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Who carried the cross of Jesus? The Man Who Carried Jesus’ Cross: The Hidden Significance of Simon of Cyrene’s Sons. Simon of Cyrene met Jesus in the most unusual way. Mark and Luke tell us he was coming back from the country. Did Simon of Cyrene want to carry the cross? And as they … Read more

What Jesus said about obeying the law? Romans 13:1-2 says: “Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power. So those who refuse to obey the law of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will … Read more

Did Jesus have a wife in the Bible? Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene and had two children, a new book claims. Does God have a wife in Christianity? God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford … Read more

What did the Bible say about Syria? Damascus, Syria, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. According to Bible prophecy, however, it is destined to become “a ruinous heap,” deserted, and uninhabitable (Isaiah 17). What was Syria in biblical times? Ancient Syria was a region referred to often in the Bible. In … Read more

Did Jesus eat the Passover lamb at the Last Supper? In 2007, Pope Benedict XV announced that there would have been no lamb served at the Last Supper. The then-pope theorized that the Last Supper took place before the ritual sacrifice of the lambs, which was a common Passover tradition in Jesus’s time, and … Read more

What happened to Jesus when carrying the cross? The crucifixion Jesus carries his cross to the place of crucifixion, helped by Simon of Cyrene. The crucifixion takes place at a location called Calvary or Golgotha. Jesus is stripped and nailed to the Cross. … After some hours the soldiers check that Jesus is dead … Read more

Who wrote the book of James and why? James the Apostle, abbreviation James, New Testament writing addressed to the early Christian churches (“to the twelve tribes in the dispersion”) and attributed to James, a Christian Jew, whose identity is disputed. Does Jesus have a brother? Jesus’ brothers and sisters The New Testament names James … Read more

Do Baptists and Catholics have the same Bible? While the Roman Catholic Bible and the Baptist Bible differ in the contents of the Old Testament, they both accept the 27 books of the New Testament which include the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation. Summary: … The Catholic Bible … Read more

What animals does the Bible say were present at the birth of Jesus? In the common image of the Nativity for Orthodox Christians, Mary, the God-bearer, is obviously central, reclined, with Jesus wrapped in his swaddling clothes (like a buried corpse, an evident foreshadow), in his manger. But the two nearest the manger, and … Read more

How many disciples wrote Gospels? While the periods to which the gospels are usually dated suggest otherwise, convention traditionally holds that the authors were two of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, John and Matthew, as well as two “apostolic men,” Mark and Luke, whom Orthodox Tradition records as members of the 70 Apostles (Luke … Read more