Bread, the so-called "staff of life," has a long history - it is one of the oldest foods mankind has prepared, dating back to the ...

Joseph Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest between AD 18-37, best known for his role during the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. Nothing is known ab...

The Jesus incident certainly was not the last event in Pilate's career.

Later, on another occasion: After this he raised another disturbance, by expending that sacred treasure which is called korbonas upon aqu...

A belated Happy Easter to one and all! Christ is Risen! Sorry again for the (usual) silence here in this blog. To make some amends: we...

In my humble opinion, one of the miracles of Jesus' birth that many people often overlook nowadays is a rather 'mundane' one: th...

(Admittedly, part of this would be a rehash of something I wrote a while ago ) And it came to pass, that in those days there went out a de...

Most of us western Christians grew up looking at images of the crucifixion that show Jesus being pierced with one nail over both feet, as in...

In 1 Kings 1:50-52 and 2:28-34, we read that (NKJV): Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns o...

10 monumental megaliths possibly comprising a Canaanite "high place" found in Gezer In the Bible, we often encounter Canaanite...

Out of all the items described within the Bible, one of the most popular is the Ark of the Covenant. Indiana Jones famously summed it all up...

Just as I have mentioned in this thread over at Catholic Answers Forums, by "minor stuff" I mean the small, 'trivial' thi...

Doubtless non-Catholics (and some Catholics, as well) would have heard of the so-called Garden Tomb in Jerusalem. First proposed as the act...

I. BURIAL As mentioned, giving the victim a proper burial following death on the cross during the Roman period was rare and in most cases si...

D. DEATH Blood loss from the scourging helped determine the time the victim survived. In any case, victims suffered a long time (at most, da...

I. INTRODUCTION Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio , perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross, from prefix cruci -, cross, + ...