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Jesus' Baptism

The public ministry of Jesus begins with His baptism. Jesus travels from Galilee to the Jordan river where John the Baptist was baptising Jews coming to him for cleansing. Electronic Christian Media...

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Pontius Pilate

The fifth Roman procurator of Judea (ruled 26-36 AD), who issued the official order sentencing Jesus to death by crucifixion. Bible History Online....

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Josephus' References to Crucifixion

"Josephus (b. 37 C.E.) is our best literary source for the practice of crucifixion in Israel during the Greco-Roman period. As a general in command of the Jewish forces of Galilee in the Great Revolt against Rome (66-73 C.E.), he reports his attempts to save the lives of three crucified captives by appealing directly to the Roman general Titus. One...

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Josephus' References to Crucifixion

Crucifixion in Antiquity - The Jewish Roman World of Jesus by Joe Zias. "Undoubtedly, one of the cruelest and most humiliating forms of punishment in the ancient world was, according to ancient sources, crucifixion. The Jewish historian Josephus best described it following the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 66-70 as "the most wretched of de...

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Josephus on John the Baptizer

Selected texts from Josephus on early 1st Century Roman Israel by Dr. James D. Tabor. HEROD THE TETRARCH MAKES WAR WITH ARETAS, THE KING OF ARABIA, AND IS BEATEN BY HIM AS ALSO CONCERNING THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. HOW VITELLIUS WENT UP TO JERUSALEM; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF AGRIPPA AND OF THE POSTERITY OF HEROD THE GREAT....

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Jesus and the Intellectual

Campus Crusade for Christ [Studies About Jesus]...

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Why God Became Man

Biblical Studies Foundation, Lehman Strauss, Litt.D., F.R.G.S. [Studies About Jesus]...

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The Uniqueness of Jesus

Probe Ministries, Pat Zukeran [Studies About Jesus]...

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Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and The Sanhedrin

Warren Doud, Grace Notes [Intertestimental]...

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Highlights in the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ

Biblical Studies Foundation, Robert L. Deffinbaugh, Th.M. [Studies About Jesus]...

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