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Like the other New Testament Gospels, which were written as ancient biographies of Jesus, John devotes the majority of his text to the words, deeds, and events of Jesus’s life leading to His crucifixion and stunningly unexpected resurrection. John …
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Why Did Jesus Suffer in an Olive Garden Called Gethsemane? The four New Testament Gospels focus the bulk of their narratives of the life of Jesus on the last week of His life, often called the Passion Week. As I have written elsewhere (here and …
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Jesus met with His disciples one last time before His death. Together they shared the traditional Jewish Passover meal, Jesus’s Last Supper. During this meal, Jesus revealed troubling news: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall …
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In my recent academic article, I share ancient Jewish perspectives (between the years 300 BC and AD 100) on Father Abraham. Read more here. Was Abraham an astronomer, scientist, prophet, missionary, or a warrior? Each later Jewish writer …
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Why Did Jesus Pass Through Jericho? Jesus spent most of His life in the Galilee region of northern Israel. Several times a year He traveled to Jerusalem to attend special festivals (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles) held on Holy Days, as God …
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John 8 opens with “early in the morning [Jesus] came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.” Now imagine yourself as Sunday school teacher. You’ve carefully considered the hearts and minds of …
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