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The True Cross is the name given to all physical and literary records claiming to be evidence of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. According to accounts provided by some early Christian writers, the cross was...
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The name Simon of Cyrene is first introduced in the canonical Gospels during the Stations of the Cross� also referred to as the Passion of Christ. According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Simon of Cyrene is the...
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According to the canonical texts of the New Testament, there was a man present during the Passion of Christ, or the Stations of the Cross, who helped Jesus to carry the cross prior to...
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John the Baptist: The Forerunner of Jesus Christ
John the Baptist was a first-century Jewish preacher and ascetic. Considered a forerunner of Jesus Christ, John the Baptist is also believed to have been a prophet by the religions of both Christianity and...
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Herod Antipas: Biography and Significance Concerning the New Testament
Born in 20 BCE, Herod Antipas was the son of Herod the Great and his wife Malthace of Samaria. Upon his father�s death in 4 BCE, Herod Antipas became Tetrarch ("ruler of one quarter") of Galilee...
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Recently, experts have uncovered what is believed to have been a cave used by John the Baptist to perform baptisms of many of his followers. The cave was found close to the town of Ein Kerem,...
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Herod the Great: Biography and Significance with Relation to the New Testament
Herod the Great was the famous Roman client-king of the province of Judea who ruled from 37 BCE to 4 BCE. Also known as Herod I or Hordus, Herod the Great began his career...
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In Judaism, the law for the waters or bath of ritual immersion is referred to as mikveh, a Hebrew term which refers more generally to any gathering of waters. The ancient sages taught that mikveh...