The disciples haven’t believed the report of Mary Magdalene that Jesus is alive. So, Jesus…
The Sabbath lasted from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. Jesus has been in the tomb…
The greatest historical claim of Christianity is that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. This…
Now that Pilate has given Joseph of Arimathea permission to have the body, Joseph returns…
Joseph of Arimathea, a leading member of the Sanhedrin has sought an audience with Pontius…
When criminals were crucified, part of the humiliation was that their bodies weren’t buried. To…
Throughout his gospel, Mark highlights how much opposition Jesus received throughout his ministry. And it’s…
We know that the squad of soldiers assigned the task of actually crucifying Jesus consisted…
While the people mock and ridicule him, Jesus is accomplishing the salvation of the world….
There had been silence at the cross for three hours amid the darkness. When the…
While people have tried to explain this darkness as an eclipse or as other forms…
Traditionally, we’ve thought of the two men crucified with Jesus as a “good” thief and…
At the Cross, Jesus is mockingly called the “Messiah” and the “King of Israel,” challenging…
Why did the crowd turn from praising Jesus to demanding His death? The Chief Priests…
Crucifixion sites in ancient Rome were positioned prominently to serve as a potent form of…
The Romans were efficient in their executions, often crucifying multiple individuals at once, as they…
Men who were being led to be crucified carried a placard which announced their crimes,…
The Jews had a tradition of offering those about to be executed a strong narcotic…
Throughout the Roman Empire, every city had its execution site, including Jerusalem, where it was…
Jesus is being led through the streets of Jerusalem to the place of execution. After…
After Jesus had been savagely beaten and brutalised in the early hours of the morning,…
The Roman garrison is staging a mock coronation ceremony for Jesus because they have heard…
The crowd has just asked Pilate to release Barabbas to them instead of Jesus. This…
Very early in the morning, Jesus has been handed over, bound, to Pilate. As the…
Now that they have their hands-on Jesus, his enemies make their plans for how to…
Peter has just denied knowing Jesus three times, just as Jesus said he would. When…
Remember Peter? While Jesus is being tried before the Sanhedrin, and while he is being…
The High Priest Caiaphas has just asked Jesus directly if he is the Messiah, the…
During his trial before the High Priest Caiaphas, Jesus refuses to answer the many accusations…
As a skilled politician, the High Priest Caiaphas knew how to manipulate a situation. During…
During Jesus’ trial before the Sanhedrin, many witnesses have testified against him, but as is…
Jacob’s Well holds a kind of sacred aura around it. And what’s really important is…
In Gethsemane, the disciples are all fleeing, abandoning Jesus to his fate. And now we…
Jesus has just been arrested in Gethsemane. Peter has made a futile gesture of defiance…
In Gethsemane, Peter has just taken out his sword and attacked the servant of the…
The mob has just seized Jesus and arrested him. The disciples are stunned, not knowing…
At Gethsemane, Jesus has just announced that the hour has come, and that the Son…
Three times Jesus went to pray alone, and three times he returned. And every time,…
Jesus has just been bitterly disappointed to find his disciples sleeping instead of praying. This…
Jesus has been praying in anguish of heart. But he hasn’t forgotten his disciples. He…
Having reached Gethsemane, Jesus has asked his disciples to keep watch. Christ’s time of trial…
In Jesus’ long prophecy just before the Passover meal, he had told his disciples that…
When Jesus tells his disciples that they will all fall away, his disciples can’t understand…
Jesus and his disciples have just left the room where they have celebrated the Passover…
Jesus has just reinterpreted the meaning of the bread and the wine of the Passover…
The uniqueness of this Passover meal continues. It is in fact, along with the first…
Jesus has just announced that one of the disciples there with him will betray him….
During the Passover meal with his disciples, Jesus makes an extraordinary announcement. For the disciples,…
Every Jew at Passover was expected to eat the Passover meal with his family, and…
Jesus has just defended the woman who has poured perfume over his head, from those…
“Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful…
Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume?…
When in Jerusalem, Jesus didn’t stay in the city itself. He usually stayed in the…
Do you remember that fig tree that Jesus cursed: the one that withered and died?…
“But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon…
“When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the…
Jesus says that everyone will hate you because of Him. And that’s why Jesus says…
When Jesus says, “the gospel must first be preached to all nations,” He is speaking…
Many people are afraid and have questions about how the world will end.
Jesus warned that…
The disciples, as is natural to us human beings, we’re very interested in “when.” But…
Interestingly, Jesus wasn’t impressed by the things that impress us. The disciples focused on the earthly…
The only way to protect yourself against false religious leaders is for your first allegiance…
One of the religious teachers has just asked Jesus which is the greatest commandment in…
The Jewish people in Jesus’ time loved to debate an infinite number of questions endlessly….
The resurrection of Jesus is the central part of this message. We have a living…
During the years of His ministry, Jesus has largely avoided Judaea, and its capital Jerusalem…
Every building had a cornerstone at the top of the central arch, supporting the weight…