Jesus: His Life Essay, Research Paper

The Life of Jesus

The New Testament is mainly based on the life of Jesus and the early church. He

is known as the son of God though his parents were Mary and Joseph. Jesus was

born in a stable in city of Bethlehem as there was no room in the inns. Once he

was born, Mary had no crib to place him in, so they made one with a troth and

some straw. Three Kings and some shepherds came to visit him. The kings gave him

gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Jesus and his family travelled to Jordan

from Galilee so Jesus could be baptised. Jesus went all over Galilee preaching

the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He educated in the synagogues, speaking

and reading in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin. He taught people how to live

properly and to always make the right decision. He also told many parables.

Jesus healed many different people with incurable diseases and sicknesses. He

performed many miracles with the power of God. It was time for Jesus to choose

his twelve apostles. He chose Simon, James, John, Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew,

Matthew, Thomas, James, Thaddaeus, Simon and Judas. They all came from different

backgrounds. Judas was the apostle who betrayed Jesus. It was time for the last

supper. Jesus sat down with his disciples at the table to share the bread and

wine. Jesus went to pray in Gethsemane with his disciples when Judas arrived

with an armed crowd sent by the chief priests. They arrested him. Jesus was

brought to Pilate and he sentenced him to death. Then he was crucified. When he

died, a man named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus and he

replied yes. Joseph took the body down wrapped him in linen and placed him in a

tomb. He rolled a large stone across the entrance. Jesus’s body still had to be

anointed, so the day after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of

James came to dress him. When they arrived the stone was rolled open so they

entered though shocked that it was open. In there they saw a man in a white robe,

an angel. They were shocked even more. The angel calmed the women and told them

that he had been raised. The women were so afraid that they ran out of the tomb

yet they were filled with joy. A man stopped them. It was Jesus. The women were

so happy. They went to the disciples to tell them the good news. The disciples

did not believe them. They all were in disbelief until Jesus appeared to them.

Jesus said; “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Go, then,

to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptise them in the name

of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I

have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the

age.”(Matthew 28:18-20) Then he returned to heaven and was seated at the right

hand of the Father.