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The Bible has been translated into 451 languages, sold over 6 billion times, and depicted in over 40 movies. The Bible and the crucifixion of the Messiah are prominent aspects in cultures all around the world today. The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has been translated, dramatized, televised, adapted, and cartooned. In “The Dream of the Rood,” translated by R.M. Liuzza, the Biblical cross comes to life to tell its own version of Christ’s death and resurrection. The author recreated the Biblical account to appeal to the Anglo-Saxon warrior group to effectively convert them. However, the story from the cross’s perspective matches the crucial material of the Biblical account of the crucifixion without defaming Christ.

All four Gospels describe Jesus in his final week in Jerusalem. During which Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, confronted moneychangers and merchants in the temple, and debated with the high priests who questioned Jesus’ authority. He told his disciples about the coming days and that Jerusalem’s temple would be destroyed. Meanwhile, the chief priests and elders met with high priest Caiaphas, and set plans in motion to arrest Jesus. One of Jesus’ disciples’ betrayed him to the Pharisees for 30 pieces of silver. Jesus took his disciples to pray with him, but they kept falling asleep. Soldiers and officials appeared, and Judas (who betrayed Jesus) was with them. He gave Jesus a kiss on the cheek to help the Pharisee’s know who he was and the soldiers arrested Jesus. One disciple tried to resist the arrest, drew his sword and cutting off an ear of a soldier. Jesus was then interrogated by the high priest, hit and spat upon for not answering. Jesus was mocked, condemned, and beat up in a high court because he stated he was the son of God. Pilate washed his hands of the responsibility of what happened to Jesus, but ordered him to be executed. Jesus hung on a cross for three days, died, was buried in a tomb, and rose again on the third day. With his dying on the cross he took the sin of the world.

This paper will analyze the iconography of two medieval works from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both of them depict the appearance of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his follower Mary Magdalene (Gospel of John 20:11-17). According to the Bible, three days after Christ died by crucifixion and was buried, he was resurrected. On that day, Mary Magdalene came to his tomb early in the morning, alone, and found the tomb empty. As she was weeping in the garden outside the tomb, she recognized a man she thought was a gardener, and asked him what had become of Jesus’ body. When the man spoke her name, Mary Magdalene recognized that he was Jesus Christ, who had been resurrected. As she reached out to embrace Jesus, he motioned for her to stay back, saying “Do not touch me,” because he had not yet ascended into heaven.

So the Jewish trial was illegal and it was all planned also as the arrest took place at night time. Jesus was brought before the other high priests and then sent to some members of Sanhedrin for interrogation and nobody was interested in notifying other Sanhedrin members to come and attend the trial or the interrogation at the Caiaphas house. There were many rules that they broke like the private and the nighttime interrogations were not allowed as they were considered illegal (Marshall, 2015). Though after interrogation, there were no chargeable offense that could be proved so the Caiaphas forced for cross-examination of Jesus so that they could incriminate themselves. The next day, they accused Jesus of blasphemy for comparing himself to the God and self-proclaimed king that is messiah and for this the penalty was a death sentence by the

While Jesus is to clever to fall into this trap, a predication that the Temple will one day be destroyed to one of the disciples is overheard by a Pharisee. In saying this, Jesus has committed a capital crime for which the religious leaders can have him arrested. Due to Jesus’ large following, the arrest must be discreet in order to ensure there is no riot. Once arrested, Jesus is brought to Pontius Pilate, who is in Jerusalem to keep a Roman presence at Passover. Pilate, while hesitant to green-light an execution he finds no need for, eventually gives in when Jesus refuses to deny that he is a king.

There were a number of complexities directly related to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The majority of these pertain not only to the reason for his crucifixion but also for popular interpretation of this act and the significance attributed to it. Jesus taught and did much that was contrary to both Jewish and Roman conceptions of law and religion. Many of his transgressions were also directly related to the nature of his death and the significance it would later on take. Both Romans and Jews sought Jesus' death because he was ecclesiastically and politically subversive, professing a tolerance and equality that was ultimately proven by the dramatic nature of his death and its consequences.

The lines “Crucify him, crucify” piqued her attention. She was looking for a crucifix: an item she never thought she’d actually be looking for.

This paper is a review of the book The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach by Michael Licona. This book is comprised of pages that “investigate the question of the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection while providing unprecedented interaction with the literature of professional historians outside of the community of biblical scholars on both hermeneutical and methodological considerations.” The book is separated into five long chapters: “Chapter 1: Important Consideration pertaining to Historical Truth” , “Chapter 2: The Historians and Miracles”, “Chapter 3: Historical Sources Pertaining to the Resurrection of Christ”, “Chapter 4: The Historical Bedrock Pertaining to the Fate of Jesus”, and “Chapter 5: Weighing Hypothesis”.

People in Rome wanted to crucify Jesus all because of what he believed. When the moment came that the city of Rome had to make the decision of crucifying Jesus or letting Barabbas go, they decided to let him go because they wanted Jesus dead. Even though Barabbas was in prison for killing someone, they still thought Jesus was worse because of the made up stories the high priests and officials were saying about him. Pilate tried to defend Jesus, for he had done nothing wrong. But Pilate fell under peer pressure from the Romans and let Jesus

The hearing and death of our Savior, Jesus, was one of the most devastating events that anyone has ever seen or heard about. According to Matthew 16:21, it says, “From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in law, and be killed…” In this verse, Jesus is prophesying his own death and how it will happen. Jesus talks about how one of his own will betray him and give him up to the chief priest for only 30 pieces of silver. Matthew 26:14-16, it says, “Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out 30 coins for him. From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.” Just as Jesus prophesied, Judas one of his followers, did end up betraying Jesus and handing him over to the chief priest. When Jesus was taken to his hearing, Pontius Pilate did not want to kill Jesus because he had done nothing wrong, so he let the people choose what to do with him. As stated in Matthew 27:22, Pontius Pilate asked. “What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” and the people said, “Crucify Him!” With that Jesus was stripped of his clothing, had the crown of thorns put on his head, beaten and tortured and then had to carry his own cross out of the town and into

He suggests that thorough launguage given—such as the cross bleeding from its side—further imply that the crucifix is used as if a warrior would use his sword. Furthermore, he employs a brilliant way of comparing the epitaphs to biblical scriptures. His article is significant for future research because he explains the importance of the poem—as it would have been interpreted for its time. Furthermore, his references are impeccable. He uses direct biblical scriptures [from The New American Bible published by Catholic Book Publishing] to compare the version of the poem from The Norton Anthology English Literature text

“Bless that good, good woman who hung the crucifix on my neck! For it is a comfort and a strength whenever I touch it. It is odd that a thing which I have been taught to regard with disfavor and as idolatrous should in a time of loneliness and trouble be of help” (Stoker, 54).

The Bible has been a major cultural influence throughout the world for centuries. This work has taken roots in movies, music, literature, art, and more, and as a result the interpretations and spin-offs are endless. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago is one of these interpretations. Saramago is knowledgeable on the Bible as well as information about the historical circumstances of the time period. Putting these two factors together, he created a novel that humanizes the characters to make it more understandable to readers, as well as sculpt a unique backstory that differs from anything Christians would find acceptable. However, he was so efficient in doing so, that some would

The film also depicted that crucifixion was typically a form of death that was harsh, violent, and humiliating, which is accurate in comparison to crucifixions in history. In the film, Jesus was spit on, and the Romans mocked him, saying that if were really the king, that he would save himself. This picture of the Jesus’ crucifixion, and the violence that forced upon him, that was displayed in the film, The Passion of the Christ was an accurate description of what actually happened during crucifixions during the ancient times (Religions).

Many people believe that there is only one account of the Passion of Jesus Christ or they believe that each story is the same; whereas there are four separate Gospel accounts of the Passion of Our Lord. Each of these Gospel accounts supplements the others, however each gospel account of the crucifixion of Jesus is unique, not only in how the story is told but also in the events and features themselves. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John clearly present different portrayals of the death of Jesus Christ. By examining each account the reader discovers the evangelist's understanding of the death accounts of the crucifixion and death of Jesus. The reader must examine and compare all of the Gospel accounts to have a full and