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May 30, 2024 · Jesus did not veil His power or His authority; we see it shown in the following accounts: Jesus Turned Water to Wine (John 2:1-11) This was the first of His signs (miracles). “This, the first of His signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested His glory. And his disciples believed in Him.”.
- The Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus (A.D. 37-100) The first non-Christian author to mention Jesus is thought to be the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Matityahu), who wrote a history of Judaism in about the year 93, the famous Antiquities of the Jews.
- Tacitus (A.D. 56-120) Scholars point to the Roman historian Tacitus for confirmation that the crucifixion of Jesus actually took place. Writing in his Annals, he records the death of Jesus at the hands of Pontius Pilate
- Pliny the Younger (A.D. 62-11) The writings of a Roman governor in Asia Minor, Pliny the Younger, establish that early Christians worshiped Jesus as a god.
- Jewish Rabbinical literature. A number of works of classical Jewish rabbinic writing (the Babylonian Talmud in particular) contain references to Jesus.
Jan 2, 2008 · Here’s some of what you can learn when you embrace Jesus without religion: Jesus didn’t come to a Christmas card world. Despite the sanitized images of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph we often...
Jun 24, 2018 · Jesus voided His position of power to assume the form of a man, a form lower in power than angels. His identity was unchanged; He was still God, yet Het voluntarily gave up the power and position at the righthand of the Father.
May 13, 2023 · Jesus Calms the Storm: Mark 4:35–41 The New Testament echoes this divine power in the person of Jesus Christ. Mark 4:35–41 narrates an event that is reminiscent of Psalm 107 to anyone familiar: On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’
Apr 2, 2024 · Ehrman bases his conclusion that Jesus existed on two facts: first, that the apostle Paul was personally acquainted with Jesus’ brother James and with the apostle Peter; and second, that, contrary to Jewish messianic expectation of the day, Jesus was crucified (Did Jesus Exist?, p. 173).
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Mar 8, 2021 · If we are to re-imagine Jesus of Nazareth more accurately in his authentic historical context, we need to critically appraise the images we utilise to represent Jesus, and to discover and/or create images in the light of renewed understandings provided by scholarly investigations.
