The story of how Jesus Christ came into the world is a cornerstone of the Bible, and indeed of the Christian faith. The immaculate conception of the Son of God is an important concept which lays ...

Pagels: Yes, these stories circulated after Jesus’ death among members of the Jewish community who regarded him as a false messiah, saying that Jesus’ father was a Roman soldier. I used to ...

It happens in Luke 7. Jesus, minding his own business, meets a group of his countrymen, sent to him by a Roman military officer who has asked them to ask Jesus to help a beloved, dying servant of his.

And there's Rome and the Roman soldiers standing among the colonnade of the Temple looking down at Jews celebrating this. So it's a politically and religiously electric holiday.

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

Yes, these stories circulated after Jesus’ death among members of the Jewish community who regarded him as a false messiah, saying that Jesus’ father was a Roman soldier. I used to dismiss ...

Knowing Jesus died for all of us is something special to comprehend. Personally, I never gave a thought to the Roman soldiers guarding the tomb of Jesus until this Easter.

Rutledge mentions that Roman soldiers also might have used rope. ... Jesus doesn’t explicitly say “nails,” and the Bible does not say Thomas touches Christ’s hands or his feet.

(The Conversation) — It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers.