Crucifixion And Resurrection Research Paper

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In my opinion the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important event in the history of humanity. And why is that, because it allows everybody who has accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior to have everlasting life. On December 25, A.D. God sent his one and only son, in his image, to spread his word and teach his truths. Jesus performed miracles such as making the blind see and helping the lame to walk. He performed such miracles as feeding five thousand people by multiplying 5 loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed everybody, helped Peter, one of his disciples, to walk on water, and even healed Nameth of leprosy. He performed all of these miracles and did all of these things for one reason and one …show more content…
Jesus had a way of making a huge crowd. His teachings of God’s words would draw huge crowds of followers and believers wherever he went, and this made the Roman leaders nervous due to the fact that with large groups could cause blemish in the society’s order. Without a Roman authority, Pilate, was partly responsible for the crucifixion (form of execution prohibited to the use of Jews) of Jesus ,but he had a quite a bit of encouragement from the Jews throughout the …show more content…
For instance, there were some Jews who deemed that the messiah was going to be a descendant of King David. However, Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and was not a descendant of King David but the own son of God. Some Jews also believed that one of the prophets such as Elijah, the angel Michael, Enoch, or some other prophet would bring in the messianic age for the Jews.
Although a large number of Jews and all of the Jewish leaders didn’t believe he was the messiah, some of the Jews did. There are instances and situations throughout the Bible where Jesus was announcing the imminence of God’s kingdom and had performed miracles such as healing the sick, causing the blind to see, and also raising the dead. These things led Jesus’s Jewish followers to believe that he was sent by God to bring the messianic era to the Jewish

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