Let’s begin with the order the verses appear in the New Testament. 1. “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Mark 15:34). Jesus cries out in anguish quoting the first verse of Psalm 22: My God, ...

(RNS) — At the beginning of Holy Week, Christianity Today published an article on the crucifixion that caused a firestorm. In the article, Daniel Silliman described the work of a Bible scholar who has ...

It seems like an easy question to answer: were nails used to affix The Lord to his cross? The Gospels are silent on this moment of the crucifixion, so how do we know it was with nails? If you look at ...

It is probably the most identifiable image in the world. A man nailed to two crossed pieces of wood. It can be seen in churches and monuments but also on screen in countless films, most recently and ...

Jesus is a faithful Son of Israel. If his people are summoned, then so is he. What will become a basic pattern of our ...

Jesus may have died from a blood clot that reached his lungs, an Israeli physician said Wednesday, challenging the popular conception that he died of asphyxiation and blood loss during his crucifixion ...

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