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And for this, he pays the ultimate price. >> i think he understood that he was a martyr. he was a martyr in the cause of something greater. he was the martyr in the cause of a beautiful kingdom of god on earth, which is what he had preached all his life. >> i see jesus and john as being very similar in terms of their conception of god, in terms of what they wanted people to do, in terms of their call for repentance, in this idea that the world would be transformed. and theyre calling people real...

Guscin believes the dating of the shroud must be wrong. >> now, that is an incredible conclusion because they could only have coincided in jerusalem sometime before the 5th century, which says an awful lot about the dating of the shroud of turin and how it does not date from the medieval times and is, in fact, a much earlier cloth. >> despite decades of scientific scrutiny, for many, the mystery and power of the shroud of turin still remains. >> i do think it would be possible for the shroud tha...

Hes supplying really very expensive products to be used in the process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. and so for joseph and nicodemus to actually go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucifixion, john and simon peter, two of jesus disciples, visit th...

Subordinate to jesus, and yet hes the one thats doing the baptizing. >> in the gospels, you see this trying to tackle this problem of jesus being baptized by john, indicating jesus was in a subordinate position which was a problem for the early church. >> for all the attempts by the gospel writers to reconcile johns status with that of jesus, what is certain is that ultimately it is jesus movement that survives and prospers. >> initially, it seems that john is a mentor figure to jesus. after all...

Gospel writers to reconcile johns status with that of jesus, what is certain is that ultimately it is jesus movement that survives and prospers. >> initially, it seems that john is a mentor figure to jesus. after all, hes baptizing jesus in the river jordan and has attracted him there. but afterwards they go their separate ways. >> one of the great lines of john the baptist that i really, really love is as jesus is growing in popularity while john still has a ministry, his disciples say to him, ...

Breath, you were just garbage. you were left there to rot. and to be eaten. >> but the gospel of mark tells that jesus body is wrapped in a fine linen cloth, brought by joseph of arimathea. the bible also reveals that joseph had help in burying jesus. another member of the jewish counsel, nicodemus. >> nicodemus, much like joseph of arimathea, was also a member of the sanhedrin, a prominent man in jewish society. >> its clear that not all the jews in jerusalem were behind jesus death for the sim...

>> i do think it would be possible for the shroud that wrapped jesus to survive until now. clearly it would have been an important artifact for the disciples and then the early christians, so the notion that it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. >> my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem likely to me that its real, but it focuses our attention on something unavoidable about the jesus story, just how much he suffers. jesus may be glorious, enthroned in heaven, lord of lor...

Clearly it would have been an important artifact for the disciples and then the early christians, so the notion that it would have been preserved makes total sense to me. >> my gut tells me that its real. >> it doesnt seem likely to me that its real, but it focuses our attention on something unavoidable about the jesus story, just how much he suffers. jesus may be glorious, enthroned in heaven, lord of lord, king of kings, but this moment of suffering and pain is etched into the turin shroud. it...

Jesus. another member of the jewish council, nicodemus. >> nicodemus, much like joseph of arimathea, was also a sanhedrin, a prominent man in jewish society. >> not all the jews in jerusalem were behind jesus death. for the simple reason that e jesus is jewish, his followers and ke disciples were jewish. not all the jewish authorities were responsible for jesus death because you have people like joseph of arimathea and nicodemus. >> the body is taken to josephs tomb and prepared for burial. >> w...

The process of embalming the body. >> first century jewish law said that to touch a dead body would make you unclean. for joseph and nicodemus to go through the process of preparing jesus for burial, there had to have been tremendous love and devotion, just to care for him. >> a rock is rolled across the entrance to seal the tomb shut. three days after the crucifixion, john and simon peter, two of jesus disciples, visit the tomb. they find it empty. according to johns gospel, then simon peter ca...