Pilates

The Cross Symbol of Grace As someone had said, “At the cross, God gave the most precious thing He possessed for the most undeserving people He knew.” This truth is vividly illustrated by Christ’s acceptance of the repentant thief while hanging on the cross. “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). As Henk Hamsteeg put it in an article in Challenge Weekly, “A sin soaked criminal is received by a blood stained Savior. That’s the pure definition of grace.” And,…

This shame for women continues with another member of the family, Milkman’s Aunt, Pilate Dead. Pilate Dead is one of the few characters that embrace the past and understands her own identity; “Pilate has always had a knowledge of self which enables transcendence ”(Lee, 70). Even Pilate embracing her name, with it’s negative connation, shows her openminded nature the other characters lack. She embraces her name by wearing it as an earring…

One of the most Puzzling questions for centuries among Biblical scholars, laypeople and people of all professions is the question of what happened to Jesus Christ. W ho is Jesus Christ and where is Jesus if his body is not in the tomb? The truth lies within the Christian faith, which is that Jesus is the Son of God and was resurrected. There are many who do not believe in the resurrection because there were no eye witnesses who saw what happened to Jesus Christ. Perhaps the most puzzling part of…

While giving the account of Jesus before Annas (18:12-24), and then the account before Pilate (18:28-40), the text omits what occurs while Jesus is in Caiaphas’ own home (18:24, 28). As if Annas’ house was a common place for people to hang out in the dead of night, Peter and the beloved disciple are confronted with quite a crowd just waiting…

in Jerusalem for Pentecost, and that his father is a Decurion. As the interrogation continues the romans do not believe that he was not demonstrating because he was in the crowd. This leads to his imprisonment, where he was not fed or able to wash. Pilate has a chat with Andreas about being a spy for the Romans on other religions and groups around or making him stay in prison. Andreas is extremely torn on what to do because he feels like he is being blackmailed and does also not want to turn on…

the Grammy award-winning artist, Seal, is now going one step beyond. He is portraying the Roman leader who sentenced Jesus Christ to die. During a two-hour live musical performance of "The Passion", Seal will take on the role of Pontius Pilate. Much like Pilate, Seal admits that he finds himself skeptical of religion and "constantly striving to connect with his spirit." He told the Huffington Post that while he may not be a "spiritual person", he does try to "do as much [connecting] as…

meaning when this word was used in comparison to the death of Jesus Christ. Jesus actions show and say the true meaning of passion. A large amount of scholars have studied the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, his physical and mental damage began when Pilate was responsible for him. Roman soldiers were the people that damaged Jesus, scholars say that, “Preparations for the scourging were carried out when the Prisoner was stripped of His clothing and His hands tied to a post above His head” (Davis).…

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 was not a result of the Sanhedrin or Pontius Pilot, but rather the…

It was night, when the disciples followed Jesus to Garden of Olives. They looked worried as they men stopped in the garden. Jesus left his disciples to go pray to his father (God). The disciples kept watch, while Jesus was talking with God. I saw Jesus start to shake and tremble, I wondered what was happening, it was as if someone was attacking him but know one was there. Soon he got up, while he got up, I saw a group of soldiers heading their way. Jesus and disciples came together, while the…

of the main characters that were in the musical. “The main characters that were in the musical were Jesus, played by Jeff Fenholt, Judas, played by Ben Vereen, Mary Magdalene, played by Yvonne Elliman, Heriod, played by Paul Ainsley, and Pontius Pilate, played by Barry Brennan”(Hischak). One can see from this list that these actors were the original cast that had performed the first performance of Jesus Christ Superstar; however, the the musical went off Broadway from a few years and then came…