Dec 18, 2025
Most ViewedDid Jesus exist
Consensus among mainstream historians and biblical scholars is that a historical person called Jesus of Nazareth did live in first‑century Palestine; this judgment rests on multiple early Christian an...
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10 resultsDec 16, 2025
Most ViewedHow does the Bible portray the role of Jewish leaders in Jesus' death?
The New Testament narratives portray Jewish leaders—chief priests, elders, and the Sanhedrin—as active instigators who arrested Jesus, pressed charges (often framed as blasphemy or political threat), ...
Nov 22, 2025
Most ViewedDid early Christian communities accept Paul's self-identification as an apostle and why or why not?
Early Christian reaction to Paul’s claim to apostleship was mixed: many communities and later church leaders accepted him as “apostle to the Gentiles,” while some Jerusalem Christians and later critic...
Dec 1, 2025
did Jesus claim to be the messaiah
Scholars and religious sources disagree: many New Testament passages record Jesus accepting messianic identity in private and public moments (e.g., John 4:25–26; Mark 14:61–62; Peter’s confession in M...
Nov 27, 2025
What are the main arguments of the mythicist position that Jesus never existed?
Mythicists argue chiefly that (A) the surviving sources for Jesus are unreliable or silent on a historical individual and (B) the Jesus figure was assembled from existing mythic and religious motifs—e...
Nov 22, 2025
How did early church leaders like Peter and James view Paul's apostleship?
Early evidence in the provided sources shows that many in the early church accepted Paul’s claim to apostleship and authority—James, Peter (Cephas) and John are described as “pillars” who, according t...
Nov 22, 2025
What are the biblical requirements for being an apostle?
Scripture passages most cited for “biblical requirements” are Acts 1:21–26 and related New Testament references, which Peter uses to name criteria for replacing Judas: having accompanied Jesus through...
Jan 20, 2026
did denmark expose mossad agents identity to iran
There is no evidence in the reporting provided that Denmark exposed the identities of Mossad agents to Iran; contemporary accounts from 2018 say the flow of information went the other way — Israeli in...
Nov 24, 2025
What is the biblical meaning of 'binding and loosing' and how is it applied to priests?
“Binding and loosing” in the Gospels is a Jewish idiom meaning to forbid (bind) or permit (loose) and is used by Matthew in two key sayings Jesus addresses first to Peter (Matthew 16:19) and then to t...
Nov 22, 2025
What qualifications did the New Testament list for apostles in Acts and the Pauline epistles?
Acts 1:21–22 sets a clear, narrow criterion for replacing Judas: an apostle must have “been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us” and been a witness to the resurrection . Paul’s l...