The Bible's account of the crucifixion of Jesus contains a puzzling detail: he died on the cross before the two criminals crucified beside him. Now, a medical study examining historical records and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in ...

At the beginning of the summer of 1968 a team of archaeologists under the direction of V. Tzaferis discovered four cave-tombs at Giv'at ha-Mivtar (Ras el-Masaref), which is just north of Jerusalem ...

The New Testament Gospels say so. The Nicene Creed, one of Christianity’s key statements of faith, says Jesus “was crucified under Pontius Pilate.” The testimony of Paul, the first person whose ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

As they took him down off the cross, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that day. He was dead. For three hours he had been subjected to the harshest punishment the Roman Empire or almost any earthly ...

A heated debate over the exact location of Jesus' crucifixion has reignited, with Christians, scholars, and faith leaders divided over the true site of Golgotha. Golgotha, meaning 'Place of the Skull' ...

You need “Jesus Christ, Superstar.” The hit rock-opera musical is running at the Fifth Avenue Theatre until May 17.  The show ...

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Friday likened the Middle East conflict to Jesus’ crucifixion, urging the faithful to pray for peace. In his homily during the ...