Arrest of Jesus

The St Matthew Passion is a sacred song that was written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727. It has interspersed chorales and arias as it sets to music chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (Leahy, 2011). It is a great masterpiece of classic gospel music of all time. Three different excerpts of the music are analyzed in this paper with a special focus on the form, texture, harmony, relationship between text and music, and the dramatic significance. The main purpose for writing the song was…

each time you look at it. A simple glance at this powerful picture, will leave you feeling as if you were sitting next to Jesus, as he was eating his last supper. Started in 1495 and finished in 1498, Leonardo da…

audience that Jesus completely fulfills the…

his article, “Politics as Usual’’, where he makes it clear that Hip-hop “was hugely influential in making our slice of America visible through our own lens-not through the lens of outsider.” Kanye West opens a discussion about religion in his song,” Jesus Walks.” The audience can sense that he is struggling with his faith by the vices that come with being a rap star, “ So here…

reader that Jesus is the son of God and he’s the Messiah. The God sent it his son to save mankind from the sins by letting him suffer to help the human being. According to Bible Mark is one of the historians in a New Testament who came witness the life of Jesus. Mark story started by describing the adulthood life of Jesus and establishing it with the words “The beginning of the life of Jesus Christ the son of God”. The main theme of the gospel of Mark was humiliation by telling Christ’s arrest,…

religious painting based on a story of the Holy Bible. (Encyclopedia of art education) Below is a clear image of the painting-The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. From this picture, we can see there are totally 13 people within this painting, which are Jesus and his 12 disciples. The background is in a big empty room, the darkness background compares with colorful clothes created a strong visual impact on viewers. At the bottom of the painting, there is a long table full of many kinds of…

of religious missions and the methods and their purposes are being revealed in the Christianity of the early church. As I was studying this subject the words of Isaiah 53:7-8 began to resonate in my heart. In this we see Jesus’ sacrifice and the martyrdom of the disciples of Jesus Christ that reveals the missiology of Christianity in the early church. Opened not His mouth speaks of the Servant’s willingness to die for sinners; it also marks His dignity and authority as a lamb to the slaughter.…

He was carrying a letter from the high priest of the temple in Jerusalem. This letter gave him authority to arrest any persons believing in Jesus Christ. After traveling for a while, a bright light shone on Paul, causing everyone but him to fall to the ground. The light then spoke to Paul. It asked him, “Why are you persecuting me?” in a way that only Paul understood. He immediately…

between the movie and the bible. And some that were not even in the bible at all. The movie focuses more on the torture, violence and death of Jesus. There is only a brief scene that shows the resurrection of Christ. In the beginning of the movie, it begins in the garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus is praying. It showed a snake that was crawling around him. Jesus stamps the snake to death. The movie was trying to show that he was tempted while praying. The bible however does not suggest that he…

of Jesus Christ, brings to life the Gospel’s narration of the most important day of mankind. This paper will demonstrate that although the movie’s depiction slanted towards a bias of the Jewish people being against Jesus, the Sanhedrin were not representatives of the sediment of the Jews. It will also show that Pontius Pilate, a man of consciousness, was ultimately used as a pawn by God to carry out the inevitable death of Jesus. Finally, this paper will demonstrate that the death of Jesus…