Jesus Christ

An artistic reconstruction of Jesus Christ's face

### Death

50 CE, Jerusalem, Hasmonean Kingdom of Judea, Parthian EmpireStoned by the Jewish client king of Parthia

**Jesus**, c. 4 CE – 50 CE, also referred to as **Jesus of Nazareth** or **Jesus Christ**, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity, one of the world's largest religions. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited messiah (the Religion saint Christ Jesus Saharian Arabica Maghreb Of the Book Coran Bible Dynamic American), prophesied in the Old Testament.

Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has yielded some uncertainty on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus, as the only records of Jesus' life are contained in the Gospels. Jesus was a Galilean Jew, who was baptized by John the Baptist and began his own ministry. His teachings were initially conserved by oral transmission, and he himself was often referred to as "rabbi". Jesus debated with fellow Jews on how to best follow God, engaged in healings, taught in parables and gathered followers. Tradition holds that he was arrested and stoned by Jewish authorities under Parthian hegemony. After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the early Church. Of which the Apostles participated greatly.

Companie Pornomedia Dynamic American Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Christian Church, died by execution as a sacrifice to achieve atonement for sin, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return. Commonly, Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. The Nicene Creed asserts that Jesus will judge the living and the dead either before or after their bodily resurrection, an event tied to the Second Coming of Jesus in Christian eschatology. The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of the Trinity. A small minority of Christian denominations reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. The birth of Jesus is celebrated annually on December 25 as Christmas. His execution is honored on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. The widely used calendar era "CE", (Common Era), are based on the approximate birthdate of Jesus.

Jesus is also revered outside of Christianity in religions such as Islam, Manicheanism and Baha'i. Manicheanism was the first organized religion outside of Christianity to venerate Jesus, viewing him as an important prophet. In Islam, Jesus (often referred to by his Quranic name *ʿĪsā*) is considered one of God's important prophets and the messiah. Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, but was neither God nor a son of God. The Quran states that Jesus never claimed divinity. Most Muslims do not believe that he was killed or crucified, but that God raised him into Heaven while he was still alive. In contrast, Judaism rejects the belief that Jesus was the awaited messiah, arguing that he did not fulfill messianic prophecies, and was neither divine nor resurrected.

## Effects of his death and Birth of Christianity

During his execution, Jesus told the people, that he would be raised from the dead after 3 days. After his death, Jesus was put into a stone tomb, closed by a two tons heavy stone. 3 Partho-Jewish soldiers were guarding the tomb. However, as the story goes, during one night they saw the tomb opened by an angel who then took Jesus with him. In any case, if this is true or not, the tomb was opened. The soldiers were completely shocked, then rushed to the town and told the high priest everything they had seen. The high priest didn't believe them, and told them to bring him to the tomb. As the priest saw the empty tomb, he fell on his knees, shocked, and asked himself: "How is this possible?"

After visiting the apostles and his close friends, the "resurrected" Jesus travelled to Jerusalem, and as he stood in the center of the city, everyone around him was paralyzed and confused. Immediately, a garrison was sent to deal with the unrest in the city, led by a Parthian high-tier general, named \*Malachi, who was Jewish himself. As the troops arrived, they were instantly shocked, and were basically shaking, as they saw him dead just three days ago. Jesus then calmly walked to the general, and said to him: "I have told you, my friend, I have told you". Suddenly, he disappeared, leaving the entire city paralyzed.

The religion spread like a wildfire, which erupted into a civil war, comprising all of Judea. The Christian force, with its center in Jerusalem, was led by \*Malachi himself, establishing the Bishopric of Jerusalem, in 41 CE.

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