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Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus begins preaching at his temple in Nazareth is kicked out by the men at the temple for saying that the scriptures in Isaiah have been fulfilled. Jesus then meets Andrew and Philip and they travel to Capernaum where they meet Simon Peter. Jesus performs the miracle of the abundant fish (Lk 5.4) and begins preaching at Simon Peter's house. Jesus heals a paralyzed man at Peter's house and leaves the crowd shocked. Jesus eats at Matthew's house and Matthew becomes a follower. Judas is introduced and becomes a follower of Christ. Jesus performs the miracle of the bread and fish (9.16), otherwise known as the feeding of five thousand. Jesus meets with the Pharisees for the first time and Mary Magdalene washes Jesus" feet while there and he takes away her sins (Lk. 7.50) and leaves the Pharisees in awe and confusion. Jesus then begins to make his way toward Jerusalem. Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount (Lk 6.20) to his followers. Before arriving at Jerusalem, Jesus is told of his friend Lazarus" failing health and Jesus proceeds to find Lazarus dead and Jesus brings him back from the dead (Lk 19.19). Jesus then arrives at the temple in Jerusalem and throws out the money changers (Lk 19.45). Jesus preaches at the temple and then gives a prophecy that the temple will be destroyed and he leaves never to return to the temple. The Sanhedrin meets and decides that they must question Jesus. Jesus and his disciples eat at the Last Supper (22.14) and Judas leaves abruptly to go get the chief priests and the temple guards. The temple guards come and arrest Jesus at the Garden of Gethsemane and take him to the chief priest's house to be questioned. Jesus confesses that he is the messiah and the Sanhedrin condemns him. Judas then hangs himself from a tree ( The Sanhedrin hand over Jesus to Pontius Pilate where he is flogged, adorned with the crown of thorns and is crucified. Joseph of Arimathea pays for Jesus" burial tomb and Jesus is taken there after his death.


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A Persecuted Name: Faulkner's Jesus and Jesus of Nazareth When thinking about history, most people can conjure up some knowledge about the history of Black Americans and Jesus of Nazareth. ... Faulkner chooses to name a black man Jesus to make a point that can draw a parallel to the name of the Jesus of Nazareth. ... Jesus of Nazareth signifies the same thing in the metaphor as the black Jesus in the story; the grapes represent both Jesus". ... Both Jesus" are similar in this way because Jesus of Nazareth also wanted to be free in what he preached about and where he wanted to trav...

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2. Jesus of Nazareth

The film Jesus of Nazareth opens before Jesus" birth. ... Inaccuracies in Jesus of Nazareth are few and far between. ... As Jesus of Nazareth moves along, Zeffirelli hits a lot of the major points of Jesus" life. ... In Jesus of Nazareth, Nicodemus comes to Jesus by day and talks with him. ... Judas wants Zerah to meet Jesus. ...

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3. Who Was Jesus Of Nazareth?

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4. Jesus

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5. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus

With this in mind, Aslan begins to develop Jesus of Nazareth. ... Much of Jesus of Nazareth's life was excluded because it did not matter when it came to creating Jesus Christ. ... Jesus of Nazareth would naturally join the messianic movement. ... Violence was the only answer and Jesus of Nazareth may have made this same realization. ... Jesus of Nazareth was executed by the Roman state for the crime of sedition. ...

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6. Jesus

Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the south of Palestine. He grew up in a very ordinary town, named Nazareth, located in Galilee, which was in the north of Palestine. ... In Luke 4:14-22, we read what happened when Jesus began teaching. ... He was asked to speak at the synagogue in Looking at the life and influence of Jesus of Nazareth throughout history and you will see that Jesus Christ was in fact the living Son of God. ... I believe Jesus" life brought much hope to the world. ...

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7. MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS

Mary grew up mostly in the Jewish settlements of Nazareth, in the hills of Galilee. ... The people of Nazareth had a strong Jewish faith. ... They chose Joseph of Nazareth, a carpenter, as her husband. ... Young Mary of Nazareth had the exceptional privilege of being mother to the very Son of God. ... If Mary is the mother of Jesus, and if Jesus is God, then Mary is the Mother of God. ...

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8. Jesus and Buddha - Christianity and Buddhism

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9. Matthew vs Luke

After Mary returns home to Nazareth, Elizabeth gives birth to a son. ... The second chapter of Matthew ends in verse 23 with the family in Nazareth as a fulfillment of prophecy: "He will be called a Nazorean." ... Unlike Matthew, the couple described in Luke is from Nazareth, not Bethlehem and Mary and Joseph are only engaged, not married. Jesus is born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth, like in Matthew, but the way this develops is totally different (Ehrman 109). ... I would suggest that in Luke's quest to thoroughly explain events in Jesus" life and his family history he needed to exp...

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