Pontius Pilate

teachings of Jesus Christ created a large following of people. The followers spread throughout the Roman Empire the image of a divine being that could heal people, cure the sick, and perform miracles. Once Christ was crucified for blasphemy by Pontius Pilate, Christianity grew through the teachings by Peter and Paul. Christianity triumphed over mystery cults found in the Roman Empire because of all that was rewarded…

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate was the one who sentenced Jesus to be surged and crucified. Crucifixion, a popular form of capital punishment used among the Romans and other groups of people, where the convicted is whipped, forced to carry a crossbeam to their place of execution…

I think not?” and explain John’s response. Elizabeth wanted John to tell the town that Abigail is involved in witchcraft but John tells Elizabeth that he will think about it so Elizabeth gets furious because she believes that he doesn’t want to do it because he still cares about Abigail. What is the gift Mary Warren gives to Elizabeth? Mary Warren gives Elizabeth poppet. What information does Mary Warren provide about the trial? What role is she playing at the trial? Why does John…

“A little water clears us of this deed” which is another concept borrowed from the bible. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are compared to Pontius Pilate, who sentenced Jesus to be publicly whipped, and crucified. Following Jesus’s crucifixion, “…, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person…” The biblical reference of clearing…

Jews.” The disapproval against Jesus begins early in the Gospels, mainly because he breaks the Sabbath laws. But, furthermore, the New Testament shows that religious leaders hated Jesus so much that they arrested Him, tried Him, and brought Him to Pilate to execute Him. Don Stewart in “Blue Letter Bible” talks about the many reasons why the religious leaders wanted Him dead. Jesus made many claims, deeds, threats to their religious system and way of life, hung out with low class people, and…

was fine the way it was as they were successful and safe. The coming of Jesus represented change which to the wealthy people and the emperor showed a great threat to everything they owned which resulted in the cruxifixction of Jesus Christ by Pontius Pilate. This has resulted in a number of communities to believe Jesus was not the son of God because Jesus Christ did not fit into the people's cultural needs, it will forever be unclear that Jesus was what he told to be but communities will always…

The Blind Assassin is a layered, multi genre story created by Margaret Atwood set in Port Ticonderoga, Canada throughout the 20th century. The two main characters are Iris and Laura Chase, the daughter of a rich war veteran who owns a button factory. The story itself is broken up into four subplots, all from the point of view of Iris, the eldest sister. The outermost story is of 80 year old Iris, her daily life, as she tells the second story of her family’s past, which hit on many of Atwood’s…

Agatha Christie states, “If you love, you will suffer, and if do not love, you do not know the meaning of a Christian life”. The quote means that Jesus loved everyone and he suffered for us by being brutally tortured by Pontius Pilate. Some of the incidents Jesus went through were more serious than the ones these characters go through in the novel, but they still suffered in their own way. Nonetheless, the second part of this quote mirrors that if you do not love, you will not find God or…

Son of God; resurrection validates He’s the Son of God; Jesus has the power to do many things) • Jesus encounters opposition; Many of the Jewish leaders resented Jesus (so much so, they ultimately arrested him, tried him, and brought him to Pontius Pilate to be sentenced to death) o Jesus proclaims that he will be rejected, arrested,…

“Let’s go into Jerusalem and walk through the market tomorrow.” “What for?” asked Sherry. “I don’t know. I thought we could spend the day and maybe eat at one of the outdoor cafes at the upper pool where it is quiet and cool.” “Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.” And she turned to go inside. His wife's answer was typical of their conversations lately. Simon thought about it and started to answer but let it go. No matter what he said, he knew they would not go. After all, ‘it was…