Understanding Jesus : cultural insights into the words and deeds of Christ / [print]
Joe Amaral.
- first edition.
- New York, New York : FaithWords, (c)2011.
- xi, 191 pages ; 21 cm.
Introduction. A remarkable discovery ; First-century idioms ; The life of Jesus ; Four Messianic miracles ; The Feasts of the Lord (Lev. 23:1-44) ; The Early Church and the Feasts ; A note on sources -- Jesus and John. The birth of John the Baptist ; The birth of Jesus ; The baptism of Jesus -- The ministry in Galilee. In the Nazareth synagogue ; The first messianic miracle : healing a leper ; "Fence laws" ; Washing the feet of Jesus ; The second messianic miracle : casting out a mute demon ; The tzitzit (prayer shawl) prophecy ; All foods are clean ; Binding and loosing ; The gates of Hades ; The transfiguration ; The mustard seed -- At the Feast in Jerusalem. The feast of trumpets ; The day of atonement ; The feast of tabernacles ; Writing in the sand ; The third messianic miracle : healing a man born blind -- The ministry in Judea. The feast of dedication ; The cost of discipleship ; The camel and the eye of the needle ; The fourth messianic miracle : the raising of Lazarus after four days -- The final week in Jerusalem. The triumphal entry ; Taxes to Caesar ; The feast of Passover ; Jesus in the garden ; Pilate washes his hands of Jesus -- Crucifixion to Pentecost. The feast of Passover : the crucifixion of God's Passover lamb ; The burial : the feast of unleavened bread ; The resurrection : the feast of firstfruits ; The ascension and giving of the spirit : the feast of Pentecost.