Here is a useful website for anyone interested in mysteries that relate to events described in the New Testament gospels. The site contains more than 30 individual articles, each one devoted to a particular mystery. As would be expected, many of the articles pertain to various aspects of the life of Jesus, such as his birth, his family, his teachings, his death on the cross, and his resurrection. But there are also articles about some other biblical figures, including Mary Magdalene, Judas Iscariot, Barabbas, James the Just, the unidentified Beloved Disciple, and Pontius Pilate. Then there is an assortment of other topics such as lost gospels, the true cross, stigmata, demonic possession, the devil, the second coming, the location of hell, and Golgotha.
One of the articles examines the well-known story of Pilate’s decision to release Barabbas instead of Jesus. According to the article, although many people think of Barabbas as a loathsome criminal, he might have really been a freedom fighter in the Jewish resistence to the Roman occupation of the country. This could help explain why the rabble crowd shouted for his release, since the lower-class Jews hated the Romans and were ready to support anyone who resisted them. The article also discusses a so-called “mystery of Barabbas”, which relates to some interesting similarities between the released prisoner and Jesus himself. And an interesting footnote mentions a legend which says that after Barabbas was set free, he went to the place where Jesus was crucified and watched him die on the cross.
Another article discusses several recently-popularized stories about Mary Magdalene. It says that most scholars dismiss claims that she married Jesus and bore him a daughter, or that she was the mysterious beloved disciple. The article also says that the story about her having previously been a prostitute may have been invented by church officials as part of an effort to maintain the male domination of the church hierarchy. There is also a discussion of what happened to her after the resurrection of Jesus, since the bible doesn’t say anything about her from that point on.
An article about some lost and missing gospels says that early Christian believers probably wrote more than 20 other gospels in addition to the four in the bible, but that many of these other gospels have been lost or survive only as fragments. Fortunately several that were thought to be missing have been found by accident in modern times. These include the gospel of Thomas and the gospel of Mary, and they may provide information about early sects that existed on the fringes of the main Christian movement.
Many of the pages on this website display reproductions of famous paintings and other works of art. There is also a glossary and a page of links to other biblical studies sites.
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