But God raised him from the dead. (Acts 13:27-30) There are several observations which are pertinent to our theme. First and foremost, the insistent refrain of all the speeches is that the Jews were ...
They clearly are seen as the opponents of Jesus and "the bad guys." Who the Pharisees really were is a different question entirely, once we get past the Jewish polemic, the anti-Pharisee polemic ...
With the State of Israel fighting now on at least seven fronts simultaneously – plus pitched battles on the diplomatic and public affairs arenas – Jews for Jesus, the oldest of the myriad ...
The council controlled the issues, concerns and affairs of the Jewish people in Palestine. However, they could not sentence someone to death - only the Romans had the power to do that. Jesus was ...