The apocryphal Arabic Infancy Gospel calls the two thieves "Titus and Dumachus", and adds a tale about how Titus (the good one) prevented the other thieves in his company from robbing Mary and Joseph during their Flight into Egypt. The name of "Dismas" was adapted from a Greek word meaning "sunset" or "death." The other thief's name is given as Gestas. The Gospel of Luke describes one of these thiefs as "penitent", who was later assigned the name Dismas in the Gospel of Nicodemus. Hometown: Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea and grew up in Nazareth in Galilee.According to the Scriptures, Christ crucified along with two others yet none of the gospel's actually name them.In their accounts of our Lord’s crucifixion and death, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the so-called Synoptic Gospels), all mention Simon of. In the book of Mark, chapter 6, verse 3, Jesus is referred to as a carpenter. John indicates that he has selectively recorded a number of significant signs, so that the reader might come to believe in Jesus as the promised Messiah, thereby obtaining eternal life (John 20:30-31). Most likely, Jesus worked alongside his father Joseph as a carpenter. Occupation: Jesus’ earthly father, Joseph, was a carpenter, or skilled craftsman by trade. Jesus’ representation as a version of Apollo/Helios in the Vatican necropolis demonstrates the way the Roman gods were directly challenged Jesus usurps their place, often with iconographic attributes that make him quite similar in appearance to various pagan deities (ibid., p.Had the crowd pleaded for Jesus’ release, the accounts make it plain that Pilate would have been happy to. His life, message, and ministry are recorded in the four Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Had Pilate found in Jesus a threat to Rome, Jesus surely would have been crucified. Bible References: Jesus is mentioned more than 1,200 times in the New Testament.He died on a Roman cross to give his life as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world to accomplish human redemption. In our January/February 1985 issue, we published an article about the only remains of a crucified man to be recovered from antiquity (CrucifixionThe Archaeological Evidence, BAR, January/February 1985).Vassilios Tzaferis, the author of the article and the excavator of the crucified man, based much of his analysis of the victim’s position on the cross and other aspects of the method. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ is the incarnate Word of God, fully human and fully divine, Creator and Savior of the World, and the founder of Christianity. He called 12 Jewish men to follow him, working closely with them to train and prepare them to carry on the ministry.
He became a master teacher who performed many miracles of healing and deliverance. Known for: Jesus was a first-century Jewish carpenter from Nazareth in Galilee.He is Immanuel (of Emmanuel from the Greek), meaning “God with us.” He is the Son of God, the Son of Man, and Savior of the World. Also Known as: Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, the Anointed One, or the Messiah of Israel.