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Category: Jesus’ Life
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Jesus Appears On Road To Emmaus
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Late Afternoon on Easter Sunday Cleopas and another of Jesus’ disciples, both probably among his group of seventy, were travelling on the road near to Emmaus, a place about seven miles east of Jerusalem. Like many others on the same afternoon, they may have been…
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The Report Of The Guards
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Easter Sunday at Dawn While the soldiers stood guard at Jesus’ sealed tomb, “Suddenly, there was a severe earthquake” and an angel whose clothes was as white as snow appeared. The angel rolled away the tombstone and sat on it. The soldiers were terrified, “like dead…
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Jesus Appears To Mary Magdalene And Mary
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Early Morning on Easter Sunday St Matthew records a further appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene with “the other Mary” (The mother of James and Joseph – Mt 28:1; Mt 27:56) (Mt 27:61). He places the timing of the event to when they were returning from the…
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Jesus Appears To Mary Magdalene
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Early Morning on Easter Sunday After Simon Peter, John and the other disciples left Jesus’ tomb, Mary Magdalene remained outside weeping. Then, once again looking into Jesus’ tomb, “she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been lying, one at the head…
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The Women At The Tomb
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 19 – The Resurrection Of Jesus Time: Easter Sunday at Dawn At dawn on Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James the Lesser (son of Alphaeus) and Salome the Mother of Zebedee’s sons (James and John) went to Jesus’ tomb, carrying “aromatic spices” to anoint his body. Although Nicodemus and…
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The Guard At Jesus’ Tomb
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 18 – The Passion And Death Of Jesus Time: Holy Saturday Following Jesus’ crucifixion, a large gathering of chief priests and Pharisees assembled. They agreed to approach Pilate and ask for a guard to be placed at Jesus’ tomb for three days. They were anxious to see that his body and burial…
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The Burial Of Jesus
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 18 – The Passion And Death Of Jesus Time: Good Friday: Approximately 4.00 – 6.00pm Joseph of Armithea, a rich member of the Sanhedrin and “secret” disciple of Jesus, boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus for burial. Pilate was surprised to hear that Jesus had already died…
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Jesus’ Side Pierced
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 18 – The Passion And Death Of Jesus Time: Good Friday: Approximately 3.00 – 4.00pm The usual Roman custom was to leave the bodies of those crucified hanging until putrified; it served as a warning to passersby of their ruling authority. In contrast, the Jews wished to have all three bodies removed…
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Witnesses Of Jesus’ Crucifixion
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 18 – The Passion And Death Of Jesus Who were the witnesses to Jesus’ crucifixion and death? Among the many present and wanting to see Jesus crucified were the Roman Centurion and his small team of soldiers (by order), the Jewish leaders, chief priests and elders who orchestrated His mocking and taunting while…
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The Death Of Jesus
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 18 – The Passion And Death Of Jesus Time: Good Friday: 3.00pm Death by crucifixion was as extreme a death as Jesus’ punishers could devise. Cicero, a Roman politician and lawyer who lived before the time of Jesus’ birth (106-43 BC), described it as the “crudelissimum teterrimumque supplicium” meaning, “most cruel and horrible…