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the Temple leaders violated their own rules when it suited them.
he and he alone had the duty of telling Mary what had happened: informing her that her son James was no more.
James never followed his brother. He did not believe. But Jesus appeared to him after the resurrection and James finally understood. And, once he had turned to his brother as Messiah, James fully committed.
and he became known as James the Just.
the Book of James,
‘Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.’”
Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.’
“God protect those with families in these evil times.”
Go and make disciples of all nations. We also have to put those words, his words, and those inspired by him, down so that future generations can learn from Christ. We lead through our witness, our words, and our work.”
Peter had always done everything with passion.
It was common knowledge that Nero had imprisoned the Apostle Paul for a couple of years.
As Bartholomew once had noted, “One day Peter could be petra, that is, a cliff or solid rock. The very next day he could be petros, an insignificant little pebble.”
“I think Jesus showed us we have to take ordinary things—places, people, events—and turn them from water to wine. To take ordinary men and women and turn them into new beings, new believers.”
‘He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself by
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they rolled through the little village, past the inn, and uphill to the home of Symeon and his family.
Early in the day, men, women, and children gathered in Symeon’s home. The small courtyard overflowed with those who had heard about Mary.
“We have all heard that Jesus wanted us to turn to him as a child. To simply trust him and to feel the pure joy of life and love in his arms. He wants you and me to see him with innocent eyes and simple trust. To run to him. To gaze at him with love and trust.
John’s books came out later, from about 80-95 AD.
the characters in this novel would not have used chapter and verse designations. In fact, this type of organization would not come into widespread use for roughly 1,500 years. The first published Bible using this format for both the Old Testament and the New Testament probably was the Geneva Bible published after 1500 AD.
The first book to appear was the Book of James, written about 44 AD by the brother of Jesus.
Around 50 AD or so, Paul’s letters or epistles began to come out, starting with Galatians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians. Roughly at that time, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke came out too.
the crucifixion probably happened in the springtime in the year 30 AD or 33 AD at the latest. Jesus ascended to heaven soon thereafter.
James the brother of John lived until 44 AD, and he was the first of the disciples to die a martyr’s death.
We can infer that John lived for fifty-five to sixty years after the crucifixion because the date range given for the books he wrote is 80-95 AD.
Bartholomew and Andrew ministered in Armenia among other places.
the Gospel of John probably came out in the decade of 80 AD – 90 AD, at least forty-seven years after the commonly agreed upon date of the crucifixion.
