Jesus was arrested on a charge of treason and was crucified, a common form of execution for condemned criminals. To the Romans, Jesus was a troublemaker who had got his just desserts. To the ...
What's the significance of a sign that they hung up on the cross? When we look at the stories of Jesus' crucifixion in the gospels the different phases, the different episodes that occur between ...
This is a pretty brutal scene that follows Jesus’ crucifixion as depicted in the Gospel of Luke, notably Jesus’ exchange with the criminals being crucified alongside him. Quite relevant for the ...
At the older and more traditional churches, the paintings and statues draw my attention. I’m interested in those of Jesus on the cross during his crucifixion. One of the Catholic churches has a larger ...
In 1990, excavations of the tomb of high priest Caiaphas, who plotted the killing of Jesus, yielded a stunning find: two Roman-era iron nails. They mysteriously disappeared until filmmaker Simcha ...
This story has been updated with new information. Four women who accused former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping them in 2018 dropped their civil battery case against him on Sunday ...
If so, it suggests a close relationship between the artists’ workshops. The coupling of an enthroned Virgin with a Crucifixion was common in the fourteenth century, but few Crucifixions from this ...
Christmas is a season of spiritual reflection on the foundations of the Christian faith. It’s also a celebration of the arrival of Jesus. Christmas is a time for Christians to praise God’s love for ...