Decades of Roman rule were causing ever more resentment. Jesus was born to a family from a village called Nazareth, near the Sea of Galilee. As he was growing up, Judaea was collapsing into chaos.

Romans 7 is as challenging to grasp as Romans 6 is easy to understand. It would have been fine with most of us if Paul had gone ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time ... Michael White: TENSIONS IN JUDEA AT THE TIME OF JESUS' BIRTH Can you describe the situation in Judea at the time of Jesus' birth?

In Romans 6, Paul is dealing with a couple of objections he must have encountered more than a time or two in sharing the good ...

God created us to be in a loving relationship with Him. Unfortunately, that relationship was severed when mankind fell into ...

Tax collectors were not popular in Jesus’ day and were commonly regarded as sinners. Tax collectors worked for the Romans, the occupying force in Palestine at the time. They collected taxes from ...

The Romans Road is God’s complete plan of salvation as detailed in the book of Romans. It begins by establishing that God is ...

According to Dr. Ecker, “This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus.” The defendants in this ancient legal drama were two men named Gadalias and Saulos.

Jesus’ death on the Cross was not a limited act only for his family, the 12, other followers and some of the rest of the ...

The Roman governor, Pilate, was the only person who could legally sentence Jesus to death. So the Jewish leaders sent Jesus to him for a second trail, hoping he would be found guilty and put to death.