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Encyclopedia > Jesus' sayings according to the Christian Bible
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Jesus' sayings according to the Christian Bible are different things that Jesus said in the New Testament of the Bible. Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene (circa 4 BC/BCE – 30 AD/CE), is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Ιησούς Χριστός) with Christ being a title meaning Anointed One or Messiah. Christian viewpoints on Jesus (known as Christology) are... This article presents a description of Jesus life, as based on the four gospels. ... According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus of Nazareth, also called the Christ by Christians, worked many miracles in the course of his ministry. ... The Parables of Jesus are a collection of parables told by Jesus that embody much of his teaching and are recorded in the four Gospels. ... The chronology of Jesus depicts the traditional chronology established for the events of the life of Jesus by the four canonical gospels (which allude to various dates for several events). ... Religious perspectives on Jesus is the specific significance some religions place on Jesus. ... As historian E. P. Sanders has observed, of all the religions that existed within the Roman Empire, only two have widespread followings today: Rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, both of which have their origins in Roman-occupied Palestine, both of which claim to be based on the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament... A large variety of names and titles have been used to describe Jesus, many of which reflect various theological understandings or different beliefs about him. ... There are many relics attributed to Jesus that people believe or believed to be authentic relics of the Gospel accounts. ... This article discusses whether Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, actually existed as a historical figure. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The race of Jesus has been a subject of debate since at least the 19th century. ... The Passion of the Christs cover, a 2004 movie by Mel Gibson. ... There are no undisputed historical images of Jesus; he sat for no portraits which are preserved and of unquestioned authenticity and undoubted provenance. ... Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene (circa 4 BC/BCE – 30 AD/CE), is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Ιησούς Χριστός) with Christ being a title meaning Anointed One or Messiah. Christian viewpoints on Jesus (known as Christology) are... // What is the New Testament? The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ... The Bible (tanak/h in hebrew language) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity...


Well-known passages attributed to Jesus in the Gospels include (from the NASB): For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... The New American Standard Bible (NASB) an English translation of the Holy Bible. ...

  • The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12)
    • "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth." (Matthew 5:3-5)
  • The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)
  • "No one can be the servant of two masters... You cannot be the servant of both God and money." (Matthew 6:24)
  • "Do not judge, and you will not be judged." (Matthew 7:1)
  • "Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls in front of pigs..." (Matthew 7:6)
  • "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)
  • "Enter by the narrow gate, since the road that leads to destruction is wide and spacious, and many take it." (Matthew 7:13)
  • "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword... A person's enemies will be the members of his own household." (Matthew 10:34)
  • "Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11: 28)
  • "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over." (Matthew 18:15, NIV)(Some manuscripts read: "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault...")
  • "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of Heaven." (Matthew 19:24)
  • "Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God." (Matthew 22:21)
  • "The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak." (Matthew 26:41)
  • "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you." (Mark 11:24)
  • "Love your enemies, do good to those who treat you badly. To anyone who slaps you on one cheek, present the other cheek as well." (Luke 6:27)
  • "Why do you observe the splinter in your brother's eye and never notice the great log in your own?" (Luke 6:41)
  • "So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him." (Luke 17:3-4) (NIV)
  • "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:16)
  • "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." (John 7:24) (NASB)
  • "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (John 8:7)
  • "I am the light of the world; anyone who follows me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12)
  • "before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58)
  • "I and the Father are One" (John 10:30)
  • "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10, NIV)
  • "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6)
  • "Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give to you, a peace the world cannot give, this is my gift to you." (John 14:27)
  • "Now, Father, glorify me... with the glory which I had with you before the world existed" (John 17:5)
  • "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John 17:21)

The Beatitudes (from Latin, beatitudo, happiness) is the name given to a well-known, and to some, such as Henri Nouwen, definitive and central, portion of the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. ... The name Matthew comes from Hebrew מתי Mattay, (Matthias in Greek) a short form of Hebrew מת(נ)יהו Mattanyāhû/Mattayyāhû, which is itself a variation of Hebrew נתניהו Nəṯanyāhû, which means gift of the lord. Matthew (name) — as a given name, surname, and place name. ... The Lords Prayer (sometimes known by its first two Latin words as the Pater Noster, in Greek as the , or the English equivalent Our Father) is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity. ... Sole Satisfier is a terminology of Christian theology which refers to God as the only one who can satisfy human beings. ... The Gospel of Mark is traditionally the second of the New Testament Gospels. ... Luke is a name given to males that is fairly common among Christians. ... Look up John and john in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

See also

The seven sayings of Jesus on the cross are a traditional collection of seven short phrases uttered by Jesus at his crucifixion gathered from the four Gospels. ...


 

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