The Arrest Jesus went to Gethsemane. Jesus went to Gethsemane. Jesus came to that place. Jesus crossed the Kidron to a garden. Slave’s ear cut off. Slave’s ear cut off. Slave’s right ear cut off.

The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to ...

(Lk 15:8), "Or what king?" (Lk 14:31). Those in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew often begin by stating the comparison: "The kingdom of God is as if" (e.g. Mk 4:26, 30-31; Mt 13:33). Some twelve ...

Some of the lost gospels were written significantly later, in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries - and this would have counted against them. In comparison to what became mainstream Christianity ...

Sometimes, I’ve learned, this inclination toward comparison has made myself feel not worse, but better. Take today’s Gospel reading, in which Jesus warns against greed and extravagant wealth.

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke). Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his ...