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Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.
Toronto 'I carry the cross': Why one man has played Jesus every Easter for 46 years 'Even though I'm old now, I want to feel the pain that Jesus felt,' 76-year-old actor says ...
It's a familiar image for millions of Christians: Jesus, with a crown of thorns, hanging from the cross. In a film that opened Friday in Houston, he is black. Color of the Cross tells a ...
Jesus officially inaugurated this program of liberation when he began his public ministry, as Luke 4:16-21 relates. In the synagogue in Nazareth, Jesus read a text based on Isaiah 58:6 and 61:1-2: ...
It stands as a statement that Jesus is no longer on the cross and thus symbolises his resurrection. A crucifix, on the other hand, includes the body of Jesus, to more vividly remind viewers of his ...