1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. 2 Macc is not a sequel ... BC and ends with the reign of John Hyrcanus as high priest (134-104 BC). The book can be very confusing ...

Adam, as we discovered in the previous column, was appointed by God to be high priest of humanity. He was called by God the Father to minister and offer sacrifice in the temple of creation by ...

Seeing that Pilate did not want to crucify Jesus to begin with, he made that point clear by washing his hands of the affair in front of the multitude during Jesus’ so-called trial (Matthew 27:24). He ...

How Jesus's childhood influenced the Gospels Culture People in the Bible How Jesus's childhood ... An angel saved them. Meet the high priest behind Jesus's rushed and rigged trial Meet the high ...

In Judaism, described in the Bible, there are three pilgrimage festivals ... of the old priestly aristocracy. There were the High Priests, who were in charge. And those came from particular ...