. The ... had few difficulties expressing their veneration of the Christ-child, being Aramaic speakers, though not with the ... Rock Painting Suggests a Nativity Scene 3,000 Years Before Jesus’ birth ‘Three men walk into a stable…’ ...
ancient-origins - 26/12/2017 - 22:50
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Who wrote the Bible?
... brought about by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus . It finishes in the book of Revelation, with the end ... The book of Revelation was traditionally ascribed to Jesus’s disciple John. But it is now generally agreed he ... be the apostles Matthew and John, Mark (the companion of Jesus’s disciple Peter), and Luke (the companion of Paul, ...
ancient origins - 07/01/2024 - 13:53
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Controversial Lead Codices With Earliest Written Account of Jesus Confirmed Authentic
... May Have the Earliest Written Account and Depiction of Jesus Unexpected Statues of Mythological Goddess Unearthed in ... a language that dates back a thousand years before Christ. Tellingly Aramaic is also to be seen – the lingua franca of Jesus’ time. Thus, we have a link between two separate ...
david elkington - 02/07/2020 - 18:58
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4 things to Know About Ash Wednesday
For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a ... Conversation For Christians, the death and resurrection of Jesus is a pivotal event commemorated each year during a ... Eucharist , a sacred ceremony celebrating communion with Jesus and with one another. During that time they did acts of ...
ancient-origins - 07/03/2019 - 01:55
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Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old mansion which probably belonged to enemy of Jesus
... sheds light on the wealthy class of Jerusalem during Jesus’ day with some suggesting that it could have been home to one of Jesus’ enemies. The mansion would have belonged to wealthy ... Matthew, describe anecdotes that hint at hostility between Jesus and the Sadduceean establishment. These disputes ...
aprilholloway - 19/09/2013 - 01:23
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The Shroud of Turin: Jesus' Bloodstained Burial Cloth or a Fascinating Forgery?
... is believed by many to be the bloodstained burial cloth Jesus of Nazareth was wrapped in after his crucifixion. But ... crucifixion and the Biblical description of the death of Jesus . But science and history suggest there’s more to the ... is that the shroud is only an artistic representation of Christ and not a holy relic.” Nevertheless, the church ...
lizleafloor - 19/01/2021 - 20:22
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The Chalice of Magdalene – Is this the Holy Grail?
... Mary Magdalene, the woman depicted as a close companion of Jesus in the New Testament. The Vatican has elevated her status amongst the saints to equal that of Jesus’ male disciples, and a major new movie about her ... usually considered to be the cup said to have been used by Christ at the Last Supper. According to the Bible, Jesus ...
Graham Phillips - 19/01/2017 - 14:53
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Ancient Ritual Bath Found At Biblical Garden of Gethsemane
... any type from the Second Temple era found at Gethsemane. Jesus’ Last Free Night Spent In The Garden Of Gethsemane According to the New Testament , Jesus spent his last night of freedom in the garden of ... read as: “For the memory and repose of the lovers of Christ and God who have received the sacrifice of Abraham, ...
Nathan Falde - 23/12/2020 - 17:58
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Archaeologists Uncover the Gate of Jesus’ Feeding Miracle City
... which is closely associated with the life and miracles of Jesus Christ. According to local authorities in Israel, ... which is closely associated with the life and miracles of Jesus Christ. The find could help to resolve a long-running ...
Ed Whelan - 09/07/2018 - 22:58
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St Rumwold: The Infant Saint and Medieval Miracle Stories
... down by various ailments, with the consent of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The Tradition Of Miracle Stories Miracle stories ... , all of which directly imitated the miracles performed by Jesus in the Bible . Most hagiographers attempted to make the ...
Meagan Dickerson - 26/09/2021 - 20:50
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A Ring Unearthed 50 Years Ago Likely Belonged To Pontius Pilate Who Condemned Jesus To Death
... according to the New Testament ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. A bronze ring discovered in an excavation in Israel 50 ... according to the New Testament ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. Research into the ancient bronze ring was led by ... of Jerusalem between the years 26 to 36 and allegedly ran Jesus ’ trial, is the fact that these types of rings were a ...
ashley cowie - 30/11/2018 - 14:01
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When Faith and Power Clash: How Christianity Divided the Roman Empire (Video)
... the Colosseum . Ignatius was willing to be martyred, like Jesus, and wrote seven letters describing his experience and ...
Robbie Mitchell - 26/04/2023 - 17:00
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Relic Cults: Why Dead Saints Were So Important in the Middle Ages
... those of important saints or those associated with Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary, came to be so highly valued that ... Shroud of Turin which was supposedly the death shroud of Jesus Christ, or the three veils of the Virgin Mary given ...
Meagan Dickerson - 17/06/2021 - 19:02
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Unveiling The Star Of Bethlehem Amid The Celestial Tableau Of Jesus’ Nativity
... place] where the child was .” The magi then enter the Christ-child’s ‘house’ and found him with his mother, ... Mary came to the end of her confinement, gave birth to Jesus, swaddled him, and then utilized a manger as a ... recognizes that the Gospels of Mark and John never mention Jesus’ birth. Why then, did the authors of Matthew and Luke ...
John McHugh - 22/12/2021 - 22:55
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Ex-Devil Worshipper Says: I'm Shocked Christians Celebrate Halloween
... too. And that night, I would give the devil a black eye in Jesus' name, because many souls would be saved. Editor’s ...
ancient origins - 22/10/2018 - 18:56
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Investigators use a Volunteer and Real Blood in Forensic Testing of the Shroud of Turin
... shroud is believed by many to be the burial shroud that Jesus Christ was wrapped in after his death by crucifixion. ... It is revered because it is associated with the death of Jesus and many believe that it even possesses miraculous ...
Ed Whelan - 19/07/2018 - 02:02
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Experts Think They Have Uncovered the Biblical Town of Emmaus
... the town of Emmaus near where the Gospel of Luke says that Jesus first appeared to two of his disciples after his ... town. Emmaus played a very important role in the story of Jesus and one of the key events in the history of ... road to Emmaus, two of his disciples encountered the risen Christ . The account by St. Luke describes how Jesus first ...
Ed Whelan - 03/09/2019 - 18:58
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Piercing Christ: The Trials And Tribulations Of The Heilige Lanze
... Roman centurion Gaius Cassius Longinus pierced the side of Christ, nailed to the cross. Traditional religious ... BY-SA 3.0 ) The story of the Heilige Lanze begins with the Jesus’ crucifixtion. The apostle John, who may be ... Biblical source by some, states: " But when they came to Jesus, because they saw that he was already dead, they did ...
Pierluigi Tombetti - 21/08/2020 - 20:13
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Can We Ever Find Jesus’s DNA?
... scientific evidence linking archaeological artefacts to Jesus Christ himself. Popkonstantinov made his discovery when ... partly because John the Baptist was both a disciple of Jesus and his cousin – meaning they would share DNA. Early ...
ancient-origins - 02/05/2017 - 02:01
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The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions
... survive, they all follow broadly the same layout with Jesus and the Virgin Mary (Dooms were painted during at a ... at the top, with the ‘Heavenly Mansions’ to Jesus’ right and the Jaws of Hell (depicted as the mouth of ... for their shrouds, and all aged about 33, the age at which Christ was thought to have died. Dooms and Destruction As ...
Charles Christian - 01/09/2016 - 02:07