Jesus Christ

Jesus got baptised in the Jordan River by John the Baptist.

Palestine was inhabited partly by Aramaic-speaking Jews, partly by Samarians (or Samaritans) and partly by Greek-speaking pagans, whom the Jews called gentiles ('foreigners') or Greeks. The fact that the pagans spoke Greek does not necessarily imply that they were of Greek origin, although some may have been, but that Greek became the common language of the Greek Empire after the Alexandrian conquests, apart from the Jews who persisted in speaking Aramaic.

The Palestine area of the first century CE can be divided into four regions, under the domination of the Roman Empire: Judea in the south, Samaria in the centre, Galilee in the north-west and the Decapolis in the northern inland, crossing into what is now Jordan.

The people of Jerusalem and inland Judea were mainly Jews, although a first-century Asclepium has been discovered just outside the walls of Jerusalem - this is the five-sided pool mentioned in John's Gospel. The coastal cities of Judea, especially Caesaria, were pagan, but many coastal villages were probably Jewish. Judea included the territory of Idumea, to the south of Jerusalem. The Idumeans were Jews, but descended from pagans who had been forcibly converted to Judaism during the Maccabean period. Since they were not regarded as "real Jews" they were looked down on by the Jews of Jerusalem. the first-century BCE king, Herod the Great, had been an Idumean and therefore at least nominally a Jew. The Sinai desert, farther south, had long been the home of Nabataean Arabs.

Samaria included the land that was once the Kingdom of Israel. The Samarians were a people who shared a mutual hatred with the Jews. They followed an archaic form of Judaism. The mutual dislike is demonstrated by the Christian parable of the Good Samaritan.

The larger cities of Galilee appear to have been mainly pagan, although there is some dispute on this. The smaller towns and villages were mainly Jewish. Prior to 70 CE, the Jews of Galilee were mostly descended from pagans who were forcibly converted to Judaism during the Maccabean period, some two hundred years earlier. Around the beginning of the century, several Galilean Jews seem to have instigated rebellion and dissent against Roman rule. After 70 CE, there was a major influx of Jews from Jerusalem.

The Decapolis population was almost exclusively pagan.

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The exact population of Israel during the time of Jesus is not known. However, it is estimated that between 500,000 and 600,00 people lived there during his lifetime.

jesus taught people (jews) about jesus and that he is the God they been waiting for, as well as, he died on the cross to forgive everyone's sins. he also cured the sick, the dead, the wounded, and even leparcey.

Christ the Redeemer was inaugurated on October 12, 1931, but his story started much earlier. In the mid 19th century the Catholic Church has wanted to do a large religious monument in Rio The centenary celebrations of Independence gave the final impetus. But in 1922, was only possible to lay the foundation stone of the statue. Even with access to a highway and an electrified railway, building a giant sculpture of a mountain peak located 710 meters above sea level was extremely difficult, taking five years to complete. Construction began in 1926, three years after being chosen a design engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. The artist Carlos Oswald made the final design of the statue, which was made by the French sculptor Paul Landowski of Polish origin.

Landowski's heirs claimed copyright because the sculpture, but had never recognized it. The rights to the image of Christ belong to the Archbishop of Rio Mitra The sculpture is listed by the historic site since 1937. Made of soapstone and art deco style, the Christ is 38 meters tall, eight in the pedestal and 3.75 m in the head. The distance between the tips of both hands is 30 meters. Each hand measures 3.2 meters and weighs eight tons. The total weight of the monument is 1,145 tons. In the last reform in 2003, was put escalators to reach the statue

Not at all similar to today - not a very pleasant place to live the politics were very different. The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea were larger - global warming and silting up of the Dead Sea has shrunk these bodies of water over recent years. The Sea of Galilee was prone to storms as it is today, but more so as it was larger. Climate was as it is today - hot during the daytime, and extreme cold - especially in the desert areas, at night. Rainfall was infrequent - but when it came, it was torrential.

Politically although the Jews had their own 'king' (Herod), he was no more than a 'puppet' ruler, under the thumb of the Roman Empire. The governor of that area in Jesus's time - especially at the time of the crucifixion, was Pontius Pilate. Pilate would not have been particularly well respected by the Roman Emperor, as Palestine, more specifically the area of Judea, was thought of as a trouble spot because of religious insurgence and prone to riots. It was a little like Afghanistan with respect to the USA, or Northern Ireland in the heights of the 'troubles' with respect to the UK. Thus anyone having to take over as governor of Judea as did Pilate, would have been seen as in some way being punished for something.

The Jews resented the Romans occupying and governing ther country, and many groups of insurgents sprung up to resist them. The resentment was partly due to the fact that the Romans worshipped many 'gods' and also worshipped the Emperor as 'divine', much to the disgust of the Jews who worshipped the one, true God. One such group of insurgents was the Zealots, one of whom, Simon the Zealot, became a disciple of Jesus.

It was in this climate that Jesus lived and undertook his mission. When he arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey, he was hailed as the 'King of the Jews', as a prophesy in the Old Testament foretold the promised Messiah riding into Jerusalem on a donkey rather than a warrior's horse. However, because Jesus' sights were set heavenward, his 'kingdom' was not of this world - and he was not the 'knight in shining armour' who would deliver the Jews from the Romans by military force as many expected the Messiah to be. He was someone far more important that that - a deliverer from our own sin for the whole world, and not just for the Jews. No wonder that the Jewish authorities easily persuaded the gullible people to turn against him and to demand his execution just a few days later.

Ireland is a Christian country, so many people in Ireland worship Jesus, for the same reasons as any country in the world that has Christians.

There doesn't seem to be a consensus with prices on eBay ranging from $9 to $95,000. Some people are convinced prints of this painting are worth around $15,000 but Wilcoxhallappraisers had this to say: "this picture is also known as "St. Veronica's Handkerchief". The original was painted by Gabriel Max. an Austrian, born in 1840, died 1915. The original painting is valued at $25,000.00, and currently is in a private collection in Prague, Austria. Prints like this one of the original often sell for less than $50.00." wilcoxhallappraisers: 9/15/2003 12:47:29 PM

how do i find out exactly how much the oi painting that i have is worth 1874 Jesus christus by gab max

I have never heard of him having a sister Ruth. He did have a half-brother James, but I don't know about a sister Ruth. So as far as I know, no. The gospel accounts name four of Jesus' half-brothers (Matt. 13:55) and indicate He had half-sisters (plural - Matt. 13:56), but the sisters' names are not given. ANSWER Yes. Jesuvit had 2 brothers, James and Jude, and 1 sister, Ruth.

Joseph is the good shepherd, and the example of the true Good Shepherd to come, Jesus.

Yes, the slave ship was named Jesus of Lubeck. John Hawkins arrived with the first batch of slaves to the Americas in 1555.

In a way, all humans are related; but she's not Jewish, and he wasn't Indo-European, so any relation is very distant...

Jesus fulfilled the Passover as was given to Moses as an example of His coming. For some Christians, Passover is a memorial of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, "our Passover" which made possible the forgiveness of our sins.

No, Jesus was the one in the center while I suspect Judah was the one in the entire blue robe. Art historians can give you the exact details of that painting. See your local art historian at an art museum.

Yes. When people talk about King David and David the Psalmist, they are talking about the same person.

However, historians doubt whether King David (if he existed) wrote the Psalms attributed to him.

yes! Because Anarchy means total chaos and God represents peace and stability. I hope that answers your question. Not necessarily. Anarchy comes from Greek and means "no rulers". It refers to a society without hierarchy, not chaos. Depending on your religion and your interpretation of it anarchy can be good or bad. Leo Tolstoy was a famous Christian anarchist.' No, anarchy is what he said ^^^ means no rulers. Which in turn means government. But there are different types of anarchy. Some do not have different names most are just categorized under Anarchy. There are Green Anarchists which means, to not have any rulers and live off the land and do without technology, putting us back into hunter-gatherer days. =). Some anarchist believe in the rule No Gods, No masters. Key part of that sentence being No Gods. But most do not believe in a god because it is still the idea of having a master. But long story short anarchy means against government and atheism is to not believe in god. Answer Anarchy actually refers to a deliberate resistance to order and not an embracement of chaos. Further, the first answer does not elucidate which God is in question. God represents both order, freedom, oppression, revenge, love, hate and many other contradictory characteristics. The typical Christian God, once stripped of middle-class characteristics such as gender and a big white beard, is a contradiction in terms and his characteristics have been ascribed by men over many different generations and political periods. This is not to say that God does not exist, just to say that the biblical representation of him is so erroneous and contradictory and politically slanted and drawn from more than one religion (Christianity AND Judaism) that one might successfully argue that God IS anarchy.

Prophets are people sent by god with the same message or way of life by the prophet or messenger before him but the messengers are the ones sent by god with a new message or way of life. So the similarities is that they are both sent by god.

Of all various viewpoints of the teenagers in today's church, one thing cannot be ignored. They are the future of any church. They are the future of the world. The youth plays the role of supporting the adult church members, teaching them (as young learns from old, so old learn from young), and assuming the responsibilities of the church when they are older.

spanish | amor

frensh | amour

German | liebe

Italian | amoure

dutch | liefde