Jesus' Servant Paul, Jew: Hated, Misjudged, Rescued (Edited)

Angry, incoherent crowds seem to be sadly common in our times. In New Testament days Paul often faced such. He was a, or the, most prominent known Jewish follower of Jesus in the period before 70 AD (CE). Paul was the author of a body of letters and was very influential throughout the area from Jerusalem to Athens, and possibly beyond. Paul was tried several times and had to account for himself, as he did to a violent riot....

Jesus: The Name

Why was the Bethlehem baby named .......s? Was it a family name? Where do we get the word "Jesus"?

From (the) Evil

"Deliver us from evil" is the familiar request. Are we (being) delivered from evil?

That request might have been made by victims; perhaps even by the perpetrators.... (I do not imagine it is hard to apply the word "evil" to what the images evoke.)