Showing posts with label High Priest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High Priest. Show all posts

Saturday, 17 August 2024

Jesus: Temple Time


Jesus had arrived in Jerusalem, possibly via this road, to spend time in the Temple there, etc.  (Those trees were there recently.) This was not Jesus' first visit, but it was his last before the crucifixion.

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Jesus - Investigated, Questioned, Interrogated

 Jesus investigated, questioned, interrogated

Opposition to Jesus developed and expanded until the final deadly stage. Quite early on the Pharisees and others began making inquiries about him. The findings must have been alarming. However, before that growing and aggressive concern over Jesus, there was another disturbing question for the established leaders. (Spoiler alert: this is a comprehensive, lengthy, post!)

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Jesus: The Reprieve that Wasn't (Pilate's Question)

The sentence became final. What happens if you look at the four accounts of the moment, and compare them?


Do they tell the same story, even without being identical?

In this post I am examining the four accounts of the critical moment when Jesus became a “dead man walking”.

Friday, 19 April 2024

Jesus and those Crowds (edn 2)

PS! "Crowds" is a bigger topic and I intend a follow up on the wider occurrences in the Gospels. AH 11/09/24


Jesus was welcomed to Jerusalem at the start of the last week by a deliriously happy crowd. At the end of the week he was rejected and scorned. How could that be?