Have you ever noticed a passing detail in Mark’s gospel, during the account of the arrest in Gethsemane, of a certain young man who was in the vicinity wearing nothing but a sheet? More
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Flaming Dictionaries, and What It Meant for the Magi to Call Jesus the King of the Jews
A critical difference between the “King of the Jews” named Herod, and the one the Magi were seeking, was who had declared this, and from whence the power and authority was derived.More
Andrew Garfield, Roman Censors, Judean Dates, and Herod the Great
Did you know that Herod’s father’s association with Julius Caesar helped him to secure the appointment by the Roman Senate in 37BC to the position of “King of the Jews”?More