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as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
by everyone.5 The all-important link that connects all rituals and practices, individuals to society/community, and believers to ...
to Father: "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made ...
he also recorded the details of His life and death for all the world to ultimately see . . . or so says "The Gospel of Judas"....
and Death are also stressed as fulfilling the prophecies of scripture, specifically in Isaias (Jacquier, 2005). Matthew 5:1-7:29,...
a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me" (Matt. 26:10-11). Jesus goes on ...
the NIRV is easier for modern readers to comprehend, since it states the events in the passage in contemporary English. In 15:34...
seen in both 1 Thess. 5:2 and Rev. 3:3; 16:15. The point of this passage is to communicate that the time of the parousia cannot be...
Henry interpret the journey of the master as Jesus journey to the Kingdom of Heaven (Wesley, 2005; Henry, 2005). In Mark 13, we re...
is the fourth Book in the New Testament. The Book was written when John was in Ephesus (Smith, 1884). There is some question about...
womens movement, "women all across the continent began to claim the right to name and define themselves" (p. 4). In relating this ...
thematic content. The whole emphasis of the narrative in Matthew is on scriptures being fulfilled via the life of Jesus (Wright, 1...
says, emphasizing that God will bring justice to his chosen ones who cry out for his help. These truth are put in a series of ques...
that Jesus did not want anything wasted: "Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted. So they gathered them and f...
is believed that Johns Gospel was written much later than the other three and this could be one reason for the differences. Other ...
was neither a hearer nor a companion of the Lord; but afterwards, as I said, he accompanied Peter, who adapted his teachings as ne...
However, the light strikes each man in varying degrees of intensity. This becomes the means by which Caravaggio penetrates the "su...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...
- the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; there is no other Lord but Him, He is God over heaven and over earth and onl...
Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...
therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...
Shylock loses. He loses, however, perhaps because he was unable to truly and adequately argue his case, and because he was a Jew, ...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
a point (Born, 1988). For instance, in verse 24, the Jews ask Jesus "how long" He will keep them "in suspense" - "If you are the C...
of Jesus ministry. Delimiting the passage The student researching this topic should note that theological scholars agree that the...
seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...
scholars. In Matthew 25, Jesus says that when the hungry are fed and the blind can see and the naked are clothed, that will signif...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...