Every student of the Bible will be presumed to be familiar with the Great Sanhedrin that can be regarded as equivalent to the ...

This Easter Sunday, before pouncing on the chocolate eggs, let us imagine the scene in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago.

Siaya Governor James Orengo is facing criticism for saying it’s not good for ODM to taper to the whims of the government ...

What is the reconstruction that is taking place, just in every day ... modern times. CONFLICT IN MATTHEW'S COMMUNITY Now, we have to remember that it's precisely in Matthew's gospel that the ...

He brought Pharisees together with the Essenes and ... And this is one of the clues that tips off modern day scholars and readers of Josephus that this is not the thing you would expect from ...

This issue was hotly debated in His day. Today Protestant and Catholic ... while Protestants follow the list used by the Pharisees. A list from Jesus could have eliminated this problem, but ...

I grew up at a Methodist (then Uniting), church, going twice a week from when I was in utero. Mum’s slightly old fashioned, ...

He eventually chose to follow the ways of the Pharisees, which included lawyers who engaged with Jesus in his day. By the time he reached his ... Too often, when modern people hear about a ...

Jesus addressed the Pharisees with a sharp remark: "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you" (Matthew 21 verse 31). How does this ...