Jesus may have been seen as a magician by early Christians, according to experts. Centuries-old artwork shows Jesus holding a wand while raising Lazarus from the dead.

The new face of Jesus, a la Sawyer, shows Jesus in familiar poses but also depicts him as a boxer, holding children, steering a ship, laughing and being a protector.

Jesus' "good news to the poor" includes, in effect, "bad news" for the rich, as the "woes on the rich" in Luke 6:24-25 demonstrate, and Jesus's call for justice and his denunciation of injustice ...

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.

None of the Gospels in the New Testament mentions whether Jesus was nailed or tied to the cross. However, the Gospel of John reports wounds in the risen Jesus’s hands .

JERUSALEM — At the center of the Israel Museum's newest art exhibit stands an imposing, life-size marble figure of Jesus. The sculpture, titled "Christ Before the People's Court," would not be ...

That Jesus suffered such an undignified death was an embarrassment to some early Christians. The apostle Paul describes Jesus’s crucifixion as a “stumbling block” or “scandal” to other Jews.

SCRIPTURES & ART: Our suffering is tailor-made for our capacities, and by it we grow in holiness when we join it to the suffering and cross of Christ. Barna da Siena, “Christ Bearing the Cross ...

Jesus may have been seen as a magician by early Christians, according to experts. Centuries-old artwork shows Jesus holding a wand while raising Lazarus from the dead.