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Indie developers SimulaM and PlayWay have announced their new game, "I Am Jesus Christ," a first-person simulation that allows gamers to play out the story of Jesus of Nazareth. It begins in the days just before his baptism and continues until the final moments of his crucifixion; along the way, players meet biblical figures, perform miracles ...
- 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 20, 2024 · In the quest to establish the historicity of Jesus' resurrection, a fundamental premise presented by Gary Habermas and Mike Licona in their book "The Case for the Resurrection" is the assertion of Jesus' death on the cross. This argument forms the starting point of what they term the “Minimal Facts Approach.”.
During Jesus’ crucifixion in Jerusalem, right when he dies, the temple’s cherubim-embroidered veil guarding the way into the holy of holies gets ripped in half, top to bottom. Access to God’s presence is restored! In that sense, Jesus dies to open the way for humanity to return to God (cf. John 10:9-10, 17:20-23).
- Introduction
- Methods of Ancient Time Reckoning and Framework of The Crucifixion Day
- Proposed Views of Harmonization
- The Time of Jesus’s Death and Inerrancy
- Conclusion
The differences in the gospel record on the time of Jesus’ crucifixion have long been an enigma to Bible scholars. Mark 15:25 reads that Jesus was crucified at the third hour. Under a Jewish or common reckoning time system, which started the day at sunrise, Jesus was crucified at about nine in the morning. However, in the Gospel of John, John write...
In the modern age people reckon time in hours, minutes, and seconds with clocks, watches, or phones. But time reckoning in the ancient world was reckoned with hours of sunlight based on sundials. If a sundial was not available rough times were based on eyeing the sun or one’s own shadow or even just the shadow from a stick in the ground.4 Sundials ...
The proposed views of harmonization will be taken in the general order in which they developed over time.
The time of Jesus’ death has truly been a puzzle for anyone who has looked at this issue. All of the views for reconciliation have good arguments against them, but good arguments are not the same as decisive arguments. At least three resolutions (confusion of letters of gamma and digamma, Roman civil reckoning of John, and time approximation) in th...
In summary, inerrancy applies to the original autographs of the Bible, does not require “modern technical precision,” and is not negated by differences in parallel passages that have not been resolved. So, while the time of Jesus’ death as a case study does not prove the doctrine of inerrancy neither does it disprove it either. One area that could ...
Following trials at Pilate's and Herod's courts, sentenced to death. In the New Testament, the Sanhedrin trial of Jesus refers to the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin (a Jewish judicial body) following his arrest in Jerusalem and prior to the trial before Pontius Pilate. It is an incident reported by all three Synoptic Gospels of the New ...
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Jul 27, 2024 · Bart D. Ehrman. The crucifixion of Jesus is among the most significant events in Christian history, symbolizing sacrifice, redemption, and the foundation of faith for many. In this article I’ll examine the events leading to Jesus on the cross as told in the New Testament, as well as the cultural, religious, and political factors that ...
