Tag: jesus

Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and fl...

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.—Hebrews 13:8, NIV I have isolated this rather remarkable statement in Hebrews in order to examine its ramifications. ‘Jesus’ is the same thing as ‘Christ.’ Within the New Testament, the word ‘Christ’ is the Greek translation of the Hebrew wor...

Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my dis...

The following are early extra-biblical references to Jesus and/or Christians by non-Christian writers (in some cases, Christian writers are quoting non-Christian writers' references to Jesus). Quotes are copied from the accompanying links, unless otherwise noted. Within the text of the article, auth...