of silver and gave information that led to Jesus arrest. Jesus was crucified on a cross where he was beaten and tortured. His hand and feet were nailed to the cross…
SWOT on Judean Jews, in a Greco-Roman World Strength Judean Jews, one people elected by one God, well founded in Torah. Torah describes how to live according to Gods will (i.e. shema), how to stay pure, and not mix with other people or religions. Weakness Not one people, but internally in a conflict in regard to the use and interpretation of Torah (i.e. Sadducees, Pharisee, Essenes, Qumran), also political conflict in relation to the supremacy of Rome (i.e. Zealot and Herodians).…
Jesus in Control before Crucifixion On the evening of his arrest, Jesus created the tradition of the Communion from the bread and wine of the Passover meal, talked of the kingdom to come with his disciples, begged the disciples of his inner circle to pray, and then prayed himself in deep agony as his trusted disciples slept. Then a crowd of officials, Temple police, and Roman soldiers descended upon the garden, led by Judas Iscariot, who had been with Jesus for three years as a disciple. Jesus challenged the crowd, and Judas greeted him with an embrace to identify him. Jesus was led away, his enemies in apparent control.…
This account of persecution is part of a general theme of a polemic against the Jews that starts with the Pharisee rejection of Jesus's ministry and continues on with his trial before the High Priest, his crucifixion, and the Pharisees' refusal to accept him as the Jewish Messiah. This theme plays an important part in a number of Christian doctrines ranging from the release of Christians from obeying the many strictures of the Old Testament Law to the commandment to preach to all nations (meaning to Gentiles as well as Jews).…
Jesus’s family was forced to flee to Egypt in order to protect the life of Jesus. The Roman soldiers were given tyrannical authority. As a result, the Jewish people were often physically abused and taxed unfairly. Of course Jesus’ death was by crucifixion, a horrific method often used by the Romans to kill foreigners. The torturous flogging leading up to His death was just as vile and also a common form of…
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in the 1st century, Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Christ's death provided the perfect atoning sacrifice for the sins of all humankind. A lot of negativity, fear, and violence was spread during that period. My collage represents few of these components. The first picture I chose to represent negativity is a picture of a child being bullied.…
Throughout Jesus’s life he still kept hold of his fundamental Jewish beliefs such as reading from the Torah and preaching in the Synagogue, which we gather from the Inaugural Sermon (Luke 4:14-30). This in addition to his sending of the leper to the Pharisee proves he was still respectful and abided by the majority of Jewish laws. As Tuckett writes “Jesus was teaching daily in the temple, presence in the temple is a regular pattern for the Luken Jesus” proving that it was not just one occurrence but in fact it was a regular practice much like any other Jewish male of his…
Jesus is always recognized for His miracles, His miracles that characteristically heal and restore God’s creation. Yet here, and here alone, He intentionally curses and destroys something that God has made. This act seems so out of character compared to His many miracles and healings. “It is most significant that Jesus offers the disciples no interpretation of the cursing itself.” Though He does draw a lesson in this curse, but it is regarding a different matter;…
Many wonder why Jesus did these actions. The disciples were preoccupied. They disciples were terrified of the Jewish leaders; they suspected that Jesus was…
The Pharisees were a religious group that came after the Maccabean revolt. There were two groups one that followed the Rabbi Shammai. That was a more strict interpretation of the law. The second group followed the Rabbi Hillel. This was a much tolerate group. The Pharisees were deeply offended of Jesus's ways. One of the reason was because Jesus associated with tax collectors,prostitutes,and sinners(Mark 2:15-17). They also were angered with Jesus because he went on his own authority to give forgiveness to people. In the eyes of the Pharisees the temple was the only place where someone might find forgiveness. The reason why Jesus rebuked against Pharisees was because he did not like there laws and beliefs they had into getting in the kingdom…
This is evident when He stands up after the first scourging and then He is on His feet and carrying His cross after the second more intense and brutal scourging. The movie shows from the beginning Christ knows who He is and what He has to do although He does ask God to let it pass over Him but only if it is God's will. In a flashback ,Christ tells a crowd of followers that no one takes His life from Him, only He has the power to lay down His life of His own accord and the power to take it up again by His Father's command. Shortly after His death, the earth shakes and the temple cracks in half and those who did not believe before that Christ was the Messiah came to believe, which was evident by the high priest breaking down and…
There’s was a lot on conflict in the death of Jesus, whether it was between the betrayals of Judas, mans response to Jesus, which led to a cruel crucifixion. Even after the birth of Jesus in the New Testament it was prophesied by the prophet Simeon “, "This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall, but he will be a joy to many others. He has been sent as a sign from God, but many will oppose him” (Holy Bible NLT, Luke 2:34). In the Old Testament the sacrificing of animals was used as a way to pay for their sin. The first sacrifice was the animal that was slain by God to cover the bareness of Adam and Eve in, Genesis 3:21,when they sinned by disobeying God's one and only condition that “ you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge…
When someone commit a crime that is violent, there is a motive out of everything. For example, one criminal did the crime because of money and sex. Personally, I think it is unacceptable that there are motives after the crime they commit. I was shock when watching the documentary because it says in China someone can be sentence to death with fifty five crimes. My eyes was very stunned that someone would stab their ex-wife in public. I never knew people had so much courage especially in public to commit such crime. I just do not understand why criminals get interviewed before they get executed. I believe anything influences public opinion on a lot of things. It is not a shocking that such a show would influence public opinion on the death penalty…
(Hughes, 2013) The first stage unfolds the story. Jesus had entered the temple on presumably the eighth day, the day of rest, to teach. The second stage, describes the challenges presented before Jesus by the leaders. Assumingly the women had committed the adultery the evening before which meant that she would have been withheld all evening. Her treatment was demeaning and callous. The male chauvinism comes through strongly when they referred to her as “such women”, especially since her fear was most likely heightened by the public humiliation and pressure of stoning. As stated before the man should have also been present for condemnation. The third stage is the most noteworthy, Jesus’ reaction to the tests. Under Shabbat law writing anything on Sabbath was a sin but writing in the dust was allowed, showing that Jesus knew the law and the interpretations of it. (No one actually knows what he wrote though many theories have been formed). (Tregelles, 1856) Lastly his calling of those without sin to cast the first stone relieves him of all charges if stoning does occur and it also ensures that the stoning would not commence since none of the members of the crowd would want to take responsibility for the young women’s death and therefore would in turn be requited as a murder. Jesus had thus taught the crowd to reflect on their own sins before…
However, I only attend mass once or twice a month and I do not read the bible on a regular basis. The power of prayer itself gives me the strength to carry on with my life. Furthermore, I deem Jesus as the son of God who sacrificed his life for the sake of our sins because he loves us. From what I have learned by going to church and reading the gospel, the Romans falsely accused Jesus of identifying himself as the king of the Jews, which eventually led to his crucifixion. Jesus chose to give up his life for those he loved and nothing stopped him from doing so. He had the option to deny the accusation or escape from the dreadful event, but he decided not to. Jesus gave us freedom by freeing himself through sacrifice. Therefore, his sacrifice was also his freedom. In terms of liberation, Jesus did not bother to defend himself for a crime he did not commit. I think that it was in his will to let the Romans torture him because his love is empowering. To love and forgive people who have done wrong is Jesus’ idea of liberation and justice. It might not make sense to others but I reckon that Jesus obtained the justice he thought he deserved by making a sacrifice out of love. Justice is generally problematic to achieve because not everyone can mutually agree with the way some situations are handled. In other words, one may believe that a criminal should be executed for a mass murder instead of…