Posts Tagged ‘sanhedrin’
History of Easter: The Players – Where are They Now?
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF EASTER: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLAYERS AFTERWARD Podcast version ou may be asking yourself, “Self,” you ask, “where are they now?” And well you might ask. What happened to our players AFTER the events in the Easter story?
Read MoreHistory of the Trial: How many did Jesus have?
Reading Time: 6 minutesTHE TRIAL OF JESUS Podcast version eginning Thursday night and extending into Friday morning of Holy Week, Jesus’s trial, which led to his crucifixion, was, in reality, a series of about half a dozen trials distributed across several locations in Jerusalem. Some of these locations are captured in the tradition of the Via Dolorosa, the…
Read MoreHistory of Holy Wednesday: Why was it called Spy Wednesday?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF HOLY WEDNESDAY Podcast version ednesday of Passion Week – called “Passion” from the Latin passio, meaning suffering – is called Holy Wednesday. Alternatively, it is called Good Wednesday in the Western Church or Great and Holy Wednesday in the Eastern Church. It was previously called “Spy Wednesday” and focused on Judas Iscariot.…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Articles of 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy Top 5 of 2024 Gentle Readers, Happy End of 2024! Thank you for visiting my blog at billpetro.com. I publish my articles not only on my blog but also on my email newsletter, Medium, and Substack. Some readers find syndicated links to my articles on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Mastodon, Tumblr, Bluesky, Threads, Quora, and Reddit. This year,…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Articles of 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy Top 5 Articles of 2022 These are the Top 5 articles from my blog this year based on the number of reader views at billpetro.com: 1. History of Telemachus The story of the monk who caused the Roman gladiatorial games to be ended upon his martyrdom on January 1, A.D. 404. It is often told…
Read MoreMy Top 5 Articles of 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes These are the Top 5 articles from my blog this year based on the number of reader views at billpetro.com: Top 5 of 2021 1. History of Telemachus This is the oft-told story of the monk who caused the Roman gladiatorial games to be ended upon his martyrdom on January 1, A.D.…
Read MoreHistory of the Players
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat happened to our players AFTER the events in the Easter story?
Read MoreHistory of the Trial
Reading Time: 4 minutesTHE TRIAL OF JESUS The trial of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion was actually a series of perhaps half a dozen trials, across several locations in Jerusalem, some of which are captured in the tradition of the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Sorrow, a series of locations that pilgrims take through the streets of…
Read MoreHistorical Climate of Easter
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORICAL CLIMATE OF EASTER What was the historical climate surrounding the last week of the life of Jesus of Nazareth? This man born to die, not just in the normal sense, but in some special sense, entered Jerusalem amidst a torrent of political, social and economic turbulence. The events in Palestine at this time are…
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