Luke's Gospel indicates that John's mother, Elizabeth, conceived six months before Mary. By tracing the priestly rotation of Zechariah, John's father, scholars estimate Jesus' birth occurred in ...

The gospel begins with the joyous account of Jesus' birth and ends on the victorious note of Jesus' resurrection and ascension into heaven. The sense of abandonment that characterizes Mark's ...

There's baby Jesus stories; the infancy Gospel of Thomas is one of these where ... We also hear of other kinds of gospels that develop. Stories of the birth that tell you in lurid detail, really ...

Both proclaim that the infant’s birth is important for all humanity ... observes and interprets the Torah according to the definitive teaching of Jesus that Matthew’s Gospel will go on to present. For ...

The title, “King of the Jews,” for instance, which was bestowed upon Herod by the Romans when they appointed him monarch in 39 b.c.e. appears in Matthew’s gospel only in reference to Jesus’ birth and ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

The Old Testament contains a variety of books divided into different categories such as law or history. One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken by the ...

It claims to reveal who exactly killed Jesus Christ - and that man even has a statue erected in the Vatican City ...

James Coulter Mainstream religious films are hard to come by. In recent years, Hollywood has released a few good films like ...

As a careful historian, Luke sets the scene of Jesus' birth in its political context by mentioning various rulers and places at the time (2:1-4). Luke's gospel begins with dramatic appearances of ...