Jesus

A 2,000-year-old ring that was unearthed 50 years ago near Jerusalem may well have been worn by Pontius Pilate the man who was the Roman prefect of Judea in the years A.D. 26 to 37. Pilate served as the fifth...

Jesus Christ was crucified approximately two thousand years ago, in the spring of 33 CE. There is a lot of focus on his burial and tomb in the Bible. The tomb, as has been thought for over a thousand...

Almost two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth was executed by the Romans. The traditional year in which he is believed to have died is 33 CE. However, some modern sources say that he died in 30 CE. What...

The first-known original Greek copy of a heretical Christian writing describing Jesus' secret teachings to his brother James was discovered recently at Oxford University by biblical scholars of the University of Texas at Austin. Fragments of a 1,600-year-old heretical document...

Archaeologists believe that a Greek inscription discovered in what was the city of Bethsaida, Israel, identifies Apostle Peter's home. 

The Massacre of the Innocents is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew, in which King Herod orders the execution of all male children in Bethlehem under the age of two in an attempt to kill the...

One of the most famous parts of the Nativity story—that is, the account of Jesus' birth—is that three wise men, also known as the three kings or the three Magi, came to visit the newly born Jesus while he...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little about her. In the New Testament, there is nothing about her birth, death, appearance or age. By Philip C. Almond Outside of...

The birth of Jesus Christ has been used for centuries to mark our years. Events are dated a certain number of years before or after his birth. However, many people these days are familiar with the fact that the...

What did Jesus really look like? For many people, that question is extremely controversial. Since Jesus is important to billions of people around the world, it makes sense that many people have a tendency to imagine he looked like...