This is an obscure verse which has led to various ideas. During the Middle Ages in Europe it led to the idea of the “harrowing of hell” (to harrow is an old English word meaning to raid a fortress), and there are many examples of Christian art depicting Jesus leading out the souls of the […]
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“God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man.” (James 1:14) but “God tempted Abraham” (Genesis 22:1)
A contradiction in the cleansing(s) of the Temple?
The women who found the tomb empty “said nothing to any man” (Mark 16:7-8), but “told all these things to the Eleven” (Luke 24:8-9)
The disciples meeting the resurrected Christ in Galilee Matthew 28:7 and in Jerusalem Luke 24:33
Inscriptions on the cross
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