In the discourse Jesus fulfills and reinterprets the Old Covenant and in particular its Ten Commandments, contrasting with what " you have heard " from others, e. g. turning the other cheek compared to taking an eye for an eye.

Jesus Christ in his person fulfills the law to love God wholeheartedly and to love neighbor selflessly.

The latter believe that Jesus is the name correctly applied to God as a whole: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that to baptize in the name of Jesus therefore fulfills the requirement of Matthew 28: 19.

While Jewish theologians have always pointed out that Jesus did not fulfil the political expectations of a messiah ( liberation of the Jewish political state ), for conservative Christian theologians, the opinion is almost unanimous that Christ fulfills the Davidic Covenant, the provisions of which include the following items:

He believes that Luke ’ s purpose was to share his faith in Jesus, to provide guidance for living under Roman role and to inform believers of how to act if put on trial.

Most Protestant denominations deny the need of maintaining episcopal continuity with the early Church, holding that the role of the apostles was that, having been chosen directly by Jesus as witnesses of his resurrection, they were to be the " special instruments of the Holy Spirit in founding and building up the Church ".

Isaiah 52: 13 – 53: 12, the fourth of the " Suffering Servant " songs, was interpreted by the earliest Christians as a prophecy of the death and exaltation of Jesus, a role which Jesus himself seems to have accepted ( Luke 4: 17 – 21 ).

As such, Christology is concerned with the details of Jesus ' ministry, his acts and teachings, to arrive at a clearer understanding of who he is in his person, and his role in salvation.

Socrates Scholasticus ( born c. 380 ), in his Ecclesiastical History, gives a full description of the discovery ( that was repeated later by Sozomen and by Theodoret ) which emphasizes the role played in the excavations and construction by Helena ; just as the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ( also founded by Constantine and Helena ) commemorated the birth of Jesus, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre would commemorate his death and resurrection.

Only in John does Jesus talk at length about himself and his divine role, often shared with the disciples only.

In the synoptics, Jesus speaks often about the Kingdom of God ; his own divine role is obscured ( see Messianic secret ).

In John, Jesus talks openly about his divine role.

Some Anglicans reject the doctrine that Mary was sinless and conceived without original sin, often citing that it is not within the Holy Scripture and is against the Redemptive role and purpose of Jesus Christ merited for all human beings.

Painter discusses the role of Ananus and the background to the passage, and states that after being deposed as High Priest for killing James and being replaced by Jesus the son of Damnaeus, Ananus had maintained his influence within Jerusalem through bribery.

Craig Evans states that an argument in favor of the partial authenticity of the Testimonium is that the passage does not exaggerate the role played by the Jewish leaders in the death of Jesus.

Vermes calls the Jesus notice in the Testimonium a " veritable tour de force " in which Josephus plays the role of a neutral witness.

Christians believe that John the Baptist had a specific role ordained by God as forerunner or precursor of Jesus, who was the foretold Messiah.

( 1 ) As Jesus the Luminous … his primary role was as supreme revealer and guide and it was he who woke Adam from his slumber and revealed to him the divine origins of his soul and its painful captivity by the body and mixture with matter.

" Mary is the first to announce the resurrection and to fulfill the role of an Apostle ─ someone sent by Jesus with a special message or commission, to spread the gospel (" good news ") and to lead the early church.

Mary's presence at the Crucifixion and Jesus ' tomb, has been suggested to be as at least consistent with the role of grieving wife and widow.

A narrative in which Mary of Bethany plays a central role ( in at least one of the accounts ) is the anointing of Jesus, an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels and the Gospel of John in which a woman pours the entire contents of an alabastron of very expensive perfume over the head or feet of Jesus.

Baba asserted that in other ages this role was fulfilled by Zoroaster, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad.

Pelagianism views the role of Jesus as " setting a good example " for the rest of humanity ( thus counteracting Adam's bad example ) as well as providing an atonement for our sins.

In the Gospels, especially the synoptics, women play a central role as eyewitness at Jesus ' death, entombment, and in the discovery of the empty tomb.

Belief in the Resurrection of the Dead, and Jesus Christ's role as judge, is codified in the Apostles ' Creed, which is the fundamental creed of Christian baptismal faith.

" In like manner let all men respect the deacons as Jesus Christ, even as they should respect the bishop as being a type of the Father and the presbyters as the council of God and as the college of Apostles.

Jonah becomes a “ type ” for Jesus.

In the New Testament, God's rule is exercised through Jesus Christ the King, who is also the temple of God ( John 2: 19-21 ), over his people the Church ( of which Israel was a type ).

" A substantial majority of gays cite their faith as a central facet of their life, consider themselves to be Christian, and claim to have some type of meaningful personal commitment to Jesus Christ active in their life today.

For Christians, Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son is a " type and shadow " of God's willingness to sacrifice his only son, Jesus.

Among the early Church Fathers, Joshua is considered a type of Jesus Christ.

* One type of Madonna shows Mary alone ( without the child Jesus ), and standing, generally glorified and with a gesture of prayer, benediction or prophesy.

For those substituting, redeeming factors, Ruth's husband is considered by Christians to be a type of Jesus of Nazareth, whom they consider to be the Messiah.

God, in response to Jesus ' prayers, will kill them by sending a type of worm in the napes of their necks.

Catholic theology also includes the term hyperdulia for the type of veneration specifically paid to Mary, mother of Jesus, in Catholic tradition.

Mary is able to see into Jesus ' tomb from the outside suggesting the former type.

The ascension of Elijah was believed to typify the ascension of Jesus, who was regarded by Christian symbolism as an analogue to Elijah, although this ascension was also taken as a type of the general resurrection from the dead.

" ( Mark 2: 4 ) With the type of construction seen in Capernaum, it would not have been difficult to raise the ceiling by the courtyard stairs and to remove a part to allow the bed to be brought down to where Jesus stood.

Among the practices that separate it from other Pentecostal churches are its outspokenness on the significance of the name " Lord Jesus Christ " ( especially as a baptismal formula ); a very conservative dress code, which includes the wearing of hats or some other type of headcovering ( e. g., prayer veil ) by women during church services.

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In his later work, Morton Smith increasingly came to see the historical Jesus as practicing some type of magical rituals and hypnotism, thus explaining various healings of demoniacs in the gospels.

* that Jesus is the perfection of the type of the seder supper, the true Passover lamb, true flesh and blood

Pastor Gulliksen would later say, " It was an intensive course studying about the life of Jesus ; principles of discipleship ; the Sermon on the Mount ; what it is to be a believer ; how to grow ; how to share ... but at the same time a good solid Bible-study overview type of ministry.

It is dismissed by Ian Wilson ( Jesus: The Evidence, 2000 p. 88 ) who argues that it " has no special claim to an early date, and seems to be merely a Mills and Boon-style fantasy of a type not uncommon among Christian apocryphal literature of the third and fourth centuries.

" Jesus was a distorted version of the redeemer type.

( The words of Jesus are often in red type in some editions of the Bible, hence the name.

His travels lead him to a starets ( a spiritual father ) who teaches him the Jesus Prayer —" Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me "— and gives him practical advice on how to recite the prayer uninterruptedly, as a type of mantra.