The letter of Auxentius, a 4th-century Arian bishop of Milan, regarding the missionary Ulfilas, gives the clearest picture of Arian beliefs on the nature of the Trinity: God the Father (" unbegotten "), always existing, was separate from the lesser Jesus Christ (" only-begotten "), born before time began and creator of the world.

Some have suggested that the title " Acts " be interpreted as " The Acts of the Holy Spirit " or even " The Acts of Jesus ," since 1: 1 gives the impression that these acts were set forth as an account of what Jesus continued to do and teach, Jesus himself being the principal actor.

In the Book of Matthew 24: 15, of the New Testament, Jesus gives attestation to Daniel, " When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place ( let the reader understand )".

The lecture also gives a sort of insight to what Jesus may have be feeling during the execution from the whippings and beatings, to the crown of thorns, to the nailing on the cross.

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.

In his First Epistle to the Corinthians ( c 54-55 ), Paul the Apostle gives the earliest recorded description of Jesus ' Last Supper: " The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ' This is my body which is for you.

* Only Mark gives healing commands of Jesus in the ( presumably original ) Aramaic: Talitha koum (), Ephphatha ().

" He gives the Great Commission: " Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you ;" Jesus will be with them " to the very end of the age.

" The second part presents Jesus in dialogue with his immediate followers and gives an account of his Passion and Crucifixion and of his appearances to the disciples after his Resurrection.

* The gospel of John gives no account of the Nativity of Jesus, unlike those of Matthew and Luke, and his mother's name is never given.

Then the Lord let me see why there was none upon the earth that could speak to my condition, namely, that I might give Him all the glory ; for all are concluded under sin, and shut up in unbelief as I had been, that Jesus Christ might have the pre-eminence who enlightens, and gives grace, and faith, and power.

It advocates the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, the Christian revelator and theologian who gives a spiritual interpretation of the teachings of the Bible and who claims that the second coming of Jesus Christ has already taken place.

The manuscript gives 114 " secret teachings " of Jesus.

King cites references in the Gospel of John that the risen Jesus gives Mary special teaching and commissions her as an " Apostle to the Apostles.

Christians believe that the Holy Spirit leads people to faith in Jesus and gives them the ability to lead a Christian life and to give gifts ( i. e. abilities ) to Christians.

Although no single Gospel gives an inclusive or definitive account of the resurrection of Jesus or his appearances, there are four points at which all four Gospels converge:

That evening Jesus appears among them, despite locked doors, and gives them power over sin and forgiveness of sin.

They form the point in scripture where Jesus gives his ultimate demonstration that he has power over life and death, thus he has the ability to give people eternal life.

The New Testament repeatedly gives Jews priority, as in Jesus ' expression of his central mission as being to the Jews rather than Gentiles and in Paul's formula " first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.

The three Synoptic Gospels and the First Epistle to the Corinthians include the account of the institution of the Eucharist in which Jesus takes bread, breaks it and gives it to the disciples, saying: " This is my body which is given for you ".

The exception for divorce at Matthew 5: 32 in the case of porneia may be a Matthean addition ; it is not present in Luke 16: 18, Mark 10: 11, or 1 Cor 7: 10 – 11 ; and in 1 Cor 7: 12 – 16, Paul gives his own exceptions to Jesus ' teaching.

Schonfield gives evidence of a high-ranking member of the Sanhedrin who was one of Jesus ' followers, likely the Beloved Disciple who is otherwise obscure, and notes several instances in which knowledge of or access to the Temple was available to one or more of Jesus ' followers.

Schweitzer, however, writes: " The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah, who preached the ethic of the kingdom of God, who founded the kingdom of heaven upon earth and died to give his work its final consecration never existed.

This line by Cyril shows his belief in the selflessness of Jesus especially in this last final act of Love.

Cyril intertwines the story with the messages Jesus told throughout his life before his execution relating to his final act.

The disciples ask about the future, and in his final discourse ( the Olivet discourse ) Jesus speaks of the coming end.

The final composition's comparatively late date, and its insistence upon Jesus as a divine being walking the earth in human form, renders it highly problematical to scholars who attempt to evaluate Jesus ' life in terms of literal historical truth.

The first part relates Jesus ' public ministry from John the Baptist recognizing him as the Lamb of God to the raising of Lazarus and Jesus ' final public teaching.

Recent evidences such as the pool and a turn away from the vestiges of positivism as evidenced by the growing number of books addressing the historicity of John reveal that the final word has not been said on how much of the historical Jesus inhabits John's gospel.

Against this John Robinson notes the numerous instances in the Synoptic account of Jesus ' final days in Jerusalem, when it is implied that he has been there before.

In the final volume, Book V, Irenaeus focuses on more sayings of Jesus plus the letters of Paul the Apostle.

This predicted event has been variously interpreted as referring to: ( 1 ) Jesus ' transfiguration ; ( 2 ) his resurrection ; ( 3 ) the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost ; ( 4 ) the spread of the kingdom through the preaching of the early church ; ( 5 ) the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in AD 70 ; or ( 6 ) the second coming and final establishment of the kingdom.

The legend that St James found his way to the Iberian Peninsula, and had preached there is one of a number of early traditions concerning the missionary activities and final resting places of the apostles of Jesus.

Sojourner admits to the audience that she had once hated white people, but she says once she met her final master, Jesus, she was filled with love for everyone.

The Last Supper is the final meal that, according to Christian belief, Jesus shared with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.

Cook believes that both contemporary Jews and contemporary Christians need to reexamine the history of early Christianity, and the transformation of Christianity from a Jewish sect consisting of followers of a Jewish Jesus, to a separate religion often dependent on the tolerance of Rome while proselytizing among Gentiles loyal to the Roman empire, to understand how the story of Jesus came to be recast in an anti-Jewish form as the Gospels took their final form.

As Bryan spoke his final sentence, recalling the Crucifixion of Jesus, he placed his hands to his temples, fingers extended ; with the final words, he extended his arms to his sides straight out to his body and held that pose for about five seconds as if offering himself as sacrifice for the cause, as the audience watched in dead silence.

Jesus sent only John and Peter into the city to make the preparation for the final Passover meal ( the Last Supper ).

Life-sized, finely detailed sculptures by Francisco Salzillo ( 1707 – 1783 ) are removed from their museums and carried around the city in elegant processions amid flowers and, at night, candles, pausing at stations which are meant to re-enact the final moments before the crucifixion of Jesus.

Hapgood audiotaped and transcribed a number of Babbitt's " trance lectures " which purported to come from Jesus, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and the Hindu god Vishnu, using the material to publish his final three books: Voices of Spirit, Through the Psychic Experience of Elwood Babbitt ( 1975 ), Talks with Christ and His Teachers Through the Psychic Gift of Elwood Babbitt ( 1981 ), and The God Within: a Testament of Vishnu, a Handbook for the Spiritual Renaissance ( 1982 ).

In June 1972 Norman was one of the featured performers at " probably the high-water mark of the Jesus Movement ", Explo ' 72, the " Jesus Woodstock ", " Godapalooza ", or " Godstock ", which attracted 80, 000 young people to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, On June 17, the final night of Explo ' 72, with " the thousands who showed up included everything from short-hairs out of conservative Bible colleges to hair-to-your-waist devotees of Larry Norman, Christian rock, and the Jesus People ".