It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his ...

The only person who ever planned and accomplished every detail of His life on earth was the Son of God. He is the ultimate ...

- Maundy Thursday & Last Supper: That evening Jesus celebrated the Jewish feast of Passover (Exodus from Egypt), with his ...

The Israelites understood this from the Torah – which now is part of the Bible’s Old Testament. As God told Moses in ...

Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of ...

There have been many famous deaths in world history; we might think of John F. Kennedy, or Marie Antoinette, or Cleopatra, but we do not refer to "the assassination," "the guillotining," or "the ...

At the beginning of the summer of 1968 a team of archaeologists under the direction of V. Tzaferis discovered four cave-tombs at Giv'at ha-Mivtar (Ras el-Masaref), which is just north of Jerusalem ...

At the very heart of Christianity is a story so extraordinary, it has shaped civilisations, inspired empires, comforted the ...

Jesus Christ's death by crucifixion and resurrection have been adapted for the big screen many times, including in this 1961 ...